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NINGPO.
Ningpo is built on a plain, which stretches away to a cops d rable distance on either side. It is a walled city, the walls enclosing a space of some five miles in cir- cumference. The walls are built of brick, and are about twenty-five feet high. They are fifteen feet wide at the summit, and twenty-two at the base. Access is obtained to the town by six gates. A large moat commences at the north gate and runs along the foot of the wall for about three miles on the landward side, until it stops at what is called the Bridge Gate. The main street runs from east to west. One of the peculiarities of the place is a number of walls built across various portions of the city, for the purpose of preventing the spread of fires. Several of the streets are spanned by arches erected in memory of distinguished natives. Ningpo has been celebrated as possessing the fourth library of Chinese works, in point of numbers, wh ch existed in the empire. It was owned by a family who resided near the south gate. The site occupied by the foreigu residences is on the north bank of the river. The population of Ningpo is estimated at 260,000.
The tra le at Ningpo has never been large. This is owing to a considerable extent, doubtless, to the proximity of Shanghai. The net quantity of Opium imĮ orted in 1380 was 6,258 picul, as against 7,667 piculs in 1879. Of Tea, there were 152,832 piculs exported in 1880, a d 131,486 in 1879; Cotton, 28,497 piculs in 1880, and 12,407 piculs in 1879. The quantity of Raw Silk exported in 1880 amounted to 391 bals, as compared with 344 bales for the previous twelve months. The total value of the trade of the port was Tls. 12,384,330 in 1880; and Tls. 12,936,369 in 1879.
DIRECTORY.
Consulates.
大英國領事衙門
Da-ing-koh Ling-z-ngo-meng. GREAT BRITAIN.
Consul-Will. M. Cooper (absent)
Officiating Consul-C. F. R. Allen
Assistant-
Post Office Agent-
Constable-Walter L. Tomlinson
大美領事衙門
Da-me Ling-s-ngo-meng. UNITED STATES.
Consul-Edwins Stevens
大
領事衙門
Da tả Ling--ngô-meng.
GERMANY.
Vice-consul-H. B. Meyer
DENMARK.
Vice-Consul-C. F. R. Allen
AUSTRO-HUNGARY.
Consul-C. F. R. Allen
大瑞或瑙或領車衙門
Da sae-the-nau vay Ii g- ngô-meng. SWEDEN AND NORWAY.
Vice-consul-H. B. Meyer
大荷蘭領事衙門
Da-who lan Ling-z-ngô-mong. NETHERLANDS.
Acting Consul-H. B. Meyer
Imperial Maritime Customs.
淅海關
Che Hae-kwan.
Commissioner-F. Kleinwächter
Assistants- P. Piry, A. Duncan, C. W.
Tudor-Davies
Tide-surveyor and Harbour Master-A.
Kliene
Examiner-W. Youngson
Assistant Examiner-P. R. Dubarry
Tide-waiters-J. M. Elshout, W. B. Wal-
ter, G. Dissmeyer, P. Mondini, F. Allshoru, J. Eagan
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