ICHANG-CHEFOO.
DIRECTORY.
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British Consulate.
署車領*
Ta-ying-ling-shih-shu.
Acting Consul-T. Watters
Constable-C. Rowe
Imperial Maritime Customs.
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Ichang-hsin-kuan.
Assistant in charge-W. Krey
Assistant Examiner-N. D. Ghika Tide-waiter-A. J. Reeks
do. -F. G. Becke
Merchants.
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Ta-koo.
Butterfield & Swire
A. Warrick
CHINA INLAND MISSION.
Alfred Copp
George Nicol, (Chungking)
George Parker
S. R. Clarke
do.
J. R. Riley
do.
G. F. Easton
do.
George King
do.
J. F. Broumton, (Kueiyang)
R. J. Landale
do.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. J. Mollman agent (Chungking)
ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Rev. George Cockburn, M.A., and Mrs.
Cockburn
Edward MacFarlane, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wood, agents-- Thomas Paton
do.
NATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.
John Wilson, agent-
Robert Burnett do.
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CHEFOO.
Chefoo is situated on the northern side of the Shantung Promontory, in lat. 37 deg. 35 min. 56 sec. N, and long. 124 deg. 22 min. 33 sec. E. The designation by which it is generally known among foreigners is a misnomer, as the town of Yentai is really the port to which the name has come to be applied. Chefoo is harbour in the locality of Yentai but has no connection with it.
When the town was first occupied by the merchants of other nations, it was in the possession of a number of French troops, and no definite foreign settlement was then marked out. The consequence is that no plan has ever been adopted in the arrangement of the houses, and many of them have been in time surrounded by native buildings. Tue Chinese town is squalid and uninteresting. It is built on the shore, and possesses a fine sandy beach. The surrounding country is gently undulated for som little distance from the town, and beyond that the hills rise to a considerable height and lend to the landscape an interesting and varied aspect.
Chefoo of late years bas become the resort of many for ign residents in China in consequence of its very salubrious climat. It is said to be the most salubrious port in Cuina. In winter, when the Pei-ho is frozen, merchandise and mails for Tientsin and some of the more northern cities are landed at this port and conveyed to their destinations overland. The harbour is commodious and possesses depth of water for vessels of considerable draught, but it is exposed to strong gales which prevail at certain seasons of the year. Chefoo will be henceforth noted as the place where Sir