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TENNIS CLUB (TIENTSIN),

TIENTSIN-TAKU

Hon. Secretary-C. H. B. Taylor

Committee-E. Lees, C. Tulloch, H.

W. Walker

房毯打

TIENTSIN CLUB

Ta-chiu'-fang

Committee-W. H. Forbes, Dr. Frazer,

Jas. Stewart, G. Detring, H. W.

Walker, Jas. Wilson, A. W. H.

Bellingham, C. Poulsen

L. Watts Doney, secretary

美華 Hua-mei

TIENTSIN DAIRY FARM ANd WaterwoRKS

Mrs. J. M. Moore

Miss M. Moore

院醫英大津天

Tien-tsin-ta-ying-i-yuan

TIENTSIN DISPENSARY; Mactavish & Leh-

mann, Limited, Chemists, Druggists, and

Aerated Waters Manufacturers

Stewart M. McLeish

TIENTSIN AND PEKING TIMES"

W. H. Bellingham, editor

Shih-pao Kuan

TIENTSIN PRESS, Printers, Bookbinders,

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and Stationers

INN

豆 Chun-fung

TOKMAKOFF, MOLOTKOFF & Co., Merchants,

J. F. Tokmakoff (Moskva)

O. J. Molotkoff (Kazan)

A. D. Startseff

G. F. Martinoff

M. A. Lauterstein

G. J. Shipkoff

T Hsi-kuo Hui-kuan

館會國西

UNION CLUB

Hon. Secretary-J. Droste

FA Hai-chün Kung-so 所公軍海

VICEROY'S NAVAL SECRETARIAT

Secretary-Lo Fêng Luh

Accountant-E. Maukisch

Translator-Tsêng Laisun

利達亨

Han-ta-li

VRARD & Co., L., Merchs. and Com. Agts.

P. Loup

J. Krüger

昌華

Hua chung

WARD & Co., WALTER S., Merchants

W. S. Ward

Agency

Phoenix Fire Office, London

E

Wa-sun-sz ta-yah-von

WATSON & Co., A. S., LIMITED, "The

Hongkong Dispensary," Chemists and

Druggists, Aerated Water Makers,

Wine, Spirit, and Cigar Merchants

Ed. Wilkins, manager

興泰新

Hsin-tah-sing

WILSON & Co., Merchants and General

Commission Agents

James Wilson

R. A. Cousens

A. Adaa

L. A. Hughes

Agencies

China Shipowners' Association

Northern Pacific R. R. and S. S. Cos. North China Insurance Company, Ld. Sun Insurance Office

Standard Life Assurance Company South British Fire and Marine Insce.

TAKU

This village is situated at the mouth of the Pei-ho, on the southern side of the river, about sixty-seven miles from Tientsin. The land is so flat at Taku that it is difficult for a stranger to detect the entrance to the river. There are two anchorages, an outer and inner. The former extends from the Customs Junks to three miles outside the Bar, seaward; the latter from Liang-kia-yuan on the south to the Customs Jetty, Tz'chu-lin, on the north. The village is a poor one, possessing few shops, no buildings of interest except the forts, and the only foreign residents are the Customs employés and some pilots. 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