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was later reorganised, and was for some years administered by French experts. There i is a dock in connection with the Arsenal on Losing Island. The dock is over 300 ft. long and has very powerful pumps and a good steel caisson. The Fukien Christian University, the latest addition to the educational establishments of the port, moved into its new quarters, just below Kushan Point, at the end of 1921. The site com- prises some 50 acres of hill and plain. The object of the University is to provide cheaper education for Chinese on Western lines and in more congenial surround- ings than are to be had abroad. In June, 1900, the port was visited by the most disastrous floods known there in living memory; the river, rising through heavy rains, overflowed and deluged the country, sweeping away villages and causing immense havoc and loss of life. The population of Foocliow is estimated at 650,000.
The net value of the trade of the port coming under the cognisance of the Foreign Customs was Hk. Tls. 34,284,967 in 1926, as compared with Hk. Tls. 32,983,033 in 1923, Hk. Tls. 35,907,840 in 1924, and Hk. Tls. 38,250,901 in 1923.
KULIANG
A refuge from the heat of summer at Foochow can be gained by a four hours- chair ride to the top of Kuliang, i.e., "Drum Pass," which is a mountain resort situated about nine miles east of Foochow. The thermometer indicates an average of 10 degrees cooler on the mountain than it is in Foochow; the nights are always cool and blankets a necessity for comfort. Dr. Rennie was the first to build a house of foreign design at Kuliang in 1886. Now there are upwards of one-hundred such houses, and every summer between four and five-hundred persons, chiefly missionaries, are in residence on the mountain. According to the Admiralty Chart, Kuliang reaches a height of 2,900 feet. Nearly five miles of stone-paved roads about three feet in width have been made under the supervision of a Public Improvement Committee, appointed by the residents, the necessary funds being provided by voluntary contribution. The greatest charm of Kuliang is the mountain walks, and there are many interesting places within easy walking distance. A Chinese Post Office and a Telegraph Office are opened at Kuliang every year from the middle of June to the middle of September, and daily mail connection with Foochow is maintained. There are many private tennis courts and seven public courts on the mountain, also a swimming pool, as well as mountain streams where swimming can be enjoyed. Sharp Peak, also, affords a seaside and bathing resort which is much appreciated by Foochow residents. The American missions and the Anglican Mission each have sanatoria there. It is also the place of landing of the E. E., A. & C. Telegraph Co.'s cables.
和協 Hip Wo.
DIRECTORY
ANDERSON & Co., LTD., ROBERT, Merchants
ARNHOLD & Co., LTD.-Tel. Ad: Harchi
Agencies
Employers' Liability Assce. Corpn., Ld. A. & F. Pears, Ld., London
(For other Agencies, see S'hai. Section)
司公險保壽人邦友 Yu-bon-ren-su-po-shin-kung-sze
ASIA LIFE INSURANCE Co.—Muoi-O-Ding;
Tel. Ad: Alicochina
D. G. Ceng, joint district manager
Ling Liang Chen, M.D., med. examiner
Lu Bo Chiu, auditor
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (SOUTH CHINA),
LTD.-Tel. Ad: Petrosilex
W. S. Roberts, manager
T. P. M. Bevan
Installation
H. N. Hill
E. V. Roby
ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS Co., Importers of Chemical Fertilizer, Flour and Kerosene Oil; Exporters of Tea, Lumber, Lac- quer-ware, Paper Umbrella and Curios
-Tel Ad: Aproco; Codes: A.B.C. 5th and
6th edns., Bentley's and Private
D. A. Dalcan, director
L. Fuwing, manager
Y. Chappin, assist. manager (Amoy) Wilson Bough, agric. adviser do.