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NEWCHWANG.
of Newchwang itself is distant from Ying-tz about thirty miles, and is a sparsely populated, uninteresting, and unimportant place.
The country about the port of Newchwang is bare and desolate, and in sailing up the river the voyager encounters a cheerless prospect. Ying-tz is surrounded by dreary mrashes, and the land under cultivation produces principally Beans. The river is closed by ice for more than three months every year, during which period the residents are entirely cut off from the outer world. The climate, however, is healthy and bracing. The population of the place is estimated at 60,000. The limits of the port extend to Lao-yeh-ko, or Central Temple, on the west, to the eastern extremity of the British Concession.
The chief articles of trade at the port are Beans and Bean-cake, 2,561,577 piculs of the former and 1,804,720 piculs of the latter being exported in 1885, as against 2,101,690 piculs and 1,875,999 piculs respectively in 1884. The trade in Beans and Bean-cake has shown a pretty steady increase during the last sixteen years. The net quantity of Opium imported in 1885 was 265 piculs, compared with 265 piculs in 1884, 390 piculs in 1883, 469 piculs in 1882, 446 piculs in 1881, 1,186 piculs in 1880, and 2,453 piculs in 1879. The import of Opium has of late years shown a steady decline, the poppy being largely and successfully cultivated in Manchuria. The value of the total trade of the port for 1885 amounted to Tls. 8,298,116 as against Tls. 7,813,494 in 1884.
Consulates.
門衙事領國英大
DIRECTORY.
Ta Ying-kuo ling-shih ya-mền.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Consul-H. J. Allen
Constable-Chas. Farmer
FRANCE.
Vice-Consul-H. J. Allen
門衙事領國威瑞大
Ta-jui-wei-kuo ling-shih ya-mên. SWEDEN AND NORWAY.
Vice-Consul-J. J. F. Band.nel
門衙事領國和大
Ta-ho-kuo ling-shih ya-mên. NETHERLANDS.
Consul-J. J. F. Bandinel
門衙事領國美大
Ta-mei kuo ling-shih ya-mên.
UNITED STATES.
Vice-Consul-J. J. F. Bandinel
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
Consul-H. J. Alleu
DENMARK.
Vice-Consul-H. J. Allen
門衙事領國德大
Ta-te-kuo ling-shih ya-mên. GERMANY.
Acting Vice-Consul-J. J. F. Bandinel
JAPAN.
Consular Agent-J. J. F. Bandit el
Imperial Maritime Customs.
Commissioner-Henry Edgar
Assistants-F. E. Taylor, W. McC. Os-
borne
Medical Officer-W. Morrison, M.B.
Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-E.
Stevens
Examiner A. W. Kindblad
Assistant Examiner-J. Edgar
Boat Officer-J. W. Andrews
Tide-waiters-J. Burns, A. Schmidt, T.
Betts, F. Hopkins, A. Theissen, J. P. Strong
REVENUE CRUISER "HWA SHU.”
Master-G. Deitz
LIGHTSHIP "NEWCHWANG."
Master-W. W. Orfeur
First Mate-P. W. Rasmussen
Second Mate-G. Deitz, in charge of tender
Third Light-keeper J. H. Hammeran
Bandinel & Co., agents-
Imperial Fire Insurance
Deutscher Lloyd
Standard Lile Assurance Co.
China Traders' Insurance Co., Limited Chinese Insurance Co., Limited
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