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of interest except the forts, and the only foreign residents are the Customs employés and some pilots. A line of telegraph was constructed in the early part of 1879 from Taku to Tientsin and a railway to Tientsin was completed in 1888.

Taku is memorable on account of the engagements that have taken place between its forts and the British and French naval forces. The first attack was made on the 20th May, 1858, by the British squadron under Sir Michael Seymour, when the forts were passed and Lord Elgin proceeded to Tientsin, where on the 26th June he signed the famous Treaty of Tientsin. The second attack, which was fatally unsuccessful, was made by the British forces in June, 1859. The third took place on the 21st August, 1860, when the forts were captured, the booms placed across the river destroyed, and the British ships sailed triumphantly up to Tientsin. The water on the bar ranges from about two to fourteen feet at the Spring tides. At certain states of the tide, steamers are obliged to anchor outside until there is sufficient water to cross.

CUSTOMS IMPERIAL MARITIME

Boat Officer--W. French

Tidewaiter-R. P. Hansen

Signalman H. A. Behnke

Lightship "Taku"

Captain-J. Graham Mate-C. Druwert

DIRECTORY

Lightkeeper-H. A. Thorkelsen Cruiser "Foam"

Tidewaiter in charge-W. Lidstone Tongku Station

Tidewaiter-E. Puegnet in charge

Do. -G. D. Craig

NAVAL YARD-IMPERIAL

Managing Director-Ku Yuen Chu

TAKU CLUB

TAKU HOTEL

Captain J. Watts, proprietor

L. Watts Doney, manager

PILOT COMPANY (TAKU)

C. B. Sherman C. Parker

H. M. Crowlie

W. Blanchard

H. S. Hurst G. Lembke

A. H. Talpey

T. W. Conner

W. T. Way, secretary

Assistant Directors-Kung Chao Yü,

Kao Tsang Ling Instructor-

TAKU TUG & LIGHTER COMPANY, LIMITED Directors-Jas. Stewart, A. D. Start-

scff, W. W. Dickinson, Jas. Wilson W. H. Forbes, secretary, head office,

Tientsin

W. T. L. Way, accountant, head office J. W. Jamieson, manager, Taku E. Fabris, clerk

D. J. Webster, J. McClure, A. Lind-

berg, captains

H. J. Macrae, J. McMurray, J. C.

Thomson, engineers

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

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