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NINGPO-WENCHOW
海定山舟 Chu-san Ting-hay
SISTERS OF CHARITY
At Ningpo, "Maison de Jésus En- fant "Marie Louie Solmiac, supérieure, Louise Lou,, Germaine Dauverchain, Louise Guillon, Aug- ustine Perreaud, Madeleine Rattat, Jeanne Bogliassino Cécile Raisin At Tinghai (Chusan), “Maison de la Présentation"-Marie Archenault, supérieure, Cécile Rodier, Adèlé Faure, Isabelle Ducci, Thérése Affentanchen
At Hangchow, "Maison de St. Vin- cent"-Marie Imbert, supérieure, Gabrielle Perboyre, Angélique de Luscan, Marguerite Ricaud, Anne Tourrel, Marie Théron BTgy-Ping Yuen At Ningpo, "Hospital St. Joseph'
-Philomène Gilbert, supérieure, Stephanie Muhlinghaus, Marie Perrin, Marie Lecoq
OLIVIER, MULLER & Co., Merchants
Geo. Racine
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PILOTS
P. M.' Pedersen, lugger "Teazer J. Smith, cutter "Orphan"
房捕巡 Tehung-bu-wong
TAOTAI'S POLICE
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Controller and Magistrate-J. C. Wat-
son
Sergeant-John Willis
Interpreter-Chang Fung
順華 Wha-jing
WADMAN & Co., Merchants
E. Wadman
Agencies
British North Borneo Company
Indo China S. N. Company, Limited Canton Insurance Office, Limited Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld. China Traders' Insurance Company Imperial Fire Insurance Company
E Ỳ Hung-chong
WONG & Co., C. T., Merchants
W. King Kow, manager Ooey Keng Beng
WENCHOW
Wén-chow-fu, one of the five ports opened to foreign trade by the Chefoo Convention, is the chief town in the department of the same name occupying the south-east corner of Che-kiang province. The city is situated on the south bank of the river Ou-kiang, about twenty miles from its mouth, in lat. 27 deg. 18 min. 4 sec. N., long. 120 deg. 38 min. 28 sec. E. The site is a well cultivated plain, bounded on all sides, but at a distance of some five miles, by lofty hills. The walls are said to have been first erected during the fourth century, and enlarged and re-built by the Emperor Hung Wu in 1385. They are formed of stone, diagonally laid at the foundation, and partly also of brick, and measure about four miles in circumference. The streets re wider, straighter, and cleaner than those of most Chinese cities. They are mostly well pared with brick and kept in careful repair by the householders. They slope down on either side to waterways, which in their turn communicate with canals permeating the whole city. There are numerous large nunneries and temples in Wên-chow. The Custom-house, outside the chief gate, known as the Shwang Mén or "Double Gate," the Taotai's Yamên, the Prefect's and other public offices in a cluster, and the Foundling Hospital, all near the centre, are the other chief buildings. The latter institution, built in 1748, contains one hundred apartments. Among the objects of greatest interest and curiosity to the stranger are two pagodas situated on "Conquest" Island, abreast of the city. They are both of great antiquity and, with the houses close by, were for some time the retreat of Tiing, the last Emperor of the Sung dynasty, when seeking to escape from the Mongols under Kublai Khan. The British Consul and the Customs tide-waiters occupy apartments on the island used by His Majesty, who has left behind him autographs preserved to this day in the adjoining temple. The estimated population of the city is from 80,000 to 100,000.
Wênchow was formerly a great seat of the tea trade, and previous to 1861 was, it is said by some, the only port in the department from which tea was allowed to be exported. The city was then in a flourishing condition. But in order to prevent the teas from falling into the hands of the Tai-p'ing rebels, who overran the whole district during that year, this regulation was exchanged for one which authorized the export of tea at any of the Customs stations along the coast; consequently the trade soon gravitated to Foochow in the south and to Ningpo in the north. It was thought that