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NEWCHWANG.

Newchwang is 'he most northerly port in China open to foreign trade. It is situated in the province of Shing-king, in Manchuria. It is know 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.

B fore 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 fet 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 Newch wang 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 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, 1.853,444 piculs of the former and 1,800,523 piculs of the latter being exported in 1879, as against 2,156,064 piculs and 1,924,968 piculs respectively in 1878. The trade in Beans and Bean-cake shows a pretty steady increase during the last thirteen years. The net quantity of Opium imported in 1879 was 2,453 piculs as against 1,223 piculs in 1878. The quantity of Opium imported has fluctuated a good deal during the last few The total revenue of the port for 1879 amounted to Tls. 333,733 as against Tls. 253,669, in 1878. The population of the place is estimated at 60,000.

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DIRECTORY.

Consulates.

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN MONARCHY. Acting Consul-C. F. R. Allen

DENMARK.

BRITISH.

Consul C. F. R. Allen

Constable-William Lister

FRANCE.

Acting Vice-consul-C. F. R. Allen

SWEDEN AND NORWAY.

Acting Vice-consul-E. Cousins

NETHERLANDS.

Acting Consul-J. J. F. Bandinel

UNITED STATES.

Vice-Consul-J. J. F. Bandinel Interpreter-

Acting Vice-consul-C. F. R. Allen

Vice-consul-

GERMANY.

Imperial Maritime Customs. Commissioner-J. Alexander Mann

Assistants-B. Seymour Leslie, J. H. Hunt,

J. Russell Brazier

Medical Officer-J. Watson, M.D. Tide-Surveyor and Harbour Master-J. T.

Ballard (acting)

Chief Examiner W. J. Sayle Assistant Examiner-J. G. Hamlyn

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