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PORTUGUESE Catholic MISSION

Rev. José Manuel Diegues

Rev. João Baptista Láo

Rev. A. Silverio Situ

實淼

Sum.bo.

HOIHOW-PAKHOI

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

mission Agents

Aug. Schomburg

L. Jüdell

Oscar Noodt (Pakhoi)

Agencies

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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

Stoomvaart Maatschappij “Phoenix Association of Planters in Deli, Lang-

kat an 1 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 1890 the value of the trade was Tls. 4,607,106 as compared with Tls. 4,546, 162 in 1889, and Tls. 4,391,450, in 1888. The exports are sugar, oil, rice, tea, &c. The progress of the trade has been checked in some degree by the opening of Lungchow to French trade, goods now finding their way into Kwangsi through Tonkin.

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 in 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.

DIRECTORY

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Rev. W. Light

Rev. E. B. Beauchamp

Dr. E. G. Horder

CONSULATES

FRANCE

府事領國法大

Vice-Consul-Camille Gauthier

Chinese Secretary-Tchéou Dje Tsing

GREAT Britain

also

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, Consular Agency

GERMANY, Consular Agency

Consul-B. C. G. Scott Constable-M. Johnson

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Commissioner-Francis W. White Assist. and Med. Officer--A. S. Deane

Clerk-W. H. Brennan

Tidesurveyorand Harbour Master—W,

Brennan

Examiner-C. Wanderleach

Tidewaiters-F. Benson, W. Helfor,

A. A. du Bord

昌瑞 #Sui-chang

HERTON & Co., Merchants

Ed. Herton (Hoihow)

Agencies

China Navigation Company, Ld,

Ocean Steamship Company

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