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was never visited by outsiders. The natives in the outer districts partake of the primitive character of their surroundings, and divided into tribes they mostly lead a wandering lite. 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 assem- bled in Ta lien-wan Bay, and early in 1861 the foreign settlement was established. The town of Newchwang itself is Cistant from Ying-tz about thirty miles, and is a sparsely populated and unimportant place.

The country about Newchwang is bare and desolate, and in sailing up the river one encounters anything but a pleasant prospect. Ying-tz is surrounded by marsbes, 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 cut off entirely from the outer world.

The chief articles of trade of the port are Beans and Bean-cake, 1.439,062 piculs of the former and 792,166 piculs of the latter being exported in 1877, with 4,947 piculs of Bean Oil. The trade in Beans and Bean-cake shows a pretty steady increase during the last twelve years. The net quantity of Opium imported in 1877 was 1,098 piculs as against 2,303 piculs in 1876 and 896 in 1875. The quantity of Opium imported has with the exception of 1876 steadily decreased for some years. The total revenue of the port for 1877 amounted to Tls. 237,269, as against Tis. 257,221 in 1876. The population of the place is estimated at 60,000.

Consulates.

DIRECTORY.

DENMARK.

BRITISH.

Consul-Thomas Adkins

Assistant and Interpret r-C. W. Everard Constable-Williari Lister

FRANCE.

Acting Vice-consul-Thomas Adkins

SWEDEN AND NORWAY. Vice-consul-Francis P. Knight Acting Vice-consul-F. Bandinel

NETHERLANDS.

Consul-F. P. Knight Acting Consul―F. Bandinel

UNITED STATES.

Consul-Francis P. Knight

Vice-Consul-F. Bandinel

Interpreter-N. E. Bryant Constable-C. A. Swanstrom

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN MONARCHY. Acting Consul-Thos. Adkins

Acting Vice-consul-Thos. Adkins

GERMANY.

Vice-consul-Francis P. Knight

JAPAN.

Consular Agent-F. P. Knight Deputy do. -F. Bandinel

Imperial Maritime Customs. Commissioner-Geo. Hughes Assistants-S. Viguier, P. H. Montgomery Medical Officer-J. Watson, M.D. Harbour Master-Chas. Deighton-Braysher Chief Examiner-W. H. Luther Assistant Examiner—J. C. Hamlyn

Tide-waiters-A. W. Kindblad, J. Wells, R. Macgregor, J. E. Place, A.D.Johnston, J. Siögren, J. Webb, W. H. Lister on probation

REVENUE CRUISER "HWA SHU." Master-A. Jörgensen

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LIGHTSHIP "NEWCHWANG." Master-W. Trebing