HIGH COURT
DISTRICT COURT
U. Hiraishi, president
N. Tsuchiya, chief judge
PRISON
T. Watanabe, chief
PORT ARTHUR-DAIREN
RIOJUN PUBLIC HOSPITAL
Surgeon Inspector Major General H.
Yamaguchi, director
MARITIME OFFICE-Dairen
I. Narasaki, director
I. Sakurai, chief of the Riojun branch
POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL
C. Kumabe, chief
TEMPORARY LAND INVESTIGATION BUREAU
K. Gosen, director
RIOJUN NAVAL STATION
Vice-Admiral T. Kuroi, commander |
Capt. K. Haji, chief of staff
DAIREN
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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′′ Ñ, 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 war in 1904 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 break water, the north-west breakwater, and the east breakwater. The third wharf is now under construction and is expected to be completed in 1919. 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 00 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 8,954 feet, which at the sea end has a depth 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, so as to give more effective protection and facilities to the wharves, when the water will be deepened to 30 ft. or more. At the East end of the shore, an iron pier, 1,135 feet long with 30ft. of water has been constructed for the purpose of discharging inflammable goods. On the island of Sanshantao at the entrance to Dairen Bay stands a lighthouse, and two other lighthouses have been erected at the northern extremity of the east breakwater and at the eastern extremity of the north breakwater respectively. In the former position has also been fixed a fog-horn, worked by electric motor. A wireless telegraph station is established at Takushan, near the entrance of the Bay. There is a granite dry dock 430ft. long and 51ft. wide at entrance, with extensive repair shops attached, leased and managed by the Dairen branch of the Kawasaki Dock Yard Co., Ltd., of Kobe. A Marine guarantine station, built at a cost of Yen 430,00, was opened in November, 1913. It is scientifically designed and equipped on the latest and most approved lines with accommodation for both foreign and Chinese passengers.