Bencoolen
or BENKULEN, a seadency of the same name. It was founded Dutch East Indies; capital of a resi- port on the W. coast of Sumatra Island, dency of the same name. It was founded in 1685 by the English and ceded to the 225,000; of town about 12,000. about 100 miles N. W. of Melbourne. In the neighborhood are important gold mines. The town is situated in a fer-