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NEWCHWANG.

Newchwang is the most northerly port in China open to foreign trade. It is situated in the province of Shing-king, in Manchuria. It is known by the natives as Ying-tz, and lies about thirteen miles from the mouth of the river Liao, which falls into the Gulf of Liao-tung, a continuation of the Gulf of Pechili.

Before the port was opened, comparatively little was known of this part of the Central Kingdom. Situated in a wild region, the greater part of which is little else but a wilderness, it 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 life. 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 and unimportant place.

The country about the port of Newchwang is bare and desolate, and in sailing up the river one encounters anything but a pleasant prospect. Ying-tz is surrounded by dreary marshes, and the land under cultivation produces principally Bans. 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, 2,156,064 picals of the former and 1,924,968 piculs of the latter being exported in 1878, as against 1,439,062 piculs and 792,166 piculs respectively in 1877. The trade in Beans and Bean-cake shows a pretty steady increase during the last thirteen years. The net quantity of Opium imported in 1878 was 1,223 piculs as against 1,098 piculs in 1877 and 2,303 in 1876. The quantity of Opium imported has fluctuated a good deal during the last few years. The total revenue of the port for 1878 amounted to Tls. 353,669, as against Tls. 237,269 in 1877. The population of the place is estimated at 60,000.

Consulates.

BRITISH.

Consul-H. J. Allen

Constable-William Lister

FRANCE.

Acting Vice-consul-H. J. Allen

SWEDEN AND NORWAY.

DIRECTORY.

Acting Vice-consul-J. J. F. Bandinel

NETHERLANDS.

Acting Consul-J. J. F. Bandinel

UNITED STATES.

Vice-Consul-J. J. F. Bandinel Interpreter-N. E. Bryant Constable-C. A. Swanstrom

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN MONARCHY.

Acting Consul—H. J. Allen

DENMARK.

Acting Vice-consul-H. J. Allen

GERMANY.

Vice-consul― J. J. F. Bandinel

JAPAN.

Deputy Consular Agent--J. J. F. Bandinel

Imperial Maritime Customs.

Commissioner-J. Lloyd E. Palı

Assistants-H. M. Hillier, G. F. Müller, J.

H. Hunt

Medical Officer-J. Watson, M.D.

Harbour Master-Chas. Deighton-Braysher Chief Examiner-W. H. Luther Assistant Examiner-J. G. Hamlyn

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