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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-J. Graham Lightship "Taku"

Captain-W. W. Orfeur

Mate-C. Druwert

Lightkeeper-H.

Cruiser "Foam "

A. Thorkelsen

DIRECTORY

Tidewaiter in charge R. P. Hansen

Tongku Station

Assist. Examiner in charge-A. Smith

塢船沽大

Ta-ku Ch'uan-wu

NAVAL YARD-IMPERIAL

Managing Director-Ku Yuen Chu

Assistant Directors-Kung Chao Yü,

Kao Tsang Ling

水引沽大

Ta-ku yin shui

PILOT COMPANY (TAKU)

C. B. Sherman

G. Lembke

A. H. Talpey

W. Blanchard

H. S. Hurst,

T. W. Conner

secretary

W. T. Way

TAKU CLUB

Hon. Secretary-E. Fabris

利德 Te-le

TAKU HOTEL

Captain J. Watts, proprietor

司公船駁活大

Ta-ku Po-ch'uan Kung-ssu

TAKU TUG AND LIGHTER COMPANY, LIMITED;

Head Office, Tientsin

Directors-J. Stewart, A. D. Startseff,

W. W. Dickinson, J. Wilson W. H. Forbes, secretary, Tientsin W. T. L. Way, accountant, head office J. W. Jameson, manager, Taku E. Fabris, clerk

D. J. Webster, capt. s.s. (* Heron " J. McClure, capt. s.s. "Peiho " A. Lindberg, capt. s.s. "Chinlung W. P. Chard, capt. s.s. "Gem" H. J. Macrae, superdt. engineer A. Crawford, engineer

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 is the summer resort of many foreign residents in China in consequence of its very salubrious climate. It is said to be the healthiest port in China. In winter, when the Pei-ho is frozen, merchandise and mails for Tientsin and some of the more northern cities are landed at this port and conveyed to their destinations overland. The harbour is commodious and possesses sufficient depth of water for vessels of considerable draught, but it is exposed to strong gales which prevail at

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