YUENSAN (GENSAN)—WLADIWOSTOCK.
MISSION ETRANGERES DE PARIS. Rev. L. Curlier
CHIEF JAPANESE MERCHANTS, &c. First National Bank
Y. Sawaki, agent T. Tori, manager Nippon Yusen Kaisha T. Ohashi, agent S. Murai, manager Hamada, Gumi
S. Kimura, manager
Kiodo Sha
T. Nishida, manager
Risshin Sho Kai
M. Takagi, manager
CHIEF CHINESE MERCHANTS.
On Tai Insurance Co.
Low York Poo, agent
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Siu Man Sing "Sing Kee," storekeeper Tung Fung Lai & Co.
Low York Poo, manager
Yuen Cheong & Co.
Ying Tsze Ping, manager Hsih Cheng Chang & Co.
Yew Hung Chao, manager Hung Shing Kung & Co. Yang King Ann
Yung Yü tuck & Co.
Ya Si Pin, manager Tung Chun- Hwo & Co.
Tong Ching-Shin, manager
WLADIVOSTOCK.
This port, on some charts still called Port May, lies in latitude 43 deg. 7 min. N. and longitude 131 deg. 54 min. E., at the southern end of a long peninsula reaching into Peter the Great Bay. Of all the ports in East Siberia, it is by far the most important, both as a military and commercial centre. It is a free port except that duties have to be paid on the following articles :-Alcoholic liquors, tobacco, matches, kerosine oil, varnishes, sugar, sweatmeats, and canned frui.s. Wladivostock is one of the most magnificent harbours in the East. From its peculiar long and narrow shape and the once supposed hidden treasures in the slightly auriferous soil of its surrounding hills, it has not inappropriately been called the Golden Horn. The entrances to the harbour are hidden by Dundas Island, which divides the fairway into two narrow passages. This fine sheet of water first runs tor about half a mile in a northern direc- tion and then suddenly bends to the east for a distance of about one mile. On all sides it is surrounded by hills, low on the southern and higher on the northern shore, and which slope sharply down to the water's edge. These hills, once verdant with foliage, have been completely denuded of trees by reckless felling. The harbour, capable of accominodating an almost unlimited number of vessels of deep draught and large capacity, affords a safe anchorage. It is usually closed by ice from about Christmas till the beginning of April, but even then ships may safely approach the entrance by making either for Diomed Bay or some of the numerous sheltered anchorages along the eastern shore of Dundas Island. The transit of cargo is then effected to Wladivostock over the ice.
The port, the chief naval station of Russia on the Pacific, is commanded by an Admiral appointed from home, and there is also a military Governor, residing at Wladiwostock, who is in command of the forces spread over the South Ussuri district. The municipal affairs of the town are managed by a Mayor and Town Council elected by and from among the Russian civil community.
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