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numerous temples, the walls, the Imperial Observatory, the Foreign Legations, and the curio shops are the chief attractions to the tourist. The streets of the Chineso metropolis are kept in a most disgraceful condition. In the dry season the pedestrian sinks deep in noxious dust, and in wet weather he is liable to be drowned in the torrents that rush along the thoroughfares, where the constant traffic has worn away the soil. There is an air of decay about Peking, which extends even to the finest of the temples. The population of Peking is not accurately known, but according to a Chinese estimate, which is probably slightly in excess, it is 1,300,000, of whom 900,000 reside in the Tartar and 400,000 in the Chinese city. There is no direct foreign trade with Peking, and the small foreign population is made up of the members of the various Legations, the Maritime Customs establishment, the professors at the College of Peking, and the missionary body. In August, 1884, the city was brought into direct telegraphic communication with the rest of the world, by an overland line to Tientsin vida Tungchow.
DIRECTORY,
Legations.
署公差欽國英大
Ta Ying-kuo Ch'in-ch'ai Kung-shu. BRITISH.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary-Sir John Walsham, Bart.
Secretary of Legation- W. E. Goschen 2nd Secretary-R. G. Townley
do.
-F. W. Stronge Chinese Secretary-W. C. Hillier
Act. Asst. Chinese Secretary―T. L. Bullock
Accountant-J. N. Jordan
Physician-S. W. Bushell, M.D. (absent) Assistant-E. T, C. Werner
Acting Chaplain--Rt. Rev. Bishop Scott
Students-J. W. Jamiesen, A. J. Sundius
Tutor-J. Wilkinson
Acting Sergeant of Escort-R. D. Herring
Constable-R. J. Bowman
署公差欽國西郎法大
Ta Fa-lang-hsi-kuo Ch'in-ch'ai Kung-shu.
FRENCH.
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署公差欽國俄大
Ta Ngo-kuo Ch'in-ch'ai Kung-shu.
RUSSIAN.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary-A. Coumany
First Secretary-N. Tadigenskoy
Second Secretary-Price Lobanow-Ros-
tofsky
Military Attaché-Colonel N. Schneour First Interpreter--P. Popoff Second Interpreter-
Physician-Dr. S. Velitchkovsky
Students-A. Vahovitch, P. Kehrberg Postmaster-N. Gomboy eff
Legation Guard-Fur Cossacks
署公差
國美大
Ta Mei-kuo Ch'in-ch'ai Kung-shu. UNITED STATES.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary-Charles Denby
First Secretary of Legation—W. Woodville
Rockhill (absent)
Second Secretary-Charles Denby, Jr.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- Chinese Secretary-Fleming D. Cheshire
potentiary E. Constans
First Secretary-F. Souhart
Military Attaché-Capt. Waleski
Consul, Interprète, Chancelier, p.i.-V. Collin
de Plancy (absent)
Chinese Secretary-C. Imbault-Huart First Interpreter-Arnold Vissière (absent) Physician-Dr. M. Mirabel
Private Secretary-J. le Doyen Student Interpreters-H. Leduc, L. Cau-
bert, Guerm
Chaplain-Rev. G. Lagarde
署公差欽國志意德大
Ta Te-i-chih-kuo Ch'in-ch'ai Kuug-shu. GERMAN.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary-M. von Brandt
| Secretary of Legation-Baron von Ketteler
Secretary and Interpreter-C, Arendt Student Interpreters-Th. Rathsam, Ph D.,
W. Schramier, B. Krause Clerk-G. Pampel Constable-Ch. Hummelke