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NANNING—KOUANG-TCHEOU-WAN
ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO.
E. C. Robinson,
F. A. Brown
H. G. Taylor
E. A. R. Fow-
les (absent)
manager
DIRECTORY
R. E. M. Paterson K. F. B. Pawley G. Morphew
Miss P. R. Gulston
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.
CUSTOMS, MARITIME-Tel. Ad: Custos
Acting Commissioner-H. W. Hoskin Examiner A. Einarson
Tidewaiter-(vacant)
Medical Officer-Dr. Kate McBurney
(absent)
府事領國法大
FRENCH CONSULATE
Acting Consul-M. Rougni (resides at
Lungchow)
MISSIONS
CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE Dr. Harry G. Miller and wife (abs.) Miss E. Foust (absent)
EMMANUEL MEDICAL MISSION
Dr. Kate McBurney
Miss Ruth Field
Miss E. Lucas
Dr. and Mrs. A. Cannon Miss Baird
Miss Highton
MISSIONS ETRANGÈRES
Monseigneur Ducoeur, evêque Rev. Pere Labully (Kweihsien) Rev. Pere Barriere (Lungchow)
Rev. Pere Albouy (Pesha) Rev. F. Poulat (Kweihsien) Rev. C. Pelamourgues (Kweilin) Rev. J. M. Epalle (Silin) Rev. H. Costenoble Rev. L. Crocq (Taipingfu) Rev. Teissier (Tungmu) Rev. Humbert
Rev. Seosse (Kweihsien) Rev. Courant (Silin) Rev. Seguret (Silung) Rev. Maurand do. Rev. Rigal (Yungfu) Rev. Cuenot (Luchai) Rev. Caysac (Haiyuan) Rev. Heraud (Sünchow) Rev. Peyrat (Luchay) Rev. Dalle
PENTECOSTAL MISSION
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MISSION
P. L. Williams (treasurer), and wife Pastor P. V. Thomas (director), and wife Dr. Coffin and wife
POST OFFICE
Commissioner-Cheung Man-ling Deputy do. --Sun Tzu-hsi District Accountant-Lin Po-cheung 1st Class Postmaster-Lin Si Nan
(Kweilin)
1st Class Postmaster - Tsu Ka Kau
(Wuchow)
STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK-Tel.
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KOUANG-TCHEOU-WAN
HKwáng-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 min. and the 21 deg. 17 min. north latitude, and the 107 deg. 55 min. and 108 deg. 16 min. east longitude to a distance more 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