NEWCHWANG.
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Before the port was opened, comparatively little was known of this part of the Central Kingdom. Manchuria has since, however, been largely colonised by the Chinese, who now outnumber the natives. The word Ying-tz means military station, and that was the only use formerly made of the place. Between the years 1858 and 1860, the British fleet assembled in Ta-lien-wan Bay, and early in 1861 the foreign settlement was established. The town 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 marshes, 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 chief articles of trade at the port are Beans and Bean-cake, 1,898,873 picult of the former and 1,480,048 piculs of the latter being exported in 1886, as againsf 2,561,577 piculs and 1,804,720 piculs respectively in 1885. The net quantity of Opium imported in 1886 was 287 piculs, compared with 2,453 piculs in 1879. The import of Opium has of late years shown a continuous decline, the poppy being largely and successfully cultivated in Manchuria. The value of the total trade os the port for 1886 amounted to Tls. 8,601,216 as against Tls. 8,298,116 in 1885.
Consulates.
門衙事頒國英大
DIRECTORY.
Ta Ying-kuo ling-shih ya-mén.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Acting Consul—W. Holland
Constable-Chas. Farmer
FRANCE.
Acting Vice-Consul-W. Holland
門衙事頜國威瑞大
Ta-jui-wei-kuo ling-shih ya-mên. SWEDEN and Norway.
Vice-Consul-J. J. F. Bandinel
門衙事領國和大
Ta-ho-kuo ling-shih ya-mên.
NETHERLANDS.
Consul-J. J. F. Bandinel
門衙事
國美大
Ta-mei kuo ny-shih ya-mên.
UNITED STATES.
Vice-Consul-J. J. F. Bandinel
JAPAN.
Consular Agent J. J. F. Bandiuel
Imperial Maritime Customs.
Commissioner-Henry Edgar
Assistants-C. Le Bas Rickman, A. G. D.
Granzella, W. R. M. D. Parr
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-A. Schmidt, T. Betts, O.
Wedell, W. Martinson, G. B. Roche
Master-G. Deitz
REVENUE CRUISER "HWA SHU."
LIGHTSHIP " NEWCHWANG.”
Master-W. W. Orfeur
First Mate-K. Webster
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
Acting Consul-W. Holland
DENMARK.
Acting Vice-Consul-W. Holland
門衙事領國德大
Ta-tô-kuo ling-shih ya-mên.
GERMANY.
Acting Vice-Consul-J. J. F. Bandinel
Second Mate-G. Deitz, in charge of tender
Third Light-keeper-J. H. Hammeran
Bandinel & Co., agents—
Insurance Offices.
Imperial Fire Insurance
Deutscher Lloyd
Standard Life Assurance Co.
China Traders' Insurance Co., Limited Chinese Insurance Co., Limited
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