LUNGCHOW—MÊNGTSZ
Gérant du Consulat --Guillien
Chancelier-J. J. Beauvais (absent) Chancelier Substitué-Thoulon Writer-Ma Wan-hsiang
Do. –Nguyen Chau-Huyen
Médecin-Dr. Thoulon, détaché
關州龍 Lung-chow Kuan
CUSTOMS-IMperial MariTIME
Commissioner-A. M. de Bernières
Assistant-F. Akermann Tidewaiter-W. S. Jackson Surgeon--Dr. Thoulon
MISSION DU KOUANG-SI
Mgr. Chouzy, Evêque, Kwei-hsien
R. P. Renault, propréfect, Nanning
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Bazin, Lavest, Chanticlair, Poulat,
Frayssinet, Humbert, missionnaires
MENGTSZ
自葷 Mung-tr出
This is a district city in south-east Yunnan, and together with Man-hao, a, village on the left bank of the Red River, was opened to trade by the Additional Convention to the French Treaty of Tientsin of the 25th April, 1886, signed at Peking on the 26th June, 1887. The town is two days' journey from Man-hao and about six days' from the frontier of Tonkin at Laokay, and is beautifully situated, being built on a cultivated plateau twenty miles long by about twelve miles in breadth, encircled by picturesque mountains, and 4,580 feet above the level of the sen. It has a population of about 12,000 persons, but before the Mahommedan rebellion was a place of much more im- portance, as the numerous well-built temples, many of them now in ruins, still testify. It is, however, a considerable commercial emporium even now, and is becoming an important centre for the distribution of foreign goods imported rid Tonkin. The French Consul hoisted his flag at Mêngtsz on the 30th April, 1889, and the Customs station was opened in the following August. The value of the trade for 1897 was Tls. 3,451,765, for 1896 Tls. 2,476,675, and fo 1895 Tls. 2,842,319. The Chinese merchants avail themselves largely of the advantages offered by the transit pass system, and the value of goods sent into the interior under transit passes during the year 1897 amounted to Tls. 2,172,913, or about 91 per cent, of the quantity imported." The climate of Mêngtsz is temperate and salubrious, though every year, principally in the hot season, the plague makes numerous victims mong the nives. In 1898 the plague appeared at end of June and disappeared early in September. The number of victims probably did not exceed 150 in the city and neighbouring villages, but no really trustworthy statistics are obtainable. The mortality was certainly the lowest since the plague appeared at Mengtsz. During the winter good sport is obtained, snipe and wild fowl being abundant in the plain, and some pheasants and partridges in the hilly districts. A new French Consulate was finished in 1893, new dwelling houses for members of the Customs service in 1894, and a new Custom House in the spring of 1895. All these buildings are outside the East gate of the city. No foreign merchants have as yet started business in Mêngtsz.
CONSULAT DE FRANCE
DIRECTORY
Consul-Mce. Dejean de la Bâtie Interprète-Chancelier -F. Angoulvant Médecin du Consulat-Dr.Reygondaud
關自蒙
Meny-tsz-kuan
CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME
Commissioner-W. F. Spinney
Assistant-H. F. V. Oldham