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PEKING NEWCHWANG.

Trades, &c.

FRENCH CATHOLIC MISSION.

Rev. Alph. Favier

Rev. Sarthou

Rev. P. d'Addosio

Rev. A. Humblot Rev. J. B. Delemasure Rev. J. Garrigues Rev. J. R. Fioritti

Rev. F. Wijnhoven

Rev. A. Provost Rev, S. Del-barre Rev. J. Salette

Mother Jaurias and 30 Sisters of Charity

RUSSIAN GREEK ORTHODOX MISSION. Rt. Rev. Amphilochius

Rev. Nicolas Rev. Alexis

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Jeanrenaud, Chs, dealer in curios and

Peking Enamels

Ad. Jeanrenaud

Kierulff, P., commission agent, storekeeper,

and dealer in curios.

P. Kierulff

C. Imbeck

Moore, Chas. F., photographer, auctioneer,

&c.

L. Tallieu, storekeeper

"Hotel de Peking," storekeepers

L. Tallieu, proprietor

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 called by the natives 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 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-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, uninteresting, and unimportant place.

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The country about the port of Newchwang is bare and desolate, and in sailing the river the voyager encounters a cheerless prospect. Ying-tz is surrounded by dre ry marshes, and the land under cultivation produces principally Beans. The river is closed by ice for more than three months every year, during which perio'l 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 limits of the port extend the Lao-yeh-ko, or Central Temple, on the west to the eastern extremity of the British Concession.

The chief articles of trade at the port are Beans and Bean-cake, 2,342,995 picule of the former and 1,715,695 piculs of the latter being exported in 1883 as against 2,069,152 piculs and 1,613,464 piculs respectively in 1882. The trade in Beans and Bean-cake has shown a pretty steady increase during the last fourteen years. The net quantity of Opium imported in 1888 was 390 piculs, compared with 469 piculs in 1882, 446 piculs in 1884, 1,186 piculs in 1880, and 2,453 pienis in 1879. The import of Opium has fluctuated a good deal during the last few years, but generally speaking the decline has been marked and constant, the poppy being largely and successfully cultivated in Manchuria. The total value of the trade of the port for 1883 amounted to Tls. 7,012,648 as against Tls. 6,625,182 in 1882.