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MÉNGTSZ-HOKOW-SZEMAO
Chief Examiner-E. Milhe Tidewaiter--A. Millar
MISSION ETRangères de PARIS
Yunnan Mission
Mgr. J. J. Fenouil, Bishop of Ténédos
and Vicaire apostolique of Yunnan Mgr. J. C. Escoffier, Bishop of Metro- |
polis, coadjuteur
Rev. E. E. Maire, Rev. J. M. Leguil-
cher, pro-vicaires
Revs. Ch. M. de Gorostarzu, P. M. Mandart, M. Oster. P. Bonhomme, C. H. Maire, P. F Vial, H. Tapponnier, H. Badie, L. Gaudu, F. Ducloux, D. Piton, Leparoux, U. E. Blondel, C. Bailly, A. Kircher, P. Duffau, Ringenbach, J. Coulmont, J. M. Le
Garrec, G. Barnabé, Rossillon, Sal- vat, Liétard, Souyris, Hemery Thibet Mission
Rev. F. Biet, Bishop of Diana and
Vicaire Apostolique of Thibet Rev. P. P. Giraudeau, Bishop coadjtr. Revs. J. E. Dubernard. L. L. Déjean, A. Leard, H. G. Mussot, P. M. Bourdonnec, J. A. Soulié, Á. Genes- tier, P. C. Granjean, L. Tintet, J. Durel, J. Douenel, Aubert, Villeseche, L. Moriniaux
TELEGRAPHS-IMPERIAL CHINESE; Adminis-
tration Yun-kwei Provinces
Director-Li Pi-ch'ang (Yun-nan-fu) Engineer-Ch. Jensen (Yun-nan-fu) Manager- Li Min-hsin
HOKOW
Hokow was opened to foreign trade by the Supplementary Convention between China and France of 20th June, 1895. A French Vice-consulate was established in August, 1896, which is subordinate to the Mengtsz Consulate, and an office of the Customs under the control of the Mengtsz Customs was opened at Hokow on 1st July, 1897. Hokow is picturesquely situated on the left bank of the Red River, at its junction with the Nanhsi River and is immediately opposite Laokay, an important garrison town in Tonkin. The village has some 4,000 inhabitants, who live in bamboo houses and huts with thatched roofs. Hokow is about 420 from Mengtsz by land. The total value of the trade of Hokow from July to December, 1897 was only Hk. Tls. 43,807.
VICE-CONSULAT DE FRANCE
DIRECTORY
Vice-Consul-F. Guillien (absent) Interprête-Chancelier, gérant du Con-
sulate--G. Angoulvant
TELEGRAPHS-IMPERIAL CHINESE
Manager-Li Yu-ch'in
關分口河
Hokow-fen-kwan
CUSTOMS--IMPERIAL MARITIME
Branch Office of Mêngtsz Customs
Assistant-Guy Bocher
Tidewaiter-E. V. Bono
SZEMAO
茅思 8-miu
Szemao, opened to the Tonkin frontier trade by the Gérard Convention of 1895, and to British trade by the Burmah Convention of 1896, is situated in the south- western part of the Province of Yunnan in latitude 22 deg. 47 min. 29 sec. N. and longi- tude 100 deg. 46 min. E. It is a sub-prefectural walled town built on a gently rising ground overlooking a wellcultivated plain. The elevation is 4,700 feet above the sea level, and the population is estimated to be about 15,000. The climate is delightful,