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堂主天

MISSIONS ETRANGÈRES DE PARIS

Rev. Père Grimaud

PAKHOI-MENGTZU

Rev. Pères Beckmeur, Chagot, Ferrand, Fleureau, Houéry, Maréchal, Merel,

Roudière, Le Taillandier

實森

Sum-bo

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

mission Agents

Oscar Noodt

L. Jüdell,

Aug. Schomburg (Hoihow)

do.

Agencies

North China Insurance Co., Limited Canton Insurance Office, Limited Deutsche Transport Vers. Ges., in Berlin Badische Schiffahrts Assecuranz Ges. Badische Rück und Mitvers. Ges. Prussian National Insurance Co. Scottish Oriental Steamship Co., Ld. Java Agency Company, Limited Stoomvaart Maatschappij "Phoenix" Association of Planters in Deli, Lang-

kat and Serdang

MENGTZU

This is a district city in south-east Yunnan, and together with Man-hao, a village on the left bank of the Red River, was opened to trade by the Additional Convention to the French Treaty of Tientsin of the 25th April, 1886, signed at Peking on the 26th June, 1887. The town is two days' journey from Man-hao and about four days from the frontier of Tonkin, and is beautifully situated, being built on a cultivated plateau twenty miles long by about twelve miles in breadth, encircled by picturesque mountains, and 4,510 feet above the level of the sea. It has a population of about 10,000 persons, but before the Mahommedan rebellion was a place of much more importance, as the numerous well-built temples, many of them now in ruins, still testify. It is, however, a considerable commercial emporium even now, and is likely to become the seat of a large border trade with Tonkin, now that the French have proved the navigability of the Songkoi or Red River up to Laokay by steamer, and thus brought Mêngtzu within 13 days' journey of Haiphong instead of 31 days' as formerly. The French Consul hoisted his flag at Mengtzu on the 30th April, 1889, and the Customs station was opened in the following August. Up to the end of the same year the value of the imports amounted to Tls. 95,000, that of the exports to Tls. 88,000, and that of the transit trade to Tls. 100,145. The value of the trade for 1890 was Tls. 1,104,007, that of foreign imports being Tls. 466,089. The Chinese merchants were quick to avail themselves of the advantages offered by the transit pass system, and under cover of its protection have sent merchandise as far as the province of Szechuen. The climate of Mengtzu is temperate and salubrious, though every year, principally in the hot season, a disease known as the plague makes numerous victims there and throughout the province among the natives. During the winter some sport is obtainable, particularly bustard, which arrive in large flocks towards the end of October. The European community of Mengtzu numbers only eight.

CONSULAT DE FRANCE

Consul-E. Rocher (absent)

Acting Consul-H. Leduc

DIRECTORY

Interprète-Chancelier-G. Lallemant-

Dumoutier

關自蒙

Mom.che-hwan

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Commissioner--A. P. Happer, Jr.

Assistant-C. E. Tanant

Do. --E. K. Bull

Assistant Examiner-C. W. de Berigny Tidewaiter-H. J. Sharples

IMPERIAL CHINESE TELEGRAPHS; Adminis

tration Yun-kwei Provinces

Director-Li Pi-ch'ang (Yun-nan-fu)

Engineer-Ch. Jensen (Yun-nan-fu) Manager-Ku Ch'ang-ling

MISSION ETRANGÈRES DE PARIS

Monseigneur Fenouil, Bishop of Téné- dos and Vicar Apost. of Yun-nan Rev. J. M. Leguilcher, pro-vicaire Rev. Ch. M. de Gorostarzu, Procureur Revs. J. M. Delavay, J. M. Birbes, E. E. Maire, P. M. Mandard, M. Oster, P. Bonhomme, Cl. M. Maire, P. F. Vial, Ch. Aug. Loiselet, L. C. Bouil- lon, C. F. Masson, P. M. Boutmy, J. Cl. Excoffier, A. Trovel, H. A. Mathon, J. Doyon, H. Tapponnier, Badie, Gaudir, Ducloux