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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 trains run daily each way between Canton and Samshui. The passengers carried during 1919 numbered 4,031,314, an increase of about 183,000 over the total for 1918. The climate of the port is as healthy as any in the delta. In the summer, frequent squalls cool the air, and it is seldom that there is not a breeze of some kind; in winter, the air is keen, bracing and clear. The waterways and surrounding country are pictur- esque, and the adjacent heights offer pleasant walks. Excursions of one or two days enable one to climb Mt. McCleverty, (2,000 ft.) at the mouth of the West River; or Ting Hu Shan (4,000 ft.), behind the celebrated temple known to foreigners as "Howlik," near which is to be found the popular bathing pool and fall; or the hills forming the first gorge, from which used to be quarried the famous ink-stone known throughout China as Tuan Yen. Perhaps the most interesting of the sights in the neighbourhood are the Seven Star Hills, which are situated close to the pleasant town of Shiu Hing, some 30 miles from the port. These hills, formed of pure white marble rising to a height of about 400 feet from the plain, hold many temples-some apparently clinging to the sides of the cliffs-and caves and grottoes. The fine bronze figures of more than life-size in one of these temples are well worthy of attention. Fair snipe shooting is to be obtained in the winter, and an occasional pheasant, partridge, quail or duck may be added to the bag. The attractions of good sport and pleasing surround- ings have made Samshui a week-end resort for some of the Canton community confined to the small island of Shameen.
The telegraph and postal services have agencies at the port, but there are no Consulates established; the Consuls within whose districts Samshui lies reside either in Canton or Hongkong.
DIRECTORY
亞細亞
局政郵國中
ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO. (SOUTH CHINA),LTD.
D. Willis
POST OFFICE, CHINESE
李美
司公船輪和天
BANKER STEAM SHIP Co.
Yat Kee, agent
STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK F. H. Steele, assist. in charge
局報電國中
司公船輪和濟
TELEGRAPHS, CHINESE
司公榮廣
KWONG WING CO. LTD.,
CHAI WO S. S. Co.
Wang Yik, agent
關水三
CUSTOMS, Maritime
Act. Commissioner-J. N. Segerdal
Asssitant C. M. Powell
Harbour Master and Tidesurveyor-
E. Shelton
Chief Examiner-V. Gaeta
Tidewaiter-E. Pachis
Clerk-of-works-F. Nightingale
Kwan Yik, agent
司公業航江西
WEST RIVER CHINESE NAVIGATION CO.
Kwong Fuk Cheong, agent
司公與西
SAI HING S. S. Co.
Yuet Wo, agent