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PROVINCES DE L'ANNAM: TOURANE
practicable for horse and foot traffic and motor-cars. The extensive bay of Tourane is surrounded by hills and affords anchorage to the largest vessels. The Government transports and the steamers of the Messageries Maritimes and the Chargeurs Réunis find an anchorage here at all states of the tide and in all weathers. The Tourane River, which rises in the small mountains of the interior, empties itself into the bay. "It is navigable only for small boats and junks, by which the traffic with the provinces of Quang-nam and Quang-ngai is carried on. The town, which is well built, extends for a length of nearly two miles along the left bank of the river. It possesses many public buildings, including the French Residency, a fine Military Hospital, spacious and well-ventilated Barracks, the Custom-house, the Treasury, the Post Office, and the Municipal Offices, also a number of well-appointed business establishments, amongst which may be mentioned the Bank de l'Indo-Chine, the Messageries Maritimes offices, the Hotel Morin, etc. The Markets, built of brick and stone, are large and contain several hundred stalls. On the right bank of the river, also, there are a few buildings which are included in the French concession. A silk filature has been established there. A quarter of an hour's walk from this district is the village of My-khé, which has given its name to a magnificent beach much frequented by the European popula- tion. The trade of Tourane is considerable, and several steamers a month arrive from Hongkong, taking full return cargoes of sugar, rattan, bamboo, areca nuts, silk, cassia, etc. The Messageries Maritimes and the Compagnic Chargeurs Réunis have agencies at Tourane, and the vessels of these Companies, together with those arriving from Hongkong, give a total of about a dozen entering the port every month in normal times. Besides these vessels a large number of large sea-going junks from China, Hainan, and the ports of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin-China carry on an active and considerable trade in the products of the country. Tea, coffee, and the mulberry tree are cultivated on a large scale in the neighbourhood, and there are several plantations owned by Europeans. Less than an hour's journey by boat from the town are the Marble Moun- tains, an object of interest for travellers, who should not pass through Tourane without paying them a visit. The population of Tourane is about 14,176, of whom 389 are Europeans.
VILLE DE TOURANE
resident-maire
M. Devé, administrateur-adjoint
GARDE INDIGÈNE
DIRECTORY
Orsoni, inspecteur de 3ème classe, chef de
detachement à Tourane
ENREGISTREMENT
Trousset, receveur de 2e classe
COMMISSION MUNICIPALE
(résident-maire), président
Fourré, vice-président
Morin, Fiard, Delahaye, Guerineau et
Nguyere van Tung, membres
VOIRIE DE TOURANE
M. Blondel, ingénieur adjoint des Travaux publics de l'Etat (Services des Ponts et Chaussies) détaché en Indochine
TRÉSORERIE
Leca, payeur de lère classe de le Trésorerie
de l'Indochine, receveur municipal
SERVICE MÉDICAL
Tardieu, médecin major de 2ème classe médecin chef de l'assistance médicale
CIRCONSCRIPTION SANITAIRE DE TOURANE Tardieu, médecin major de 2ème classe
DOUANES ET RÉGIES
Sous Direction de l'Annam
Bardet, inspecteur de lère classe,
sous-directeur
Sélsis, contrôleur principal de 3ème classe,
chef de bureau
JUSTICE
Tribunal de Paix de Tourane
Stalter, juge-president
Mailhol, commis-greffier
Affonço, greffier notaire
POSTES, TÉLÉGRAPHES ET TELEPHONES Defurne, sous-directeur
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