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CHEFOO.

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, and possesses a fine sandy beach. The surrounding country is gently undulated for some little distance from the town, and beyond that the hills rise to a considerable height and lend to the landscape an interesting and varied aspect.

Chefoo of late years has become the resort of many foreign residents in China in consequence of its very salubrious climate. It is said to be the healthiest port in China. In winter, when the Pei-ho is frozen, merchandise and mails for Tientsin and some of the more northern cities are landed at this port and conveyed to their destina- tions overland. The harbour is commodious and possesses sufficient depth of water for vessels of considerable draught, but it is exposed to strong gales which prevail at certain seasons of the year. Chefoo is celebrated as the place where Sir Thomas Wade and the Grand Secretary Li Hung-chang concluded the "Chefoo Convention" in September, 1876. The population of Chefoo is estimated at 32,000. The trade of Chefoo, like that of Newchwang, is principally in Beancake and Beans, of which large quantities are annually exported to the southern ports of China. In 1886, the net export of Beancake amounted to 1,142,140 piculs and of Beans to 105,498 piculs, as against 1,268,721 piculs of the former and 169,721 piculs of the latter in 1885. The total value of the trade of the port for 1886 was Tls. 11,698,857, and for 1885 Tls. 10,583,486.

Consulates.

DIRECTORY.

***** Ta Ying ling-shi-shu.

GREAT BRITAIN.

Acting Consul-Henry B. Bristow

Constable W. Van Ess

***** Ta-fah ling-shi-shu. 署事領法大

FRANCE.

Consular Agent-T. T. Fergusson

*****★ Ta-mei-kuo ling-shi-shu ̧

UNITED STATES.

Vice-Consul in charge-N. W. Holcomb

**EN Ta-ao-kuo ling-shi-shu. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

Acting Consul-Henry B. Bristow

***E#*_Ta-ngo-kuo ling-shi-shu.

RUSSIA.

Vice-Consul―T. T. Fergusson

**1** Suy-naou lingshi-shu. SWEDEN AND NORWAY.

Vice-Consul-A. M. Eckford

Tan-kuo ling-shi-shu,

DENMARK.

Acting Vice-Consul—A. M. Eckford

署事頜時利比 ****** Pi-li-shih ling-shi-shu.

BELGIUM.

署事領志意德 **** Tay-eh-chu ling-shi-shu. Consul-T. T. Fergusson

GERMANY.

Vice-Consul-C. Hagen

門街事領國本日大

Ta-jih-pen-kuo ling-siḥ-ya-mén.

JAPAN.

· Vice-Consul-G. Hayashi

****** Ta-ho-lan ling-shi-shu.

NETHERLANDS.

Acting Consul-A. M. Eckford

****** E-ta-lee ling-shi-shu.

ITALY.

Consular AgentC. Hagen