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NINGPO.
are fifteen feet wide at the summit, and twenty-two at the base. Access is obtained to the town by six gates. A large moat commences at the north gate and runs along the foot of the wall for about three miles on the landward side, until it stops at what is called the Bridge Gate. The main street runs from east to west. Several of the streets are spanned by arches erected in memory of distinguished natives. Ningpo has been celebrated as possessing the fourth library of Chinese works, in point of numbers, which existed in the empire. It was owned by a family who resided near the south gate. The site occupied by the foreign residences is on the north bank of the river. The population of Ningpo is estimated at 250,000.
The trade at Ningpo has never been large. This is owing to a considerable extent, doubtless, to the proximity of Shanghai. The net quantity of Opium imported in 1888 was 6,040 piculs, as compared with 4,389 piculs in 1887. Of Tea, there were 159,114 piculs exported in 1888, and 135,153 in 1887; Cotton, 8.589 piculs in 1888, and 11,626 piculs in 1887. The total value of the trade of the port was Tls. 13,158,825 in 1888; and Tls. 10,965,532 in 1887.
DIRECTORY.
Consulates.
門衙事頜國英大
Da Ing-koh Ling-ze-ngô-mieng. GREAT BRITAIN.
Consul-H. A. Giles
Medical Officer-C. C. de Burgh Daly
Constable-C. S. Kilgour
FRANCE.
Agent for Consul General-H. A. Giles
BUITH A Da-me Ling-ze-ngô-meng.
UNITED STATES.
Consul-Thos. F. Pettus
Interpreter-R. Kliene Marshal
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
Acting Consul-H. A. Giles
DENMARK.
Vice-Consul-H. A. Giles
Imperial Maritime Customs.
關海浙 Che Hai-kwan.
Commissioner L. Rocher
Medical Officer-C. C. De Burgh Daly
Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-A.
Kliene
Examiner G. F. W. Luhrss
Assistant Examiners-H. C. Russell, C.
H. Erskine
Tidewaiters-H. Meyer, A. W. E. Dyere. W. C. Bond, L. E. N. Szigetvary, W, W. von Zochowski, J. H. McLachlan, F. J. Rowsell, A. L. Dall
CHINHAI STATION.
Assist. Tidesurveyor-T. J. Ballard
LIGHT KEEPERS.
Tiger Island-Ku Ah-hsiao and 2 assts.
Square Island-Chen Chang-yung and
3 assistants
房捕巡
Tshung-bu-wong,
TAOTAI'S POLICE.
Controller and Magistrate—J. C. Watson
Sergeant-John Willis
Assistants-C. A. Lord, J. A. Kerr, T. T. Interpreter-Chang Fung
H. Ferguson, G. T. Moule
Constables-24 Chinese