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TAKU-TIENTSIN,

DIRECTORY.

Imperial Maritime Customs.

Assistant Tide-surveyor-W. F. Stevenson

Tide waiter-W. French

Acting Signalman—H. Meyer

TAKU PILOT COMPANY.

W. Boad

H. Crowlie

J. C. Hill

W. Blanchard

G. Mitchell

G. Lembke

J. Young

A. H. Talpey

Lightship Taku.

C. B. Sherman C. Parker

Captain-Jas Sloane

Male-H. A. Frandsen

Light Keeper-W. Knight

IMPERIAL NAVAL YARD.

Directors-Mah, Taota, and Lo Tsunn-lob Secretary-W. F. Stevenson Superintendent Shipwright—W. Grant

Engineer-L. Andersen

do.

Clerk-

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J.C.Hill, secretary

TARU TUG AND LIGHTER COMPANY.

G. W. Collins, H. Crow.ie, A. G. Baxter

directors

Jas. Watts, secretary

C. Kossow, clerk

J. McMurray, superintendent engineer

and chief engineer tug Gem E. Wells, engineer tug Peiko Ahmow,

do.

Orphan

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TIENTSIN.

The export trade of Tientsin to which the coupadores of foreigners are entitled."

The Tea exported goes is very small compared with the import. Cotton is cultivated in the locality, and some years ago great expectations were entertained concerning it. principally to Russia and Siberia, via Kiachta. In 1882, 274,599 piculs were exported by this route, compared with 294,985 piruls in 1881. Opium to the extent of 2,508 piculs was imported in 1882, as compared with 3,421 piculs in 1881. The total value of the trade of the port in 1882 was Tls. 22,525,267 as compared with Tle. 21,606,231 in 1881.

DIRECTORY.

PORTUGAL.

Consul-John J. Hatch

Consulates.

大英國領事官

Ta Ying-kwu-ling-shik-iran.

GREAT BRITAIN,

(For Tientsin and Peking.)

Consul-A-Davenport

Interpreter W. Holland

JAPAN.

TIENTSIN.

Tientsin is situated at the junction of the Grand Canal with the Feiho river in lat. 39 deg. 3 min. 55 sec. N. and long. 117 deg. 3 min. 55 sec. E. It is distant from Peking by river about 80 miles. It was formerly only a military station, but towards the close of the 17th century it became a place of some importance. The walled portion is small compared with the suburbs, the circumference of the walls being only a little over three miles. The principal trade is carried on in the suburbs. The purely native city has the reputation of being exceptionally dirty, and the stench from open drains in and about the city is said to be the cause of a high rate of mortality there. There are a number of soap-boiling works in the neighbourhood, and the smell that arises from them is most disagreeable.

A number of foreigners live in the suburbs of the native city, but the concession, which is situated about a mile and a half farther down on the south bank of the river, has been largely taken up during the last few years, and is now pretty well covered with buildings.

Tientsin will always be famous for the Treaty signed by Lord Elgin in a temple since called the Treaty Temple, or Elgin's Joss-house, on the 26th June, 1858, and known as the Treaty of Tientsin. The port is also infamously notorious for the massacre of the French Sisters of Charity and other foreigners on the 21st June, 1870, by a Chinese mob, under circumstances of shocking brutality. Tientsin is now connected with Shanghai by telegraph, a line having been constructed overland in 1881 and opened to traffic on the 28th December of that year; in 1883 the port was connected with Tung how and shortly will be with Peking by telegraph. The population of Tientsin is estimated at 950,000.

There is a fair foreign trade done at Tientsin compared with the other open ports. When the port was first opened, it is said that money was picked up very quickly by the few merchants then on the scene. In course of time, however, the Chinese began to make headway, and they have the trade now pretty well in their own hands. One great advantage that natives here have over foreign competitors is that the former "purchase their stocks in Shanghai when there is a favourable market, rarely if ever insure their goods, sell in small quantities, and, constituting themsele their own salesmen, at once procure ready buyers, and save the standing commission

Assistant, G. V. Fittock

Constable-H. Teomans

FRANCE.

大國領事衙門

Ta Fa-kwo-ling-shik Yamên.

Acting Consrl-H. Frandin

Chancelier-Interprete—

大俄國領事衙門

Tu-ngo kwo-ling-ez-ya-mun. RUSSIA

Consul-C. Waeber

大美國領事衙門

Ta-mi-luo-ling-shih-ye-men. UNITED STATES.

Consul-Jas, C. Zuck (absent)

Vice-Coneul in Charge—L. W. Pileber

Adding Interpreter-R. H. Maclay

Marshal Jacob Gall

大德國領事衙門

Ta te-kus-ling-shih ya-men. GERMANY.

Consul-A. Pelldram

Interpreter-Ch. Feindel

Conelable-J. Mileek

BELGIUM.

Coneul-W. Forbes

大國公館

Ta Tan-kuro Kung kwan. DENMARK.

Acting Consul-C. Waeber

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Ta Ho-lan-kwa Ling-eki-kuan

NETHERLANDS

Acting Consul--A. Davenport

Fice Consul for Ticutsin, Newchwang, and

Chefoo-Yosolimi Muroto

Secretary-lisasi Shimamura

奥

領有它

Ta Amu-karo-ling shik-kran. AUSTRIA-Hungary.

Acting Consul—A. Davnport

工部

Kung-pu.

Municipal Council.

Chairman-H. C. Hobson

Hon. Treasurer-F. de Bois

Hon. Secretary E. Cousins

Members--A. D. Startseff, Wm. Forbes

Superintendent of Police-S. E. Williams

Sergeant-H. Yeomans

Imperial Maritime Customs.

津海關

Ching-hai-kwan.

Commissioner-H. E. Hobson'

Assistants-R. M. Hobson, H. B. Morse,

F. J. Smith, C. W. Davies, H. Brosche

Clerks-P. Poletti, A. B. Mennzies

Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master—R. J.

Trannack

Acting Asst. Tidesurveyor—W. F. Steven-

son (Taku)

Examiners--N. D. Ghika, G. B. A. de

Castro