Chatham Islands
a small group in the Pacific, lying 360 miles E. of New Zealand, to which they politically belong. There are three islands of which the largest, Chatham Island, is 25 miles long-and some rocky islets. Total area, 375 square miles; pop. (1916) 477, of whom 258 are Maoris and Morioris or aborigines. The Chatham Islands were discovered in 1791 by Lieutenant Broughton, of the brig "Chatham." A large brackish lake occupies the interior of Chatham Island, which is of volcanic origin and hilly. Stock-rearing and sealfishing are the chief industries, and a lively trade is carried on with passing whalers. Timber of any size is unknown, so that the native canoe is merely wickerwork bound together by cordage of indigenous flax. CHÂTILLON-SUR-SEINE, (sha-teyōn'-sür-sen), a town in France, ance, department of Côte d'Or, 45 miles N. W. of Dijon, on the Seine. It is chiefly noted for the Congress of the Allied Powers and France, held here in 1814.