CHUNGKING HANGCHOW
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Consul-Geo. F. Smithers
Intpr. and Assistant-Wm. T. Laisun
關慶
Chung-ch'ing Kuan
CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME
Commissioner-Fr. Schjöth
Assistant-W. K. Roberts
Acting Tidesurveyor--and Harbour
Master R. Braun
Examiner-F. J. Allshorn
Tidewaiters-E. E. S. Newman, R. J.
Chard, O. W. Lund, M. L. Kristensen
會誼公
FRIENDS' MISSION
R. J. and Mrs. Davidson
Frederic S. and Mrs. Deane (absent)
Leonard and Mrs. Wigham
Isaac and Mrs. Mason, Shê-hung-hsien E. B. and Mrs. Vardon (absent)
A. Warburton Davidson
Miss Mira L. Cumber
Miss E. M. Hunt
Miss H. Rosher
School for Missionaries' Children
Mrs. R. J. Davidson, superintendent
Miss E. M. Hunt, teacher
院醫仁寬
HOSPITAL-CHUNGKANG GENERAL
Superintendent-J. W. McCartney, M.D.
House Physician-Twan U T'ang
E.wo
和怡 E.200
JARDINE. MATHESON & Co., Merchants
Yi Yu-lok, agent
LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Rev. A. E. and Mrs. Claxton
Rev. J. W. and Mrs. Wilson
R. Wolfendale, L.R.C.P. and 8. ED.
德立 Li-teh
225
LITTLE, ARCHIBALD, Merchant and Com-
mission Agent
J. W. Nicolson
Agency
Mannheimer Insurance Company
METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSION
Dr. J. H. and Mrs. McCartney Rev. W. E. and Mrs. Manly Rev. Quincy A. and Mrs. Myers Dr. F. M. Woolsey
Rev. Spencer and Mrs. Lewis
Rev. J. O. and Mrs. Curnow
Miss H. Galloway
Miss F. E. Meyer
Miss Grace Todd
Dr. H. L. and Mrs. Canright, Chentu
Rev. H. O. and Mrs. Cady,
do.
Rev. J. F. and Mrs. Peat,
do.
Miss Clara Collier,
do.
NATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND
Jas. Murray, agent
POST OFFICE-Imperial CHINESE
Postal Officer-E. F. S. Newman
堂原眞 Hà
Chiêu - Yan Tong
ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION
Mgr. Félix Chouvellon, Bishop
Rev. J. Lorain, procureur
Rev. A. Dangy, missionnaire apostol.
Rev. L. Thibault, professor of French
language
局分際重報電國中
TELEGRAPHS-IMPERIAL CHINESE
Year Duh Fa, manager
Zee Shu Chuen, clerk-in-charge
HANGCHOW
州杭 h thì Hàng chau
Hangchow, the capital of the province of Chekiang, is situated 150 miles south- west of Shanghai, and 127 miles south of Soochow, on the Chien-tang River at the apex of a bay which is too shallow for the navigation of steamers. The mouth of the river is, moreover, periodically visited by a bore, or tidal wave, which further endangers the navigation. Haining is the best place for observing this famous bore, which is formed by the north-east trade wind heaping up the water of the Pacific on the China coast and causing enormous tides. Hangchau Bay is shaped like a funnel, and the mass of water rushing up, more and more concentrated as it advances, is sud- denly confronted by the current of the river. The momentary check causes the water to assume a wall-like formation, then, growing to a height of 15ft. and gathering mo- mentum with the immense pressure behind, forcing its volume into the comparatively marrow waterway, it tears past the sea-wall with a roar like thunder at a rate some-
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