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司公記太新
FOOCHOW—AMOY
SIN TAI KEE & Co.-General Importers,
Exporters, Store-keepers and Com- mission Agents
W. S. Young, manager
S. H. Eu-Young
SINGER'S SEWING MACHINE Co.
G. W. Dralleth
P. Cruz
Mei-hu
STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK-Tel.
Ad: Socony
H. W. Livingston, local manager H. H. Pethick
H. W. Palmer
At Pagoda Anchorage
C. L. Dains, supt. of Installation
STAR GINSENG Co., THE-Tel. Ad: Bucknall
E. H. Bucknall
SUN LIFE Assurance Co., of Canada
Dodwell & Co., Ltd., agents
司公報電北大東大
Ta-tong-ta-pak teen-po kong-sze
TELEGRAPH COMPANY, EASTERN EXTENSION,
AUSTRALASIA AND CHINA TELEGRAPH CO.,
LIMITED
Superintendent-A. E. Spriggs Counter clerk-W. W. Byu
Sharp Peak
M. C. Ruddock, superintendent
H. S. Leggatt, acting electrician H. T. Begley
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, FOOCHOW
Siemssen & Krohn, proprietors
TURNER & Co., Merchants
Geo. L. Greig
C. Skerritt-Rogers
A. M. d'Olieveira
局總報電國中
TELEGRAPHS, CHINESE ADMINISTRATION
Li Yoh, manager
K. B. Woo, line inspector
T. Y. Wei, clerk in-charge
D. Y. Ling, in-charge, Sharp Peak
T. S. Ching, in-charge, Pagoda Ar-
chorage
Y. D. Wei, clerk-in-charge (Santuao)
WESTPHAL, KING &RAMSAY,LTD., Merchants
J. W. Odell, manager
Agencies
Atlas Assurance Company, Ld. New Zealand Insurance Co., Ld. Assecuranz-Union von 1865, Hamburg Yang-tsze Insurance Assoc., Ld. Russian Volunteer Fleet
The Robert Dollar S. S. Co. The Bank Line, Ld.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION--Tel
Ad: Flamingo
AMOY
14 Hiá-mun
Amoy was one of the five ports open to foreign trade before the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin. It is situated upon the island of Haimun, at the mouth of the Pei Chi or Dragon River, in lat. 24 deg. 40 min. N. and long. 118 deg. E. It was the scene of trade with Western nations at a very early date. The Portuguese went there in 1544, but in consequence of their cruelty towards the natives, the Chinese authorities forcibly expelled them and burned thirteen of their vessels. The English had commercial dealings there up to 1730, when the Chinese Government issued an edict prohibiting trade with foreigners at all ports except Canton. They made an exception Spanish ships, which were allowed to trade at Amoy.
as regards
In describing Amoy Dr. Williams says:- The island upon which Amoy is built is about forty miles in circumference, and contains scores of large villages besides the city. The scenery within the bay is picturesque, caused partly by the numerous islands which define it, surmounted by pagodas or temples, and partly by the high barrea hills behind the city. There is an outer and an inner city, as one approaches it seaward, divided by a high ridge of rocky hills having a fortified wall running along the top. A paved road connects the two. The entire circuit of the City and suburbs is
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