ROYAL MARine Guard
WEIHAIWEI-KIAOCHAU
Lieutenant-R. W. S. Laing, B.M.L.I.
SAILORS' & SOLDIERS' INSTITUTE
E. C. Ockenden, hon. superintendent
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., Ld.
Lavers & Clark, agents
Mrs. Beer
Mrs. Bickle
Mrs. Boyden
Mrs. Bourchier
Mrs. Brown Mrs. Cameron Mrs. Carpmael Mrs. Ching
WEIHAIWEI Lighter Co.
Cornabé, Eckford & Co., Joint Lavers & Clark,
managers
819
WEIHAIWEI MISSION PRESS-Liu-kung-tao
E. C. Ockenden
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WEIHAIWEI WINE IMPORT Co., Wholesale,
Wine Merchants-Tel. Ad: Tai Lai
Y. C. Lee
F. C. Lee
A. C. Laing Agencies
Garner, Quelch & Co. James Buchanan & Co. M. B. Foster & Son Meux's Brewery Co. Asahi Beer
Gaelic Whisky
WEIHAIWEI SCHOOL
Head-master-H. L. Beer, L.C.P.
Assists.-E. L. Harvey, A. Craddock
LADIES' DIRECTORY
Mrs. Clark Mrs. Crudge Mrs. Forcey Miss Gresham Mrs. Hamblin Mrs. Harris Mrs. Hartley Mrs. Hickin
Mrs. Hill Mrs. House Mrs. Jennings Mrs. Lavers Mrs. Liardet Miss Lockhart Miss Mallyon Mrs. Manistre
Miss McLeod Mrs. Ockenden Miss Rout Mrs. Russell Lady
Stewart
Lockhart Mrs. Steel Mrs, Whittaker
KIAOCHAU (TSINGTAU)
Kiáu-chau
Tsingtan, 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
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