ROYAL MARINE GUARD
WEIHAIWEI-KIAOCHAU
Lieutenant-R. E. G. Burton, R.M.L.I.
SAILORS' & SOLDIERS' INSTITUTE
E. C. Ockenden
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH-Port Edward
Rev. A. E. Burne
ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC MISSION
Rev. Fr. W. Hallam, o.F.M.
STANDARD OIL Co., OF NEW YORK
V. G. Lyman, manager (Chefoo) Fock Tai & Co., agents
UNION CHAPEL-Liu-kung-tao
E. C. Ockenden, hon. sec. and treas. Preachers-Resident Missionaries
WEIHAIWEI LAND AND BUILDING CO., LI.
Lavers & Clark, agents
WEIHAIWEI LIGHTER Co.
Lavers & Clark,
Cornabé, Eckford & Co., Joint
fmanagers
839
WEIHAIWEI MISSION PRESS-Liu-kung-tao
E. C. Ockenden
行來泰
WEIHAIWEI WINE IMPORT Co., Wholesale
Wine Merchants-Tel. Ad: Tai Lai
Y. C. Lee
T. W. Ching
A. C. Laing Agencies
Garner, Quelch & Co. James Buchanan & Co. M. B. Foster & Son Meux's Brewery Co. Asahi Beer
WEIHAIWEI SCHOOL
Head-master-H. L. Beer, L.C.P. Assists.-E. L. Harvey, A. Craddock
LADIES' DIRECTORY
Mrs. Beer Mrs. Bickle
Miss Gresham
Mrs. Hartley
Mrs. Hamlin
Mrs. Hickin Mrs. Hill Mrs. House
Mrs. Jennings
Mrs. Brown Mrs. Burne Mrs. Cameron Mrs. Ching Mrs. Clark
Miss Lockhart Mrs. Marsh Miss McElvie Miss Muat Mrs. Ockenden Miss Rout
Mrs. Russell
Stewart-
Lady
Lockhart Mrs. Steel Mrs. Walter Mrs. Whittaker Mrs. Wilson
KIAOCHAU (TSINGTAU )
Kiáu-chau
Tsingtau, situated at the entrance to the Kiaochau Bay in Shantung, was occupied by a German squadron on the 14th November, 1897, in consequence of the murder of two German missionaries. It is held on lease from China for the term of ninety-nine years. The special attention of the Administration has been devoted to agricultural, commercial and mining development in the Protectorate and Shantung. The local administration consists of a Council, which is composed of all the heads of the several administrative departments under the personal supervision of the Governor and four members chosen from the civil population and appointed for two years; the first is named by the Gov- ernor, with the consent of the Council, the second is chosen from among the members of the non-Chinese firms, the third from the list of taxpayers paying at least $50 ground tax, without distinction of nationality, and the fourth from the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. The Protectorate has developed to an unlooked-for extent under this system of administration, which has enabled all the vital questions at issue, such as legal rights, landed properties, land tax assessment, school and Church matters, to be satisfactorily settled. The object of the Administration in dealing with the land question has been to secure for every settler the lasting possession of his plot, thereby
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