CANTON-SWAFOW.
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY,
Rev. John Grundy
WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSION.
Rev. C. Wenyon, M.D., M.Cь, district Lairman and superintendent, Fatshan Rev. G. Hargreaves, (absent)
Rev. C. Bone, Can:on
Rev. S. G. Tope, Shiu Chon-f. o
Rev. W. Bridie, Fatshan
Rev. H. J. Parker, Canton
Rev. R. Macdonald, M.D., S. Chon-foo
Miss Wood, Canton
Anton Anderson, Ru Shin
AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION, SOUTHERN
CONVENTION.
Rev. R. H. Graves (absent)
Rev. E. Z. & Mrs. Simmons
Miss L. Whilden (absent)
Miss E. Young Miss J. L. Sanford
Miss Henrietta F. North
Miss N. E. Hartwell
AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN BOARD.
J. G. Kerr, M.D.
Rev. H. V. Noyes, (absent)
Rev. B. C. Henry
Rev. W. J. White
Rev. A. A. Fulton
Rev. J. C. Thomson, M.D.
J. M. Swan, M.D.
Rev. O, F. Wisner Miss H. Noves
Miss Mary W. Niles, M.D.
Miss E. M. Butler
Miss H. Lewis
Miss M. A. Baird
Miss M. H. Fulton, M.D.
Miss Jessie E. Wisner
Miss Sophie G. Preston
C. A. Colman
FRENCH MISSION.
Right Rev. Aug. Chausse Rev. Sorin, procurator
Rev. E. Mioux, director of Orphanage Rev. J. Gérardin, pro prefect
Rev. Remi Barnier, secretary Rev. L. Yang, professor of Latin
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SWATOW.
Swator, which was first thrown open to foreigners by Lord Elgin's Treaty, is Etuated at the mouth of the river Han, near the eastern border of the Kwangtung province, in lat. 23 deg. 20 min. 43 sec. N., and long. 116 deg. 39 min. 3 sec. E. It is the shipping ort for the city of Cha'o-chow-fu, the seat of the local government, 35 miles inland, and San-Ho-Pa, forty miles farther up the river.
Swatow is iuilt on the northern bank of the Han, which forms part of an alluvial plain through which the branches of the river flow. The shore on the opposite side 13 bold ami striking, the hills stretching away to the coast and forming what is known to sea-going people as the "Cape of Good Hope;" Pagoda Hill rises at the opposite side: and in a direct line from this lies the large island of Namoa.
The first foreign trading depôt in this locality was inaugurated at Namoa, where the orum vessels used to anchor, but it was subsequently removed to Double Island, which is situated just inside the river and is four miles from Swatow. Foreigners here sade themselves notorious in the early years of the settlement by the kidnapping of coolies, and so strong was the feeling shown against them by the natives that no formers were safe far from Double Island, while they were strictly forbidden to enter Swatow, and it was not until 1861 that they could do so.
In the country round So the The British Consul was held technically to reside at Cha'o-chow-in, and subsequent to 1861 several in. effectual attempts were made to pass through its gates.
In 1506 a visit was mado under more favourable circumstances, but it is only within the last few years that the population las retained iron annoyance and insult to foreigners within its walls. In 1562 the lease of a piece of land was applied for and granted to the Briitsh Government on the north bank of the river about a mile from Swatow, but so strong were the demonstrations of the populace against it that the matter fell through.