NANNING-KOUANG-TCHEOU-WAN
DIRECTORY
ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO. (SOUTH CHINA),LTD.
J. W. Plait, manager
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO Co.
Chan Yee Fong
CUSTOMS, MARITIME-Tel. Ad.: Custos
Acting Commr.-F. R. C. Surplice Examiner-See Yunanfu
Tide waiter--(vacant)
Medical Officer-Dr. H. L. Clift
府事領國法大
FRENCH CONSULATE
Acting Consul-V. Cadet (resides at
Lungchow)
MISSIONS
CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE
F. A. Christopherson and wife Miss E. Foust
J. J. Oien and wife (Pang Chou) T. E. Wilson and wife (Poseb)
EMMANUEL MEDICAL MISSION
Dr. H. L. Clift and wife Miss Ruth Field Miss E. Lucas
MISSIONS ETRANGÈRES
Monseigneur Ducoeur (eveque) Rev. Pere Labully (Kweihsien) Rev. Pere Barriere (Lungchow) Rev. Pere Albouy (Sünchow) Rev. F. Poulat (Kweihsien) Rev. C. Pelamourgues (Nanning)
Rev. J. M. Epalle (Silin) Rev. H. Costenoble Rev. L. Crocq (Taipingfu) Rev. Auguin
Rev. Teissier (Tungmu) Rev. Humbert (Poseh) Rev. Seosse (Sünchow) Rev. Courant (Silin) Rev. Seguret (Silung) Rev. Maurand (Silung) Rev. Rigal (Yungfu) Rev. Cuenot (Kweilin) Rev. Caysac (Haiyuan) Rev. Heraud (Sünchow)
PENTECOSTAL MISSION
Reynolds and wife Miss Georgia Cound Miss A. S. Kugler
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS
P. L. Williams and wife Pastor P. U. Thomas and wife
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POST OFFICE, KWANGSI DISTRICT-Head
Office
Postal Commissioner—J. C. Farkin Acting Deputy Commissioner-Hsüeh
Chia Wang
1st Class Postmaster- Fan Yu Fuk
(Kweilin)
1st Class Postmaster - Li Hing Po
(Wuchow)
STANDARD OIL Co. OF NEW YORK-Tel.
Ad: Socony
A. I. Keefe, manager
KOUANG-TCHEOU-WAN
Kwáng-chau-wan
The bay of Kwangchau (or according to the French official spelling, Kouang-tcheou- wan), situated in the province of Kwangtung, was ceded on lease with the surrounding territories by a Convention between France and China, and occupied by the French on the 22nd of April, 1898. It is comprised between the 20 deg. 45 inin. and the 21 deg. 17 min. north latitude, and the 107 deg. 55 min. and 108 deg. 16 min. east longitude to a distance morc or less of 230 miles of Hongkong, W.S.W. The two islands of Nao-tcheou and Tang-hai placed at the entrance of the bay make an excellent closed port into which entrance is by two narrow passages. The port measures about 15 miles long, and for about half of its length it is three or four miles in breadth. The depth of anchorage of 20 metres extends over a length of more than
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