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NINGPO WENCHOW
會敎英大 Ta ying chao wei
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Right Rev. J. Curtis, D.D. and wife
(Hangchow)
Miss E. J. Clark
Miss M. M. Clark
Rev. Father Peter Vonken, C.M.
Rev. Father William O'Hara,
C.M.
Rev. Joseph Chen, C.M.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
Miss E. Green
Miss A. Megson
W. A. Willis, Warden
Rev. A. W. Molony and wife
Dr. E. G. Sugg and wife
Miss A. Rogerson
堂主天波響
Ning po Tien tsu tang
MISSION CATHOLIQUE DU NINGPO
Rt. Rev. A. Defebvre
A. Buch
D. Nugent
C. Pruvost
L. Marques
C. Delafosse
McKiernan
Givry Vonken
Boucherie
Engels
Dontan
O'Hara
Corcuff
會公道循
METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Rev. A. A. Conibear and wife
(chairman)
H. S. Redfern. M.Sc., and wife
Rev. H. Tomlinson and wife
Miss D. V. Coombs, B.A.
Rev. P. E. Slater
Miss K. Coombs
L. Pech
J. Prost
PETIT SÉMINAIRE ST. VINCENT
Rev. Fr. J. Tchao, C.M.
Rev. Fr. P. Sou
Rev. Fr. T. Tcheng Rev. Fr. J. B. Wang Rev. Fr. Shu, C.M. Rev. Fr. Chow
SAINT PAUL'S CATHOLIC SEMINARY
Rev. Father Denis Nugent, C.M.
Rev. Father Leon Marquis, c.M.
司公船輪紹響
Ning shao lung sui kung sze
NINGPO-SHAOHSING S. N. Co., LTD., THE
Ye Shun Chuen, manager
Wu Shih-feng, chief clerk
POST OFFICE
局務 郵
Lin Si Nan, acting deputy
commissioner in charge
STANDARD-VACUUM OIL COMPANY
T. Y. Li, in-charge
WENCHOW
州温
Wan-chau
Wênchow, one of the five ports opened to foreign trade by the Chefoo Convention, is the chief town in the department of Wênchow, occupying the south-east corner of Chekiang province. The city is situated on the south bank of the river Ou, about 20 miles from its mouth, in lat. 28 deg. 1 min. 30 sec. N., long, 120 deg. 38 min. 45 sec. E. The site is a well cultivated plain, bounded on all sides by lofty hills. The walls are said to have been first erected during the fourth century, and they have been enlarged and re-built at various times since. They are formed of stone, diagonally laid at the foundation, and partly also of brick, and measure about four miles in circumference. The streets generally are paved with brick or stone and kept in careful repair by the householders. Many of them run side by side with small waterways, which in their turn communicate with navigable canals intersecting the whole city.
There are numerous large nunneries and temples in Wênchow. The Custom House, outside the North Gate, various Yamêns, other public offices and the Foundling Hospital, are also among the chief buildings. The last-named institution, built in 1748, contains 100
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