PEI-TAI-HO AND CHINGWANGTAO-NEWCHWANG
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the trade for 1915, however, fell short of the previous year's figures by Hk. Tls. 1,819,000, being Hk. Tls. 10,598,765 against Hk. Tls. 12,447,765 in 1914 and Hk. Tls. 19,821,592 in 1913. The decrease was almost entirely in the foreign trade of the port and was due to the adverse influence of the European war. The total number of steamers entered and cleared during 1915 was 890, against 1,008 in 1914 and their tonnage amounted to 1,341,327 tons against 1,647,48 tons. Chinwangtao was selected on account of its natural geographical advantages as one of the ports of embarkation for coolies emigrating to South Africa, and during 1904 an extensive depôt was established for the accommoda- tion of five or six thousand men.
DIRECTORY
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire &
Sons, Ld.)-Tel. Ad: Swire
(Agent in residence during the Winter
season only); Address: Tientsin
Agencies
China Navigation Co., Ld.
Ocean Steamship Co., Ld.
China Mutual S. N. Co., Ld.
關海島王秦
Hai-kwan
CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS
Commissioner-F. W. Maze (stationed.
at Tientsin)
Depy. Commr.-J. D. D. de La Touche Chinese Assistant-Lo Ch'i-ming Act.Asst.Tidesurveyor-W.B.Andrews Assistant Examiner-W. Mc F. Robb Tidewaiters-A. Fenus, S. Sturton, S. Underhill, A.E. Cooper, E. B. da Rosa
CHINESE POST OFFICE
Ho Hung-Chün, officer in-charge
FORBES & CO., WILLIAM-Tel. Ad: Rinchee,
Chinwangtao
KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION
Ad: Maishan
Tel.
R. A. McConaghy, agent and engineer J.W. Nolan, shipping clerk and acct. W. Roberts, harbour master
J. Phillips, traffic inspector
Dr. H. Kent, medical officer
J. Rickerby, weighbridge office
A. Anderson, mechanical engineer P. Lemoing, coal yard
REST HOUSE HOTEL-Tel. Ad: Rest House
Hop Kee, manager
NEWCHWANG
Niu-chwang 口營 Ying-kow
Newchwang, in latitude 40 deg. 40 min. 38 sec. N., longitude 122 deg. 15 min. 30 sec. E., was opened to foreign trade in May, 1864, and was for more than forty years the only Treaty port in Manchuria Manchuria comprises the three Provinces of Fêngtien, Kirin and Heilungchiang, and is commonly called by the Chinese the "Tung San Sheng "or the Three Eastern Provinces. Newchiwang is situated in the most southern of these three pro- vinces-Fêngtien, also known as Shêng Ching-and lies about thirteen miles from the mouth of the Liao River, which empties into the Gulf of Liaotung, a continuation of the Gulf of Pechili. The proper name of the port is Yingkow, and not Newchwang, which is situated 90 li (30 miles) further up the river. The old town of Newchwang was designated by Treaty to be opened to trade, but the first foreigners finding Ying- kow more conveniently situated, and more adapted in every respect for the purposes of trade, quietly installed themselves there and got over the difficulty by the simple process of changing the name of Yingkow into that of Newchwang !
The country in the immediate vicinity of the port is flat and unpicturesque in the extreme, and the town itself has nothing in the way of attractions for the traveller.