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FOOCHOW

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The scenery surrounding Foochow is very beautiful. In sailing up the Min river from the sea vessels have to leave the wide stream and enter what is called the Kimpai Pass, which is barely half-a-mile across, and enclosed as it is by bold, rocky walls, it presents a very striking appearance. The Pass of Min-ngan is narrower, and with its towering cliffs, surmounted by fortifications and cultivated terraces, is extremely pictu- resque, and has been compared to some of the scenes on the Rhine. The Yung Fu, a tributary of the Min, also affords some charming scenery, the hills rising very abruptly from the river bank. The Min Monastery, the Moon Temple, and the Kushan Monastery, all occupying most romantic and beautiful sites, are fine specimens of Chinese religious edifices, and are much resorted to by visitors. Game abounds in all the ravines and mountains in the vicinity of Foochow, while tigers and panthers are common in the more remote hills, and some of these beasts have been killed within ten miles of the city.

Foreign vessels, with the exception of those of very light draught, are compelled to anchor at Pagoda Island, owing to the shallowness of the river, which has been increasing of late years, and the difficulties of navigation. The limits of the port of Foochow extend from the City Bridge to the Kimpai Pass. The Mamoi Arsenal, near Pagoda Anchorage, is an extensive Government establishment, where several good sized gunboats have been built. The Arsenal was bombarded by the French on the 23rd-24th August, 1884, and reduced to partial ruin, but has since been restored. A small weekly paper called the Foochow Echo is published. The population of Foochow is estimated at 636,000. Of Opium 5,004 piculs were imported in 1893 as against 5,255 piculs in 1891. The value of the trade of the port for 1893 was Tis. 13,840,562; for 1892 it was Tls. 12,546,007.

ARSENAL-IMPERIAL

Acting Foreign Secretary-Kao

DIRECTORY

Prof. of Mathematics-L. Médard

A Tai-hing

興太

BATHGATE & Co., Merchants

John Bathgate (Calcutta)

Tobias Pim (Melbourne)

John C. Oswald

Branch House: Bathgate, Pim & Co.,

Calcutta and Colombo

Agencies

Nippon Yusen Kaisha

South British Fire and Marine Insce.

Imperial Marine Insurance Co., Ld. ·

興裕 Eu-hing

BRAND & CO., H. S., Public Tea Inspectors

and Commission Agents

H. S. Brand

Agency

Phoenix Fire Office

BROCKETT & Co., Forwarding, Shipping and

Commission Agents and Storekeepers

G. T. Brockett (London)

T. Brockett

G. L. Shaw

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Tai-koo

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants

H. Baker, tea inspector J. R. Greaves, do.

Agencies

Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris China Navigation Company, Limited Ocean Steamship Company British and Foreign Marine Insurance Royal Exchange Insurance Company London and Lancashire Fire Insce. Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of U.S.A.

Wing-chong

CAVE-THOMAS & Co., F., Merchants

F. H. Cave-Thomas

J. C. Teng Fai Lee

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-FOOCHOW Genl.

Committee-H. Baker (chairman), W.

Graham (vice-chairman), J. Gittins,

L. M. F. Grant, G. Siemssen

Werner Krohn, secretary

局閩商招

Chu-sheung-min-kok

CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION Co.

Wong Naun-chan, agent

Nien Dian Choo, sub-agent

打揸 Cha-ta

CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA,

AND CHINA

Archd. Stewrat, agent

E-lee

CHURCHILL, H. W., Commission Agent and

Auctioneer

H. W. Churchill

P. Nanstad, Pagoda Anchorage