BARSI  , a

town of British India, in the Sholapur district of Bombay, lying within a tract entirely surrounded by the Nizam's dominions . Pop . (1901) 24,242 . Barsi is a flourishing centre of trade, exporting to Bombay large quantities of cotton and oil-seeds . It has several factories for ginning and pressing cotton—some on a large scale . It is connected with the main line of the Great Indian Peninsula railway by a light railway . BAR-SUR-AUBE, a town of north-eastern France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Aube, 34 M . E. by S. of Troyes on the main line of the Eastern railway between that town and Belfort . Pop . (1906) 4276 . Bar-sur-Aube lies at the foot of hills on the right bank of the Aube at its confluence with the Bresse . A circle of boulevards occupies the site of the old ramparts, fragments of which still remain .

Of the ecclesiastical buildings, the most noteworthy are St

Pierre and St Maclou, both dating mainly from the end of the 12th century . St Pierre has wooden exterior galleries and two fine Gothic porches . The sacristy of St Maclou is conjectured to have formed the chapel of the castle of the counts of Bar, of which the square tower flanking the north side of the church formed the entrance . The town is the seat of a. sub-prefect, and the public institutions include a tribunal of first instance and a communal college . Flour-milling, tanning, and the manufacture of brandy, hosiery and agricultural implements are carried on . The wine of the district is much esteemed . ' Traces of a Roman settlement have been found on hills to the south of the town . Under the domination of the counts of Champagne, it became the scene of important fairs which did not cease till 1648 . In 1814 several actions between the French and the army of the allies took place at Bar-sur-Aube (see NAPOLEONIC WARS) . BAR-SUR-SEINE, a town of eastern France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Aube, on the left bank of the Seine . 20 m . S.E. of Troyes by the Eastern railway .

Pop . (1906) 2812 . The town lies at the foot of a wooded

hill on which stand the ruins of the castle of the counts of Bar, and is composed chiefly of one long street, bordered in places by houses of the 16th century: Its principal building is the church of St Etienne, of the 16th and 17th centuries, which contains some fine stained glass . Bar-sur-Seine has a sub-prefecture and a tribunal of first instance . Tanning, dyeing, flour-milling, brandy-distilling and the manufacture of glass are among the industries . The Canal de la Haute-Seine begins at this point . The town was devastated in 1359 by the English, when, according to Froissart, no fewer than 900 mansions were burnt . Afterwards it suffered greatly in the religious wars of the 16th century .