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LAPPA-SAMSHUI
DIRECTORY.
#⇓⇓ Kung-pak-san-kwan OFFICE OF THE MARITIME CUSTOMS,
LAPPA- No. 2, Rua dos Prazeres, Macao Commissioner-Smollett-Campbell Assistants-A. S. Deane, J. Nolasco
da Silva
Chinese Assistant-Cheung Yuk-tong Medical Officers—E. da E. P. d'Almeida,
E. M. Alvares
orn,
Tidesurveyor-C. A. Maasberg Acting Boat Officer-J. R. Hamilton Asst. Examiners E. Trusch, W. J.
Potter, A. G. McLoughlin Tidewaiters-J. Boyd, J. G. Trinb
G. Gosling, C. S Goddar 1, A. Knobloch, R. Bland, W. Atkins, N. McMahon, T. A. Noud, T. 1. Pate- man, B. B. Grönquist, H. Steinerth, A. Borges, C. Fisher, J. D. Boyd, W. C. Ladd, C. H. Bartels, A. Boyd, E. V. Miller, K. P. Wierny, C. C. Canavarro, E. A. P. de Mendonça, G. H. Martin, C. Thiesen, C. E. Huguenin, E. B. da Rosa, R. M. A. Noud
Watchers-E. S. Antunes, C. A.
Cammiade, T. H. F. Taudien
Revenue Launches:
Pakton
Officer-in-Charge-J. Boyd Launch Officer A. Knobloch
Lungtsing
Officer-in-Charge--G. Gosling Launch Officer-H. Steinerth
Luipin
Officer-in-Charge-C. H. Bartels Chinese Clerks-Lee Wing Shang, Tang Wing-ki, Liang Man fan, Leung Cum-chiu, Wong Ying Shou, Cheung Pang-yun, Ip Ping-sham, Chun Hing-wan, Thomas Tang, Lee Yau Fun, Sai Ying King, Li Fuk- tong, Fong Tze Sun, Fu Tê Chin, Leung Kum-lün, Wong Yuet Fong, Chung Kwok lu
Writer-Chao Hsi-ming Copyist-Fang Tien-hua Shuan-Chung Shih-chen, Tung Tê- chao, Fang Ping Nam, Fêng Ching Ch'ing, Yu Ching-shi, Ch'ên Jui-ting
SAMSHUI
= Sun-shui
The Treaty port of Samshui, opened in 1897 under the Burmah Convention-nearly forty years after Consul Harry Parkes East River Expedition-is situated near the junction of the West and North Rivers, in lat. 23 deg. 6 min. 30 sec. N., and long. 112 deg. 53 min. and 48 sec. E. The anchorage known
The anchorage known as Hokow, at which foreigners reside, was formerly an ordinary Chinese fishing village, with boat building as its leading industry, and a flooded state in summer as its characteristic peculiarity, but it is fast becoming a busy town. According to the Convention, the town of Samshui and Kongkên (a dirty little village situated among the hills opposite Hokow) together constitute the port area. The formal opening took place on 4th June, 1897, since which date the net value of the trade of the port coming under the cognizance of the Foreign Customs has grown to nearly 7 million taels in 1909. The net value of the trade for 1911 was Tls. 5,685,249. The junk traffic is simply enor mous and the lekin station is the first in the province. The district city of Samshui itself is surrounded by an imposing wall built in the 6th year of Chia Ching of the Ming's (about A.D. 1560), the year after the place attained to the dignity of a magistrate's cure. Within the wall the houses are poor and the place is wanting in life-a condition in which it has remained throughout the present dynasty and in contrast (say the records) to its affluent state under the Mings. Outside the North Gate stands an imposing temple, temp Chia Ching (circa 1800). Between the town and the river is a fine nine-storied pagoda—probably of the Ming dynasty,
The business focus of the district is Sainam, a large well-built town of no great antiquity, three miles distant, on the creek leading to Fatshan. The inhabitants are not lacking in enterprise and there is a steam silk filature and a steam flour mill. Here an interesting occupation is the tinning of rice-birds, soles and game. The rice birds are caught in reed patches at night in a bag net, into which they are swept by a rope drawn over the reeds. The season is short, lasting only for six weeks in the Autumn.
Two sets of steamship lines converge here, from Canton and Hongkong, respec- tively, and tourists in China can do many worse things than visit the West River, and should not fail to explore this port and its environs. The number of
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