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PEKING.
Prohibited City, contains the Imperial Palace and its surrounding buildings; the second is occupied by the several offices appertaining to the Government and by private residences of officials; while the outer consists of dwelling-houses, with shops in the chief avenues. The Chinese city is the business portion of Peking, but it presents few features of interest to the sight-seer, while the enclosure known as the Prohibited City is, as its title denotes, forbidden to all foreign visitors. The 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 Chinese 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 Lect 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 vid Tungchow.
Legations.
署公差欽國英大
DIRECTORY.
Ta Ying-kuo Ch'in-ch'ai Kung-shu. BRITISH.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary-Sir John Walsham, Bart. Secretary of Legation-Henry Howard, C.B. 2nd Secretary-R. G. Townley Chinese Secretary-W. C. Hillier (absent) Acting Chinese Secretary-T. L. Bullock Act. Asst. Chinese Secretary-J. N. Jordan Accountant-Herbert F. Brady Physician-S. W. Bushell, M.D. Assistant-E. T. C. Werner
Officiating Chaplain--Rev. W. Brereton
"Students-J. W. Jamieson, A. J. Sundius
F
Tutor-M. E. Wilkinson
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. Ladigensky (absent)
Second Secretary-Prince Lobanow-Ros-
tovsky
Military Attaché-Colonel D. Pootiata First Interpreter-P. Popoff
Second Interpreter-A. Vahovitch Physician-Dr. S. Velitchkovsky
Students A. Grouchetsky, P. Kehrberg
Postmaster-N. Gomboyeff
Legation Guard-Four Cossacks
署公差欽國美大
Ta Mei-kuo Ch'in-ch'ai Kung-shu.
UNITED STATES.
Acting Sergeant of Escort-R. D. Herring Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
Constable-R. J. Bowman
署公差欽國法大
Ta Fa--kuo Ch’in-ch'ai Kung-shu. FRENCH.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary- G. Lemaire
First Secretary-F. Souhart
Military Attaché-Capt. A. D'Amade
**First Interpreter-Arnold Vissière
Physician-Dr. M. Mirabel
Student Interpreters-H. Leduc, Guerin,
Lefebvre
Chaplain-Rev. G. Lagarde
tentiary-Charles Denby
First Secretary of Legution-W. Woodville
Rockhill
Second Secretary-Charles Denby, Jr.
Chinese Secretary-Fleming D. Cheshire 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 Acting Interpreter-Dr. Lenz
Student Interpreters-Baron von der Goltz,
G. Lange