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British Consulate.

署事領英大

Ta-ying-ling-shih-shu.

Consul-T. Watters

ICHANG-CHEFOO.

DIRECTORY.

Imperial Maritime Customs.

關勤昌官

Ichang-hsin-kuan.

Assistant in charge-Hy. Edgar

Assistant Examiner-L. Le Breton

Tide-waiter A. J. Reeks do. -F. G. Becke

CHINA INLAND MISSION.

Alfred Copp and Mrs. Copp

George Parker

George Nicol, and Mrs. Nicol

S. R. Clarke (Chungking)

J. R. Riley

do.

G. F. Easton (Kansuh)

George King

do.

J. F. Broumton, (Kueiyang)

do.

R. J. Landale

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. J. Mollman agent (Chungking)

ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.

Rev. George Cockburn, M.A., and Mrs.

Cockburn

Edward MacFarlane, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wood, agents- Thomas Paton

do.

NATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.

John Wilson, agent- Robert Burnett do.

CHEFOO.

Chefoo is situated on the northern side of the Shantung Promontory, in lat. 37 deg. 35 min. 56 sec. N., and long. 124 deg. 22 min. 33 sec. E. The designation by which it is generally known among foreigners is a misnomer, as the town of Yentai is really the port to which the name has come to be applied. Chcfoo is a harbour in the locality of Yentai, but has no connection with it.

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 mark d 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. Tue 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 considerable 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 most salubrious 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 destinations overland. The harbour is commodious and possesses depth of water for vessels of considerable draught, but it is exposed to strong gales which prevail at certain seasons of the year. Chefoo will be henceforth noted as the place where Sir

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