SAMSHUI
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Steamers entered and cleared at the Custom House during 1911 totalled 4,158 Since 1st May, 1905, Samshui has been made a port of entry for foreign steamers going up the West River. Numerous steam launches carrying passengers or towing passenger boats ply between Samshui and neighbouring cities on the West and North Rivers and on the creek leading to Fatshan and Canton. A railway line from Canton to Samshui via Fatshan was inaugurated on the 26th September, 1904, and five pas- trains run daily each way between Canton and Samshui. The total number of sengers carried during the 34th year of Kuang Hsi (1908-09) was 3,052,920, of which 890 In the Summer malignant were foreigners. Goods traffic does not exist so far. diseases-fever, dengue, cholera, plague, etc.-may occasionally appear, as in every other place in China; but in the Winter the air is keen, bracing, and clear. The waterways and surrounding country are picturesque and the adjacent heights (from 200 to 400 ft.) worthy of ascent. Game, especially snipe, dark and geese, is to be found in fair quantities. The temperature varies from 38° F. to: 0° F.-dry in winter, damp in summer--but generally very supportable.
The Chinese Imperial Post Office with a branch office at Sunshui is connected by rail with Canton and with all important cities in the neighbourhood by steam launches or couriers. Mails for and from Hongkong are sent via Canton
There is no telegraph station at Samshui, but telegrams are forwarded via Sainam
by messengers.
There are no Consulates at Samshui. The Consuls within whose jurisdiction Sam-
hui is situated reside either in Hongkong on in Canton.
CONSULATES
DIRECTORY
官事領國比大
¶¶✰✰ Tai-peh-kwok Ling-sz-kun
BELGIUM
Consul-Residing in Hongkong
官事領國英大
GREAT BRITAIN
also
AUSTRO-HUNGARY
Consul-General--J. W. Jamieson, C.M.G.
(residing in Canton)
*Tail-tui-liLing-szkin
ITALY
Consul-General
Commendatore Z.
Volpicelli (residing in Hongkong)
Chinese Writer-Ching Yao
關水三
CUSTOMS, MARITIME
Acting Commissioner-P. B. von Rau-
tenfeld
Assistant-U. Marconi
Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-
L. Liedeke
Examiner--J. McMahon
Tidewaiters-H. W. Beckett, A. A. Z.
von Stockhousen, E. P. Pretzsch
隆安福
FOOK ON LOONG, Broker and Commission
Agent
Matheson
渣
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Merchants
Man Fuk Lung, agent
Agencies
H'kong., Canton & Macao S.B. Co., Ld.
Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. China Navigation Company
Canton Insurance Office
Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.
和公
KUNG-WO, Broker and Commission Agent.
盆圴
KWAN YIK, Broker and Commission Agent
局政郵
POST OFFICE, CHINESE
District-postmaster-C. H. Shields
(Canton)
Postal Clerk in charge-Ng Po Yuen Assistant-Lo Honü
局報電國中
TELEGRAPHS, CHINESE Sainam
Clerk-Woo Chung Yū
昌興永
WING HING CHEONG, Broker and Coin-
mission Agent
司公和怡
Wo & Co., E., Merchs. and Commsn. Agents
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