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HOIHOW
possessions." A Company with foreign capital has recently started to plant up jute and if the initial experiment is successful quite a large industry may develope. The island of Hainan is described as a terra incognita to the world.
There is no telegraphic communication with the mainland at present. Telegrams are received at mainland offices for this island, but are sent by post and usually take from two to four weeks before they are received mutilated. The military wireless station, however, has been opened to the public, with limited places and certain restrictions. A harbour light, and a light at Lamko (western entrance of the Hainan Straits) were opened in 1894; also one at Cape Cami in 1895. An Aga Lantern apparatus was installed on the West Fort close to the city at the commencement of 1916. The approach to the harbour badly needs dredging, but is not likely to be dredged until the native merchants of Hoihow develop a more public spirit, and conditions in China improve generally.
DIRECTORY
ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO. (SOUTH CHINA),
LTD.
W. G. Gerard
R. Y. Frost
S. K. Lei
Y. T. Kong
K. H. Sik
BERTHELOT, C. A., Merchant
Agencies
Indo China Steam Navigation Co., Ld. Compagnie Indo-Chinoise de Navign. Canadian Pacific Stearnships, Ld.
CHINO-POLISH DISPENSARY
P. Petrowsky
CONSULATES
BRITISH-Kiungchow
Consul-H.B.M. Consul General of
Canton
FRENCH
Acting Consul for France Dr.
Esserteau
Director of the French Hospital-
Dr. Esserteau
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
Commissioner-F. de P. M. P. Marti Assists. Ch'en Ta Pung, Yeh Yu Chun Medical Officers-J. Esserteau and
Chu Jun Shen
Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master
(Acting)-G. B. Appleton
Assistant Boat Officer-U. Isa
Examiners-T. Yamazoe and A. K.
Gröndahl
Tide waiter-E. F. Carlsen
Lights
Hoihow Harbour-A. X. Peroff Lamko-P. U. Sorensen
Cape Cami-G. Black
Relieving Lightkeeper-M. F. Van't
Wout
GERMAN DISPENSARY
F. Flakowsky and wife
司公車汽崖瓊
HAINAN MOTOR Co., Authorized Ford Dealer-Main Road, Hoihow, Hainan
Island; Teleph. 43; Tel. Ad: Hainanmotor
Leung Yin Tung, manager
公新鴻口海
HUNG SAN & Co., General Merchants
Shipping and Insurance Agents
Jockson Fu, manager
Agencies
Thoresen & Co., Ld.
New Zealand Insurance Co.
Ho Hong Steamship Co.
KIU SIONG HOTEL GARAGE-Teleph. 14; Tel.
Ad: Kiusiong; Code: Bentley's
Wu Kin Sing, manager
Lim Tee Yick, cashier
Lim Yuan Hig, accountant Tum Fook Tim, assist. do.
MISSIONS
老
長
AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION
At Hoihow
Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Steiner
Dr. and Mrs. N. Bercovitz
Miss Grace Macdonald
Miss Caroline McCreery, R.N. Miss Velma Forbes, R.N.