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NANNING-KOUANG-TCHEOU-WAN
DIRECTORY
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (SOUTH CHINA),
LTD.
G. C. Humphreys
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co.
Lam Kwok Kon
CONSULATES
AMERICAN CONSULATE
Consul (residing at British Con-
cession, Shameen, Canton)
BRITISH CONSULATE
Consul (residing at Canton)
府事領國法大
FRENCH CONSULATE
Consul (resides at Lungchow)
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME-Tel. Ad:
Custos
Assist.-in-charge-Fong Kun Chiu Examiner-Li Shu Nam
MISSIONS
EMMANUEL MEDICAL MISSION
Dr. H. Lechmere Clift
Miss Baird (absent)
Dr. H. Rice
Rev. Wilfred Stott
MISSIONS ETRANGÈRES
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Rev. Pere Costenoble, superieur Rev. Pere Labully
Rev. Pere Barriere (Lungchow) Rev. Pere Albouy (Pesha)
Rev. C. Pelamourgues (Yungfu) Rev. J. M. Epalle (Silin) Rev. L. Crocq (Tai Ping) Rev. Teissier (Siang Chow) Rev. Seosse (Kweihsien) Rev. Courant (Silin) Rev. Seguret (Silung) Rev. Maurand (Silung) Rev. Rigal (Yungfu) Rev. Cuenot
Rev. Caysac (Haiyuan)
Rev. Heraud (Sünchow)
Rev. Peyrat (Luchay)
Rev. Dalle
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MISSION
P. V. Thomas and wife
Dr. D. Coffin and wife
POST OFFICE
Commissioner-Loo Yuk Shuen
1st Class Postmaster
(Wuchow)
985
Tye Pao-hua
STANDARD OIL Co. OF NEW YORK-Tel.
Ad: Socony
Hung Sau Sun
KOUANG-TCHEOU-WAN
灣州廣
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 situated between 20 deg. 45 min. and 21 deg. 17 min. north latitude, and 107 deg. 55 min. and 108 deg. 16 min. east longitude at a distance more or less 230 miles west-south west of Hongkong. 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 10 miles and borders on the extremity of the junk port of Tchekam, an important commercial centre in constant communication with Macao, Hongkong, Hainan and Pakhoi. The neighbouring districts are well cultivated, and it is believed mineral
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