PORT ARTHUR-DAIREN
GOVERNMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL
T. Katsuura, chief
GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL
T. Shinoda, chief (Riojun) C. Fujü, chief (Dairen)
OBSERVATORY
S. Mizuuchi, chief
GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE—
Dairen
G. Kinoshita, acting chief
GOVERNMENT MARINE PRODUCT INSTITUTE-Dairen
T. Ogata, chief
LOCAL, CIVIL ADMINISTRATION
U. Ouchi, Dairen Prefecture T. Yoshida, Riojun Prefecture
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M. Endo, Kinshu Branch Office of Dairen
Prefecture
GENERAL COMMUNICATION BUREAU— Dairen
J. Kato, director
HIGH COURT-U. Hiraishi, president
DISTRICT COURT-N. Tsuchiya, chief judge
PRISON-T. Watanabe, chief
RIOJUN PUBLIC HOSPITAL
Surgeon Colonel H. Yamaguchi, director
MARITIME OFFICE -Dairen
I. Narasaki, director
I. Sakurai, chief of the Riojun branch
POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL-T. Sato, chief
RIOJUN NAVAL STATION
Vice-Admiral R. Kawashima, commander Capt. S. Nakamura, chief of staff
DAIREN
Dairen (Dalny), the Southern terminus of the South Manchuria Railway, is a commercial port in the Southern corner of Liaotung Peninsula, Lat 38° 55′ 44′′ N. and Long. 121° 37' 7" E. When Russia leased the place in 1898, it was only a small village. With remarkable push and energy the Russians laid out and built up, in less than three years, one of the finest towns in the Far East, with cathedrals and mansions, parks and roads, wharves and warehouses. Almost at the outset of the late war, the town was occupied by the Japanese Army and served as the principal base of supply. The health of the locality is exceptionally good. The hottest temperature registered in summer is 30° C. (86°F.), and the cold winter season is short and invigorating. The harbour works, which were planned and partially completed by the Russians, are designed on a fairly extensive scale. They comprise, the first wharf, the second wharf, the north breakwater, the north-west breakwater, and the east breakwater. The third wharf is now under construction and is expected to be completed in 1918. It will have a sea-frontage of about 5,300 feet. The combined length of the break- waters is 12,921 feet, and they are 3 feet above the highest tide. The deep water area inside the breakwater is about 800 acres. The entrance being very open, viz., 1,200 ft. wide, the harbour is accessible to vessels of deep draught at any time of day or state of tide. The total sea-frontage of the first and second wharves is 8,045 feet, which at the sea end has a denth of 30ft, at low water and on the shore end 23ft. The wharves are lighted by electricity and are furnished with extensive closed sheds and railway sidings, together with every up-to-date appliance for the handling of cargo. In view of the phenomenal development of the import and export trade of the port, plans are in course of execution for the further improvement and extension of the existing harbour, including the north breakwater, so as to give more effective protection to the wharves, when the water will be deepened to 30 ft. At the East end of the shore, a new pier, 1,710 feet long with 30ft. of water and intended for the discharging of inflammable goods, was completed in 1912. On the island of Sanshantao at the entrance to Dairen Bay stands a lighthouse, and two other lighthouse have