WENCHOW--SANTU
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There is no foreign settlement at Wênchow, and the foreign residents are a mere handful, consisting almost entirely of officials and missionaries. A large quantity of native opium is produced in the vicinity of Wênchow. There is a considerable native export trade in wood, charcoal, and bamboos, brought down the river on rafts from Ch'u-chow. Manufactures do not flourish, a soap factory failing, and a towel factory being (1905) on the wane. The annual value of the trade is estimated to be about $3,000,000. The shops and yards engaged in it are situated in the west suburb, where immense quantities of bamboos and poles are kept on hand. Wênchow is also celebrated for its oranges, which rank second important in the export trade. The total export of Tea in 1904 was 26,858 piculs, against 38,935 piculs in 1903, 26,411 piculs in 1902 and 13,097 piculs in 1901. The value of the net trade of the port coming under the cognizance of the Foreign Customs for 1904 was Hk. Tls. 2,390,385, against Hk. Tls. 2,589,333 in 1903, Hk. Tls. 1,916,355, in 1902, Hk. Tls. 1,460,789 in 1901, and Hk. Tls. 1,459,630 in 1900.
DIRECTORY
CONSULATES
門衙事領國英
Da Yung-Giai-ling-8z-ngo-ming
GREAT BRITAIN
also
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, Consulate
Consul-R. H. Mortimore (residing
at Ningpo)
Constable--John Compton
SPAIN, Consulate
Con.-R. H. Mortimore (Ningpo) Constable John Compton
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Consul in Shanghai
CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION CO.
Hsieh Chung-son, agent
Loo Hsin Yuen
CHINESE TELEGRAPH Co.
Chêng Tsai-chung, manager
Wong Tso-shen, clerk in charge
Hsia Chên-ching, Li Chung-Kon,
clerks
Ou-Hoi-Kwan
CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME
Acting Commissioner - J. H. M.
Moorhead
Assistant--T. Woxen
Acting Tidesurveyor and Harbour
Master Y. M. Mudès Examiner A. A. Godwin
Tidewaiter -Y. M. Mudés
MISSIONS
For Protestant Missions see end of China
Directory
ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION
Rev. C. Aroud
Rev. J. B. Tisserand
Rev. Léon Marques
局政郵清大州温
POST OFFICE-IMPERIAL CHINESE
Postmaster--J. H. M, Moorhead
Postal Officer-F. Hosting
SANTU
Santu (Santuao) was voluntarily opened to foreign trade by the Chinese Govern- ment on the 8th May, 1899. The port includes the whole of the magnificent Samsah Inlet, which is situated some 70 miles North of Foochow. The foreign settlement is on the island of Santu in the centre of the Inlet. The harbour is certainly one of the finest on the China cost: the approaches to it are well-defined, and vessels of the largest size may enter at any time, regardless of the state of tide. H. M. S. Waterwitch surveyed
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