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CHUNGKING-CHEFOO.

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Rev. J. W. and Mrs. Wilson

CHINA INLAND MISSION.

Rev. J. Cameron, M.D., and Mrs. Cameron

A. H. Faers

Miss Ramsay

Miss Hook

Miss Webber

For Missionaries in Western Provinces

see Hankow.

FRIENDS' FOREIGN MISSION. Rev. J. and Mrs. Davidson Miss Southall

Hà

Châu-Yuan Trong.

Mgr. P. E. Coupat, Bishop of Tagaste, Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechuen Rev. L. Blettery, pro vicar

Rev. J. Vinçot

Rev. H. Lenoir

Rev. M. Bonnet, Chiang-pei

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, 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 29,000.

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 1888, the net export of Beancake amounted to 1,299,485 piculs and of Beans to 65,559 piculs, as against 1,229,720 piculs of the former and 80,146 piculs of the latter in 1887. The import of Opium was 318 piculs compared with 3,536 piculs in 1879, the trade having dwindled annually. The total value of the trade of the port for 1888 was Tls. 11,875,904, and for 1887 Tls. 12,579,788.

Consulates,

DIRECTORY.

***** Ta Ying ling-shi-shu,

署事頜英大

GREAT BRITAIN.

Consul-Henry B. Bristow

Constable-W. Van Ess

*** Ta-fah ling-shi-shu,

FRANCE.

Consular Agent―J. P. Wake

***** Ta-mei-kuo ling-shi-shu

署事國美大

UNITED STATES.

Vice-Consul-W. R. Fuller

í Tay-ch-chu ling-shi-shu,

GERMANY.

In charge of German Interests-Henry B.

Bristow

Interpreter-Geo. Lange