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Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society
Nouveau Lloyd Suisse
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corpn. Limited
Palatine Insurance Company, Limited Patriotic Assurance Company
Phoenix Assurance Company
Property Insurance Company Ld.
Providentia Allgem. Versich. Gesellschaft, Wien...... Prussian National Insurance Co. (Fire & Life) Rheinisch Westphalischer Lloyd
Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation. Royal Insurance Company (Fire).
Salamander Fire Insurance Company of Amsterdam Salamandra Insurance Company, St. Petersburg. Schweiz Allgem Vers. Act. Ges. Zurich.
Sea Insurance Company
Scottish Imperial Life Insurance Company
Scottish Union and National Insurance Company South British Fire and Mar. Ince. Co. of New Zealand South British Fire and Marine Insurance Co. (Marine) Standard Marine Insurance Company, Limited Standard Life Assurance Company State Fire Insurance Company, Limited. Sun Fire Office
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Wilson & Co.
AGENTS
Sietas, Plambeck & Co. Melchers & Co.
Liddell Bros. & Co. Perrin, Cooper & Co. Hatch, Carter & Co. K. Liddell & Co. Siemssen & Co. E. Gipperich & Co. Sietas, Plambeck & Co. Butterfield & Swire Collins & Co. Melchers & Co. Siemssen & Co. Sietas, Plambeck & Co. Butterfield & Swire H. M. Schultz & Co.
Carlowitz & Co.
Wilson & Co.
Arnhold, Karberg & Co. Butterfield & Swire Wilson & Co.
Arnhold, Karberg & Co. Wilson & Co. Leykauff & Co. E. Bavier & Co.
Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company, Ld. Wilson & Co.
Tientsin Fire Insurance Association Tokyo Marine Insurance Co.
Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld.. United Dutch Marine Insurance Company United Butch Marine Insurance Company Upper Raine Insurance Company, Mannheim Western Assurance Company, Toronto World Marine Insurance Company Yangtsze Insurance Association, Limited Yen Chai Ho Insurance Co.......
Yorkshire Insurance Company York
A. F. Algie, secretary Mitsui Bussan Kaisha E. Rousseau Siemssen & Co. Wm. Forbes & Co. William Forbes & Co. Faust & Co.
Perrin, Cooper & Co.
Liddell Bros. & Co.
China Merchants' Steam Nav, Co
Shewan, Tomes & Co.
TAKU
沽大 Ta-ku
This village is situated at the mouth of the Pei-ho, on the southern side of the river about sixty-seven miles from Tientsin. The land is so flat at Taku that it is difficult for a stranger to detect the entrance to the river. There are two anchorages, an outer and inner. The former extends from the Customs Junks to three miles outside the Bar, seaward; the latter from Liang-kia-yuan on the south to the Customs Jetty, Tz'chu-lin, on the north. The village is a poor one, and possesses few shops and no buildings of interest except the forts, now demolished. The only foreign residents are the employées of the Lighter Company, the Customs, and the Pilot Corporation. A railway from the adjoining town of Tungku (two miles up the river) to Tientsin was completed in 1888.
Taku is memorable on account of the engagements that have taken place between its forts and the British and French naval forces. The first attack was made on the