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CHEFOO.
and possesses a fine sandy beach. The surrounding country is gently undulated for some 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 has become the resort of many foreign residents in China in consequence of its very salubrious climate. It is said to be the healthiest port in China. 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 destina- tions overland. The harbour is commodious and possesses sufficient depth of water for vessels of considerable draught, but it is exposed to strong gales which prevail at certain seasons of the year. Chefoo is celebrated as the place where Sir Thomas Wade and the Grand Secretary Li Hung-chang concluded the
"Chefoo Convention" in September, 1876, and thus brought to a termination the negotiations which had been pending so long respecting the reparation demanded by the British Government for the murder of Mr. A. R. Margary in Yunnan. The population of Chefoo is estimated at 32,000.
The trade of Chefoo, like that of Newchwang, is principally in Beancake and Beans, of which large quantities are annually exported to the southern ports of China. In 1885, the net export of Beancake amounted to 1,263,721 piculs and of Beans to 169,791 piculs, as against 1,245,601 piculs of the former and 95,786 piculs of the latter in 1884. The quantity of Opium imported in 1885 amounted to 421 piculs as compared with 852, in 1884. This import has for many years shown a steady decline, owing to the poppy being extensively cultivated in Shantung. The total value of the trade of the port for 1885 was Tls. 10,583,486, and for 1884 Tls. 10,060,516.
Consulates.
DIRECTORY.
***** Ta Ying ling-shi-shu.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Acting Consul-Henry B. Bristow Constable-W. Van Ess
***** Ta-fah ling-shi-shu.
FRANCE.
Vice-Consul-T. T. Fergusson
‡‡ƒ‡ƒ Ta-mei-kuo ling-shi-shu.
署事領國美大
UNITED STATES.
Consul-A. R. Platt
Vice-Consul
**M*6 Tay-ch-chu ling-shi.shu.
署事頜志意德
GERMANY.
Vice-Consul-C. Hagen
門衎事領國本日大
Ta-jih-pen-kuo ling-sih-ya-men.
JAPAN.
Acting Consul-G. Matsunobu
Secretary-S. Uyeno
***** Ta-ao-kuo ling-shi-shu. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY,
Acting Consul-Henry B. Bristow
Ta-ngo-kuo ling-shi-shu, RUSSIA.
Vice-Consul-T. T. Fergusson
**O** Suy-naou lingshi-shu, SWEDEN AND NORWAY.
Vice-Consul-A. M. Eckford
HDTan-kuo ling-shi-shu.
DENMARK.
Acting Vice-Consul-A. M. Eckford
** Pi-li-shih ling-shi-shu.
BELGIUM.
Consul-T. T. Fergusson
***★ Ta-ho-lan ling-shi.shu,
NETHERLANDS.
Acting Consul―A. M. Eckford
****E-ta-lee-ling-shi-shu.
ITALY.
Consular Agent-C. Hagen