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has of late years declined, the total in 1884 being 4,397 piculs as compared with 4,377 piculs in 1883, 8,667 piculs in 1882, 4,665 piculs in 1881, 8,760 piculs in 1880, and 10,063 piculs in 1879. The quantity of Tea exported is very small, and reached only 8,400 piculs in 1884. A considerable trade is done in Sugar, there being 821,961 piculs brown and 995,937 piculs white exported in 1884, which shows a steady increase in the rate of production. A large Sugar Refinery, the property of the China Sugar Refining Co. of Hongkong, has been erected here, and is now actively at work. A large bean-cake factory was also started in 1882. The value of the trade of the port for 1884 was Tls. 19,772,318, as compared with Tis. 20,175,168 in 1883, and Tls. 19,671,417 in 1882.
Consulates.
DIRECTORY.
***** Ta Eng nian-sso-kwan.
GREAT BRITAIN. Consul-William Gregory (absent)
do. Officiating-G. Phillips
Interpreter-R. W. Mansfield
Post-office Agent-R. W. Mansfield
Constable-Henry Sage
官事領國美大
Ta-me-kwoh nian-sso-kwan.
UNITED STATES.
Baron von Seckendorff, in charge.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
Consul Gérant-G. Phillips
NETHERLANDS.
Assistant Tidesurveyor-D. C. Byworth Examiners-W. Pollock, J. D. Smith Assistant Examiners-J. L. Tebbutt, H. J.
Brockdorf, W. F. Kahler
Tide-waiters-H. Russell, J. H. M. Noodt, W. G. Tindall, W. E. Southcott, J. E. Barker, A. Smith, J. T. Manley, C. Pape, W. Keeble, E. A. Roberts, A. Sutherland
Medical Officer-Dr. J. Pollock
DOUBLE ISLAND STATION.
Officer in Charge-
PILOTS.
A. L. Piersdorff, F. W. Focken, P. Williams,
H. Frewin
CHINA SUGAR REFINERY.
Consul―Thomas W. Richardson (absent) Jardine, Matheson & Co., agents
Acting Consul—Robt. H. Hill
DENMARK.
Consul-E. F. Alford
GERMANY.
Vice-Consul-Baron von Seckendorff Clerk-M. Nahmeus
Writer-Ting
SWEDEN ANd Norway.
Vice-Consul-John Andrew
Imperial Maritime Customs. 關海潮 Chao Hai-Kuan.
Commissioner-Colin Jamieson (absent)
Assistant in Charge-A. Lay
Assistants-S. Leslie, A. Rosthorn, A. H. |
Sugden, J. Jacques
Tidesurveyor & Harbour Master-T. N.
Manners
E. F. Alford, agent for Jardine,
Matheson & Co.
John Dickie
A. Parker
W. Davidson
D. Altmont
R. Hamilton V. Ferreira
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LD.. Jardine, Matheson & Co., agents
GLEN LINE OF STEAMERS. Jardine, Matheson & Co., agents
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LD. Jardine, Matheson & Co., agents
NETHERLANDS INDIA S. N. Co. Jardine, Matheson & Co., agents
CHINA MERCHANTS' S. N. Co, Lew Tsz Lhan, shipping agent