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PAKHOI.

Pakhoi is one of the ports opened to foreign trade by the Chefoo Convention of 1876. It is situated on the Gulf of Tonquin in long. 190 deg. 13 min. E. and lat. 21 deg. 30 min. N. The British Consul hoisted his flag on the 1st May, 1877, and the foreigners were well received by the natives. Pakhoi is the port for the important city of Lien-chau, from whence considerable quantities of foreign piece goods are distributed over the country lying between the West River and the sea-board. It is believed that it will also become one great outlet for the trade of the province of Kwangsi. The trade was formerly almost exclusively in the hands of Chinese, who transhipped goods from Hongkong and Macao (chiefly the latter) in native bottoms, and in 1877 the value of the trade passing through the Foreign Customs amounted to no more than Tis. 11,714, while in 1878 it was nil. Trade afterwards, however, greatly improved. In 1886 the value of the trade was 2,978,759 as compared with Tls. 2,584,403 in 1885, and Tls. 1,703,289 in 1884. The exports are sugar, oil, rice, tea, &c. It is anticipated that the trade of Pakhoi will be very considerable whenever the transit pass system is availed of.

The town is situated on a small peninsula and faces nearly due North. It stands at the foot of a bluff nearly forty feet high, which deprives it of the South-west breeze in summer, while in winter it is exposed to the full force of the North-east monsoon. From the bluff an extensive uncultivated plain stretches, over which there is good sport, geese, duck, snipe, plover, quail, and pigeons being found in abundance. The climate is considered to be very salubrious. The estimated population of the port is 25,000.

No port in China is more easily approached and entered than that of Pakhoi. The landmarks are conspicuous and unmistakeable. The channel is wide and deep and has no hidden danger to be avoided. The anchorage is a mile and a half from the town. There is good landing at high water, but at ebb tide only for small boats

BRITISH Consulate.

DIRECTORY.

Consul-Clement F. R. Allen (absent) Acting Consul-L. C. Hopkins, also in charge of Austro-Hungarian and German interests

Constable-M, Johnson

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS.

Commissioner-Henry E. Sidford Assistant T. C. L. Hayllar

Tidesurveyor-W. Brennan

Assistant Examiner-C. Wanderleach Tidewaiters-C. A. Swanstrom, W. Helfer,

J. T. Cotton

Chinese Clerks-Ch'an Shü-fan, Chun King

Herton & Co., agents-

Douglas Steamship Company, Ld. Gibb Line of Steamers Ben Line of Steamers

K. K. Priv. Oesterreich Versicher-

ungs Gesellschaft "Donau " Scottish Imperial Insurance Co. Second Colonial Sea and Fire Insur-

ance Company of Batavia Correspondents Yangtsze Insurance

Association

Schomburg & Co., A. agents-

Scottish Oriental S. S. Co., Ld. North China Insurance Co., Ld. Prussian National Insurance Co. of

Stettin

Canton Insurance Office, Ld.

昌瑞

Sui-chang.

Herton & Co., merchants

Ed. Herton

Oscar Noodt (Hoihow) signs the

firm

C. A. Soo

Sum-bo.

Schomburg & Co, A., merchants and com-

mission agents

Aug. Schomburg L. Jüdell (Hoibow)

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Rev. W. Light

Dr. E. G. Horder