HAIPHONG
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Summit, being about 5,000 feet high. Though at the time of its origin in 1884 Hai- phong was but a mere native village in the midst of rice fields and muddy streams, it has rapidly developed into the most important commercial and industrial centre of Tonkin and the port for all Home and foreign traffic. Being a new town, it has been built according to modern ideas. The streets and boulevards are wide, clean and well-shaded, and constructed for the most part at right angles.
The town has a cosy and pleasing appearance, most of the houses being of the cottage type. The chief commercial and administrative buildings are the Central Post Office, City Hall, Banque Industrielle, Municipal Theatre, and Custom-house. There is a Roman Catholic Cathedral attached to the Spanish Mission, and a Protestant church, also, has been erected in the town. There is a very pretty theatre, built in 1900 by the Municipality. The Hôtel du Commerce is a large and handsome structure, its lofty mansard roof dominating every building in the town. The Cercle du Commerce, which is a well-managed club, has its domicile in the boulevard Paul Bert. racecourse is about a mile from the town on the Do Son Road.
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Haiphong has two public gardens, where military concerts are given on Sundays and Thursdays. The small Botanical Garden of the Lach Tray, 2 miles out of town, is one of the evening promenades.
The appearance of this city, agreeably disposed among trees and tropical vegeta- tion, appeals to the eye of the traveller arriving by sea on a sunny day.
The city, originally comprised within the Cua Cam and Song-Tam Bac rivers and the Bonnal canal, soon spread beyond these narrow limits owing to the development of its commerce and industry, foreign and indigenous. The principal industrial concerns are cement works (whose products are known all over the Far East), cotton mills, rice mills, brick, tile and ceramic factories, foundries and shipbuilding yards. An important factory for the making of all sorts of chemical products is now under construction and is expected to be working during 1922.
The total population is 75,700, of whom 2,200 are Europeans (including 280 troops and 120 foreigners), 60,000 are Annamese, and the remainder (in order of importance) Chinese, Indian and Japanese.
A regular service of river steamers is maintained between Hanoi and Haiphong by the Messageries Fluviales, and Haiphong is connected by submarine cable with Saigon and Hongkong.
DIRECTORY
MAIRIE DE HAIPHONG Administrateur Maire-G. Dupuy
ADMINISTRATION MUNICIPALE
G. Dupuy, Administrateur-Maire S. De Sourdeval, administrateur-délégué,
chef du Secrétariat
Gautier, chef des Travaux Municipaux Bertrand, commissaire de Police Fabre, payeur-receveur municipal Arnoux, commissaire special
CONSEIL MUNICIPAL G. Dupuy, Adminstrateur-Maire
L. Paquin, ler. adjoint M. Gué, 2e adjoint Conseillers Municipaux Porcheu, Godelu, Girodolle, Dailly, Martin, Caron, Théard, Fieschi, Gué, Nguyen, Ngọc Phong, Ng H. Thu, Phom Inse Kinh, Sy-Ky
TRÉSORERIE
Payeur de le classe-Fabre
Commis Dumas, détaché du service des
douanes
Porteur de contraintes-Prost
DIRECTION DU PORT DE COMMERCE
Capitaine de Port-Viel
Lieutenant de Port-Prado
Maitre de Port-Guivarch
Pilotes-Larroque, Salgé, Roses, Poinset,
Henry, Suzzoni, Blanc, Seigner Aspirants-pilotes-Le Poulain, Novel
DOUANES ET RÉGIES DE L'INDO-CHINE SOUS DIRECTION DU TONKIN
Sous-Directeur-Dugay
Inspecteur Rec. Comptable-Fournier Bureau Central, Chef-Briol
S/ Chefs-Cazeres, Bouquet
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