CHEFOO.
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When the town was first occupied by the merchants of other nations, it was in the possession of a number of French troops, and no definite foreign settlement was then marked out. The consequence is that no plan has ever been adopted in the arrangement of the houses, and many of them have been in time surrounded by native buildings. The Chinese town is squalid and uninteresting. It is built on the shore, and possesses a fine sandy beach. The surrounding country is gently undulated for some little distance from the town, and beyond that the hills rise to a considerabio height and lend to the landscape an interesting and varied aspect.
Chefoo of late years has become the resort of many foreign residents in China in consequence of its very salubrious climate, It is said to be the healthiest port in China. In winter, when the Pei-ho is frozen, merchandise and mails for Tientsin and some of the more northern cities are landed at this port and conveyed to their destina- tions overland. The harbour is commodious and possesses sufficient depth of water for vessels of considerable draught, but it is exposed to strong gales which prevail at certain seasons of the year. Chefoo is celebrated as the place where Sir Thomas Wade and the Grand Secretary Li Hung-chang concluded the “Chefoo Convention" in September, 1876. The population of Chefoo is estimated at 32,000.
The trade of Chefoo, like that of Newchwang, is principally in Beancake and Beans, of which large quantities are annually exported to the southern ports of China. In 1887, the net export of Beancake amounted to 1,229,720 piculs" and of Beans to 80,146 piculs, as against 1,142,140 piculs of the former and 105,498 piculs of the latter in 1886. The total value of the trade of the port for 1887 was Tis. 12,579,788, and for 1886 Tls. 11,698,857.
Consulates.
DIRECTORY.
***** Ta Ying ling-shi-shu.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Consul-Henry B. Bristow Constable-W. Van Ess
**** Ta-fah ling-shi-shu.
FRANCE.
Consuler Agent-T. T. Fergusson
***** Ta-mei-kuo ling-shi-shu.
UNITED STATES.
Fice-Consul in charae-W. R. Fuller
**MEN★ Ta.no-kuo ling.shi.shu, AUSTRIA-Hungary.
Acting Consul-Henry B. Bristow
* Ta-ngo-kuo ling-shi-shu,
RUSSIA.
Vice-Consul-T. T. Fergusson
**** Suy-naou lingshi-shu.
SWEDEN AND NORWAY,
Vice-Consul-A. M. Eckford
VI Tun-kuo ling-shi-shu,
DENMARK.
Acting Vice-Consul—A. M. Eckford
署事領時利比
**U** Tay-ch-chu ling-zhi.shu, ¥‡¶₪ Pi-li-shih ling-shi-shu,
GERMANY.
Vice-Consul-C. Hagen
門衙事領國本日大
Ta-jih-pen-kun ling-sih-ya-mén.
JAPAN.
Chancelier in Charge-K. Tanabe Student J. Shirou
BELGIUM.
Consul―T. T. Fergusson
****** Ta-ho-lan ling-shi-shu,
NETHERLANDS.
Acting ConsulA. M. Eckford
****★★ E-ta-lee ling-shi-sh%.
ITALY.
Consular Agent-C. Hagen