Deutsch-Chinesische
KIAOCHAU-TSINANFU
Druckerei and Verlagranshalt~G.
Werner
TSINGTAUER WERFT, Shipbuilding, En-
gineering, Boilermaking, 16,000 tons Dock 150 tons Crane
林維 We-lin
VERING, C., Engineer (Road, Canal, Rail-
way, River Correction and Harbour): Tel. Ad. Vering
(Branch Office, 12 Yangtsepoo Road
Shanghai)
H. Vering (Hamburg)
Dr. C. Vering (Hamburg)
J. Stickforth (Tsingtau)
C. Heisch, merchant
H. Bonne, diploma engineer S. K. Lee, assistant
VOGT, B., Hotel
Foh-Wei
VORWERK ZIMMERMANN, & BÜSING Recht- sanwält, Prinz Heinrich: Tel. Ad. Anwalt
A. F. Verwerk, Dr. jur.
Manfred Zimmermann
H. Büsing, Dr. jur.
Joh. Müller, bureauvorstand
VON Duering, WIBEL & Co., Merchants
Agency
Sander, Wieler & Co.
WALTHER, J. Geo., Merchant
中立 Li-zung
J. Walther Knuth
Agency
747
The Netherlands Fire Ins. Co. of 1845
WEBER, P., Baugeschäft
WLILUDA, A., Mützenmacher
WINCKLER & Co. G. M. L. H. Merchants
P. Kütt Treŭke
T. Weber, Butchery
TSINANFU
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Tsinan (or Chinan, as it is sometimes written), the capital of the province of Shantung, has the distinction of being the first city in the Chinese Empire in which a Foreign Commercial Settlement was voluntarily opened by the Government of China. The date of its inauguration was January 10th, 1906. The city of Tsinan lies at the foot of a range of hills (Lat. 36° 50′ N ; Long. 117° Ë), and has a gradual slope from south to north. Situated in the south-west suburb are magnificent springs giving forth many tons of water per minute, and the streams from these natural fountains flow through the city to a lake situated on the north side. This abundance of water tends to make Tsinan one of the cleanest as well as one of the healthiest cities in the Empire. The population is computed to number about 300,000, about one-twentieth of whom profess the Mohammedan faith. In an address delivered on the occasion of the inauguration of the Foreign Settlement, the Governor of Shantung described Tsinan as occupying a pivotal position with respect to northern and southern China and as being on the main route from Kaifeng Fu to the Yellow Sea. “An immense development," he declared, "must therefore await this Settlement, and though it may never equal the largest commercial centres of Europe and America, yet it may well hope to enter into rivalry with them." There are no indications at present of any rapid development in this direction, and it is practically certain that so long as the regulations framed for the government of the Settlement contain illiberal conditions which are absolutely unacceptable to foreigners, the governor's hopes are destined to remain unfulfilled. No foreigners have yet gone to reside in the Settlement except the German Consul and staff (whose houses are held under other conditions) and some employes of the Chinese Government. The Deutsch Asiatische Bank is erecting
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