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和天
Teen-Woo
WUCHOW-FU-PAKHOI
DIRECTORY
BANKER & Co., Merchants and Commission
Agents, Kiu Fong Street
Geo. Banker (Hongkong)
Pak Shork Ni, signs per pro.
BAPTIST MISSION
Miss Sale
Miss McMinn
BRITISH ANd Foreign BIBLE SOCIETY
B. C. Randall
CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ÁLLIANCE
Rev. C'. H. and Mrs. Reeves Dr. R. H. Glover
Rev. R. A. Jaffray
J. E. Fee, Kwai Ping
M. L. Landis, do,
L. B. and Mrs. Quick, Tung Tsun Miss Doner
Miss Glover
Miss Campbell
Miss Cooney
CONSULATE GREAT BRITAIN
Consul--Alexr. Hosie
CUSTOMS-Imperial MariTIME
Acting Commissioner―J. Acheson Assistant-W. C. G. Howard
Medical Officer-R. J. J. MacDonald Harbour Master and Tidesurveyor-J.
C. A. Holz
Assistant Examiner-W. Duncan Tidewaiters-O.Jürgens, M. J. Phillips
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Merchants
G. W. Sheppard
Agencies
Butterfield & Swire
Deacon & Co., Canton
Hongkong, Canton and Macao S.B. Co. Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. China Navigation Co. Canton Insurance Office Hongkong Fire Insurance Co.
WESLEYAN MISSION (English)
Rev. R. J. J. MacDonald, M.D., and wife
YEE TAI HONG
Lo Ayat, agent
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. 109 deg. 6 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 were formerly distri- buted over the country lying between the West River and the seaboard, but now that the West River has been opened to steam navigation it is expected that the bulk of the trade will be diverted to that route. The net value of the trade of Pakhoi in 1896 was Tls. 4,685,138, in 1995 Tls. 3,813,063, and in 1894 Tls. 4,118,647.
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 leading at high water, but at ebb tide only for small boats.
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