CHINESE KOWLOON-PAKHOI
Second Officer-F. W. Callsen First Engineer—A. J. Jackson Second do. -G. W. Appleby Revenue Cruiser Kai Pan Commander-J. Stewart First Officer-R. Chenoweth Second do. A. D. S. Powell
Third do. F. R. C. Surplice First Engineer--J. Kirkwood Third do. -T. O. Harman Cruising Launch Kwan Tin
Officer-in-Charge-D. Breen Launch Offier--F. W. Rowland Cruising Launch Kwan Lui
Officer-in-Charge-H. Faunch Launch Officer A. Smith
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Cruising Launch Kwan Fung
Officer-in-Charge-W. H. Blake Launch Officer H. Varrelmann Revenue Launch Kong Sing
Officer-in-Charge R. Walpole Launch Officer-F. Wolfe Revenue Launch Kowloon Tsai
Officer-in-Charge—C. Clarkson Launch Officer-E. C. Williams Revenue Launch Kapsui Tsai
Officer-in-Charge T. Stephenson Launch Officer H. A. Adamsen Stations under the Kowloon Customs- Cap Sui Moon, Chang Chow, Fo To Chow, Kowloon City, Sam Shui Po, and Lai-chi-kok
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PAKHOI
Pakhoi is one of the ports opened to foreign trade by the Chefoo Convention in 1876. It is situated on the Gulf of Tonkin in long. 190 deg. 13 min. E. and lat. 21 deg. 30 min. N. The British Consul hoisted his flag on the 1st May, 1877, and the foreigners were well received by the natives. Pakhoi is the port for the important city of Lien- chau, from whence considerable quantities of foreign piece goods are distributed over the country lying between the West River and the seaboard. It was hoped that it would also become one great outlet for the trade of the province of Kwangsi. The trade was formerly almost exclusively in the hands of Chinese, who transhipped goods from Hongkong and Macao (chiefly the latter) in native bottoms, and in 1877 the value of the trade passing through the Foreign Customs amounted to no more than Tls. 11,714, but after 1878 it gradually attained respectable proportions. In 1894 the value of the trade was Tls. 4,118,647 as compared with Tls. 4,275,669 in 1893. The exports are sugar, oil, rice, tea, &c. The progress of the trade has been checked in some degree by the opening of frontier stations to French trade, goods now finding their way into Kwangsi through Tonkin.
The town is situated on a small peninsula and faces nearly due north. It stands at the foot of a bluff nearly forty feet high, which deprives it of the south-west breeze in summer, while in winter it is exposed to the full force of the north-east monsoon. From the bluff an extensive partly cultivated plain stretches, over which there is some sport, snipe, plover, quail, and pigeons being found in large numbers, while duck and other water fowl are not numerous. The climate is considered to be very salubrious The estimated population of the port is 25,000.
No port in China is more easily approached and entered than that of Pakhoi. The landmarks are conspicuous and unmistakeable. The channel is wide and deep and has no hidden danger to be avoided. The anchorage is a mile and a half from the town. There is good landing at high water, but at ebb tide only for small boats.
CONSULATES
府事領國法大
Tai-fat-kwok Ling-82 Kùn
FRANCE
Vice-Consul-Camille Gauthier Lettré-Tchéou Dje Tsing
DIRECTORY
GREAT BRITAIN
also
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, Consular Agency GERMANY, Consular Agency
Consul-Octavius Johnson Constable--M. Johnson