HOIHOW (IN HAINAN)
Kiung-chau 口海 Hoi-han
[oihow is the seaport of the city of Kiung-chow (the seat of government in the l of Hainan, and distant from its port about three and a-half miles) which was opened eign trade on the 1st April, 1876. The position of the port, though geographically rable, is topographically unsuitable for the development of any extensive com- al transactions, vessels being compelled to anchor some two miles from the nce of the creek, or branch of the main river upon which Hoihow is situated. The are extremely irregular, and the anchorage is liable to the visitation of very severe ons, being moreover entirely unprotected from the north. The width of the in Straits, between Hoihow and the mainland-the Lien-chau peninsula-is about e miles. As regards health, Hoihow compares favourably with other parts of in, though fever and ague are said to prevail to some extent. The port is badly ied with water. The French have erected a handsome consulate, and a British late is also in course of erection.
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'he approaches to the shore are extremely shallow, so that loading and unloading nly he carried on at certain states of the tide. Despite this disadvantage, ver, the advent of foreign steamers has given a considerable impulse to trade. town itself contains about 25,000 souls, and is governed by a Tsan-fu, enant-Colonel; the population of Kiungchow being 41,000. The native mercan- »opulation, though respectable, is by no means rich. No foreign settlement has t been formed, and with the exception of the Roman Catholic Orphanage, d in 1895, and the American Presbyterian Mission Hospital and doctor's nce, the houses occupied by the foreign residents are Chinese converted into bean habitations by alterations and improvements; H.B.M. Consulate obtained a fter fourteen years' negotiations, and a consulate building has now been erected S.W. of the Hospital. Towards the end of 1897 a piece of land was granted French Consulate has been built on the Northern side of the river and facing ow town. Since the beginning of 1899 a free school has been opened by the ch Government for teaching the French language to the Chinese, and an officer the Tonkin Medical Staff was detailed to this port for the purpose of giving the es and others free attendance and medicine. During 1903 a German Vice- late was created. The foreign residents at present number about sixty-five. The alue of the trade of the port in 1902 was TỈs. 5,572,492, against Tls. 4,429,866 in and Tls. 3,753,233 in 1900. A large export trade in pigs, poultry, eggs, and sions is carried on with Hongkong. The postal service was at first conducted › British Consulate only; when the Chinese Imperial Post was created, a branch it service was also established at this port; in the beginning of 1900 a French Office was added. The public is therefore well provided for in that respect. raphic communication with the other ports of the world is established through ne under Chinese administration, but the service is most wretchedly conducted, ine being more often interrupted than not. A harbour light, as well as one imko (western entrance of the Hainan Straits), were opened in 1894; also one pe Cami in 1895.
SULATES-
官事領國比大
Tai-peh-kwok Ling-sz-kun
LGIUM
DIRECTORY
Consul for Hongkong, Macao and
South China- Th. Hamman (resi-
ding in Hongkong)
FRANCE (Hoihow)
also
PORTUGAL, in charge of interests of
Vice-Consul-R. Réau
Medical Officer-Dr. Féray Chinese Writer-Sün Wah Heng
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