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NEWCHWANG,

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 was a few years since little else but a wilderness, it was never visited by outsiders. Manchuria is now, however, being rapidly colonised by the Chinese, who already outnumber the natives. 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 lienwan 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 laud under cultivation produces principally Beans. The river is closed by ice for more thin three months every year, during which period the residents are entirely cut off from the outer world. The climate, however, is healthy and bracing. The population of the place is estimated at 60,000.

The net

The chief articles of trade of the port are Beans and Bean-cake, 2,120,819 piculs of the former and 1,350,918 piculs of the latter being exported in 1880 as against 1,858,444 piculs and 1,800,523 piculs respectively in 1879. The trade in Beans and Bean-cake has shown a pretty steady increase during the last thirteen years, quantity of Opium imported in 1880 was 1,186 piculs as against 2,453 picula in 1879. The quantity of Opium imported has fluctuated a good deal during the last few years, but generally speaking the decline has been constant, the poppy being largely and successfully cultivated in Manchuria. The total value of the trade of the port for 1880 amounted to Tis. 6,725,036 as against Tls. 8,214,614 in 1879.

DIRECTORY.

Consulates.

GREAT BRITAIN.

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Consul-Herbert J. Allen

Constable-Chas, Farmer

FRANCE.

Vice-consul-Herbert J. Allen

SWEDEN AND NORWAY.

Vice-consul-E. Cousins

NETHERLANDS.

Consul-J. J. F. Bandinel

UNITED STATES.

Vice-Consul-J. J. F. Bandinel

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY,

Consul-Herbert J. Allen

DENMARK.

Vice-consul-Herbert J. Allen

GERMANY.

Fice-consul-Herbert J. Allen

Imperial Maritime Customs.

Commissioner-Walter T. Lay

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

E. V. Touzalin

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

Ballard (cting)

Chief Examiner-W. J. Sayle

Assistant Examiner-J. Ecelestone

Tide-waiters-J. Loft, J. Edgar, G. With-

lock, E. C. Tregillus, J. Keeble

REVENUE CRUISER "HWA SHU." Master-G. Deitz

LIGHTSHIP "NewCHWANG."

Master-W. Trebing

First Mate-W. W. Orfeur

Second Mate-G. Deitz (iu charge of Tender) Third Light-keeper-J. H. Hammaren