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by somewhat low but strong walls, about five miles in circumference, which include the entire peninsula, and have seventeen gates, only nine of which open. The walls were rebuilt in 1761 by the then Viceroy, The city is closely built, every available bit of ground being covered with buildings. The population is estimated at 250,000, which includes that of Kiang-peh Ting, a suburb on the opposite side of the Kia-ling, wrongly described by Blakiston as Li-min.

The city is the headquarters of a large and thriving trade, and from its situation must naturally be a very important mart, but its capabilities and trade have been over-estimated, as also have the resources of the province of Szechuen, of which it is the commercial capital, and it will probably be some time before foreigners will ask for it to be opened to trade. Under the provisions of the Chefoo Convention, a British Con- sular Agent is allowed to reside in Chungking to watch the conditions of British trade in Szechuen, but no attempt has yet been made to accomplish the ascent of the Yangtsze to that point in steamers. A considerable quantity of British and foreign manufactured goods, however, find their way to Chungking in native craft suited for the navigation of the rapids. The Yangtsze is about 800 yards wide at Chungking, and it is na- vigable for boats of light draught as far as Cheng-tu. From Chungking to this city the Yangtsze is properly called the Min-kiang. The Kia-ling is a river of some importance, and a considerable traffic is done on it. Chungking, like most Chinese cities, though pleasingly and picturesquely situated, is dirty and repulsive upon close inspection. On the 1st July, 1886, an anti-missionary riot broke out, and the foreigners had to leave the city.

DIRECTORY.

BRITISH CONSULAR RESIDENCY. **** Ta Ying ling-shih-shu, Resident-Fred. S. A. Bourne

METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSION. Rev. F. D. Gamewell and others (absent)

CHINA INLAND MISSION.

C. T. Studd

(For Missionaries in Wet rn Provinces.

see Hankow)

CHEFOO.

Chefoo is situated on the northern side of the Shantung Promontory, in lat. 37 deg. 35 min. 56 sec. N., and long. 124 deg. 22 min. 33 sec. E. The designation by which it is generally known among foreigners is a misnomer, as the town of Yentai is really the port to which the name has come to be applied. Chefoo is a harbour in the locality of Yentai, but has no connection with it.

When the town was first occupied by the merchants of other nations, it was in the possession of a number of French troops, and no definite foreign settlement was then marked out. The consequence is that no plan has ever been adopted in the arrangement of the houses, and many of them have been in time surrounded by native buildings. The Chinese town is squalid and uninteresting. It is built on the shore,