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WEIHAIWEI
Weihaiwei is now a fairly regular port of call for many China coasting steamers sailing northwards from Shanghai, and there is a regular weekly service subsidised by Government to run all the year, carrying mails and passengers between Shanghai and Weihaiwei. This enables the public to reach Weihaiwei via Shanghai at any time of the year. The harbour is well lighted by two lighthouses. The climate of Weihaiwei is exceptionally good, and the winter, though cold, is dry and bracing. A land and building society, formed in Shanghai, has erected several commodious European bungalows. There is a large hotel on the mainland capable of accom- modating over 100 people, and also a hotel on the Island with accommodation for 50 to 60. Both on the mainland and on the island good roads have been made round the coast by the local Government, and there are recreation and parade grounds in both places. In addition to the leased territory there is a zone of influence over which Great Britain holds certain rights. It comprises that portion of the province of Shantung lying East of long. 121.40 E. extending over an area of 1,500 square miles,
The native city of Weihaiwei (which lies on the mainland opposite the island of Liu Kung) is a walled town of about 2,000 inhabitants. By the provisions of the Wei- haiwei Convention of 1898 this town remained under the jurisdiction of the Chinese authorities. The town is a poor one, and the greater portion of the enclosed area is not built on, but cultivated for vegetables. A Chinese sub-district deputy magistrate resides in the city of Weihaiwei.
No Customs duties have been collected at Weihaiwei during the British régime.
DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT
PORT EDWARD
Commissioner-R. F. Johnston, C.M.G.,
C.B.E.
District Officers and Magistrates-H. I. Prideaux Brune and Capt. C. E. Thurston, M.C.
Senior Med. Officer-Dr. L. McGolrick Financial Secretary-P. D. Crawley Assist. do.
-E. H. B. Hodge Collector of Revenue-A. Whittaker Inspectors of Police-G. H. Jennings,
B. R. Walker and A. N. Christie
H.B.M. NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT
Medical Officer-in-charge, Naval Depot --Surg. Comdr. G. P. Adshead, M.B.,.
R.N.
Deputy Naval Store Officer-M. G.
Gill
AH MEE, Government Contractor
AQUARIUS CO. OF SHANGHAI, Manufac-
turers of Table Waters
Lavers & Clark, agents
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co.
Teh Ho, agents
BEER, H. L., General Agent-Tel. Ad: Beer
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co., LTD., Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants
Lavers & Clark, agents
CHURCHES AND MISSIONS
CHRISTIAN MISSIONS IN MANY LANDS
Weihaiwei-
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Hill Mr. & Mrs. A. Whitelaw
Miss A. Gresham (on furlough) Miss A. Rout
Mission Press Island
Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Ockenden
Wenteng Hsien
J. E. E. Bridge
Miss E. Daniell | Miss E. Goulstone
Tashuipoh
Miss L. Butcher (T'sang)
Kuanhsiachia
Mr. and Mrs, A. G. Clarke Mrs. S. Smith (on furlough)
Shihtao
Mr. and Mrs. Robertson (on furlough) Miss A. G. Humphris (on furlough) Miss Akers, Shih-touh-woavid Shih-toa Miss Wilson,
do.