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HOIHOW

DIRECTORY

AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION

Carl C. Jeremiassen Henry M. McCandliss, M.D. Rev. Frank P. Gilman Rev. J. C. Melrose

CONSULATES FRANCE

Vice-Consul-C. Gauthier (Pakhoi)

GERMANY

In charge-J. Neumann

GREAT BRITAIN, Kiungchow

Acting Consul-Oct. Johnson Constable-D. S. Heaysınan

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Assistant in charge-J. Neumann Assistant and Med. Officer-W. Kirk Acting Tidesurveyor and Harbour

Master-J. J. C. Lorentzen

Assistant Examiner—A. W. Leach Tidewaiters-J. T. Cotton, G. A.

Schwarzer, E. Shelton, S. J. Norwood

昌瑞 Sui.chang

HERTON & Co., Merchants

Edward Herton

Agency

Ocean Steamship Company

O'TOOLE & Co., Commission Merchants

P. Fitz O'Toole

PORTUGUESE CATHOLIC MISSION

Rev. José Joaquim Baptista

Rev. José Manuel Diegues

Rev. João Baptista Láo,

寶森 Sum-b0.

191

SCHOMBURG & Co., A., Merchants and Com、

mission Agents

Aug. Schomburg

L. Jüdell

Oscar Noodt (Pakhoi)

Agencies

"North China Insurance Co., Ld. Canton Insurance Office, Limited Deutsche Transport Versicherungs Ges, Badische Schifffahrts Assec. Ges. Prussian National Insurance Co. Scottish Oriental Steamship Co., Ld. Java Agency Company, Limited Nanshan Steamship Company Association of Planters in Deli, Lang

kat and Serdang

PAKHOI

Pakhoi is one of the ports opened to foreign trade by the Chefoo Convention in 1876. It is situated on the Gulf of Tonkin 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 seaboard. It was hoped that it would 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 Tls. 11,714, but after 1878 it gradually attained respectable proportions. In 1889 the value of the trade was Tls. 4,607,106 as compared with Tls. 4,391,450 in 1888, and Tls. 4,146,616, in 1887. The exports are sugar oil, rice, tea, &c.

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.