WENCHOW-FOOCHOW
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situated in the west suburb, where immense quantities of bamboos and poles are kept on hand. Wênehow is also celebrated for its bitter oranges. The export of Tea in 1894 was 13,280 piculs, as compared with 10,362 piculs in 1893. The value of the whole trade of the port for 1894 was Tls. 791,048, as compared with Tis. 907,063 in 1893.
CHINA INLAND MISSION
and Mrs. Woodman
Mrs. Stott (absent)
Miss Bardsley do. Miss Stayner
Miss C. Williams
Miss Spink
DIRECTORY
Robert and Mrs. Grierson, Ping Yang Mrs. Menzies,
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CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME Commissioner-A. Novion
do.
Asst. & Med. Officer-J. H. Lowry (abt.) Assistant--C. A. Lord
Clerk-G. D. Poli
Boat Officer-W. G. Harling
Examiner A. A. Godwin
Tidewaiter-J. S. O'Neil
CONSULATES
Da Yang-kwai ling-sz-ngo-meng
門衙事頒國英大
also
GREAT BRITAIN
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, Consulate
GERMANY, Consular Agency SPAIN, Consulate
SWEDEN AND NORWAY, Consular Agency
Acting Consul-H. H. Fox Constable-John Compton
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Consul-John Fowler (res. Ningpo)
CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION CO.
Tsze I Tsai, agent
記瑞
Soy-kee
MALCAMPO & Co., Merchs, and Comn. Agts..
Joaquin Malcampo Quioga (Amoy)
Wee Chai Beck
Ong Siu Hong
Agencies
Steamer "Kwong Mo"
Man On Insurance Co., Hong kong
METHODIST FREE CHURCH MISSION
Rev. W. E. and Mrs, Soothill Rev. J. W. and Mrs. Hey wood A. Hogg, M.A., M.B., C.M.
FOOCHOW
Foochow (or Fuh-chau-fu) is the capital of the Fokien province. It is situated in lat. 26 deg. 02 min. 24 sec. N., and long. 119 deg. 20 min. E. The city is built on a plain on the northern side of the river Min, and is distant about thirty-four miles from the
and nine miles from Pagoda Island, where foreign vessels anchor.
sea,
The attention of foreigners was early attracted to Foochow as a likely place where commercial intercourse could be profitably carried on in the shipment of Bohea Tea, which is grown largely in the locality. Before the port was opened, this article used to be carried overland to Canton for shipment, a journey which was both long and difficult. The East India Company, as early as 1830, made representations in favour of the opening of the port, but nothing definite was done till the conclusion of the Treaty of Nanking in 1842. The early years of intercourse with the natives were anything but what was anticipated. The navigation of the river was difficult, there was no market for imports, and several attacks by the populace rendered the port an undesirable place of residence for some time. It was not until some ten years after the port had been opened that there was much done in the export of Tea from the interior, but after that the quantity shipped increased largely, and Foochow became one of the principal tea ports in China. Since 1880, when the tea trade of the port reached its highest figure, the export being 737,000 niculs, the prosperity of the place has been on the wane, and in 1894 the shipment of this its staple product was 397,196 piculs only.
The city is built around three hills, and the circuit of the walled portion is between six and seven miles in length. The walls are about thirty feet high and twelve feet wide at the top. The streets are narrow and filthy, but the number of trees about the official