Directory_and_Chronicle_1895 — Page 614

CANTON—WHAMPOA

LADIES' DIRECTORY

Acheson, Mrs. Jas., Shameen Adams, Mrs., Shameen (absent) Barretto-Gutierrez, Mrs., Shameen Beattie, Mrs., Kuk-fau (absent) Bone, Mrs., Shameen

Bourne, Mrs., Shameen (absent) Brenan, Mrs. Byron, Shameen

Bridie, Mrs., Shameen

Butler, Miss, Kuk-fau (absent)

Cruz, Miss da, Shameen

Dent, Mrs. Herbert, Shameen and Macao

Faragó, Mrs., Shameen

Fearon, Mrs., Shameen

Fulton, Mrs., Shameen

Fulton, Miss, M.D., Kuk-fau (absent)

Glover, Mrs., Shaineen (absent) Graves, Mrs., Ng Sin Mun

Green, Miss, Ng Sin Mun

Hayden, Mrs., Honam (absent)

Henry, Mrs., Yan Chai Yi-kuk Huart, Mrs. Imbault

Hubrig, Mrs., Yau Lan Mun (absent) Hubrig, Miss, Yau Lan Mun Hurley, Mrs., Shameen

Kerr, Mrs., Canton Hospital (absent) Kollecker, Mrs., Yau Lan Mun (absent) Lay, Mrs., Shameen

Lewis, Miss, Kuk-fau Lohmann, Mrs., Yau Lan Mun Macdonald, Mrs., Fatshan May, Mrs., Shameen

May, Miss, Shameen

May, Miss F., Shameen

MeMinn, Miss, Ng Sin Mun

Niles, Miss M. W., M.D., Canton Hospital

North, Miss, Ng Sin Mun

Noyes, Mrs., Fă-tei

Noyes, Miss, Kuk-fau (absent) Nyrup, Miss, Honam Pape, Mrs., Shameen

Pearce, Mrs., Shameen (absent) Pestalozzi, Mrs., Shameen Ruff, Mrs., Shameen

Seymour, Mrs., Shameen

Silva, Mrs. Eça da, Shameen

Simmons, Mrs., Ng Sin Mun

Summers, Mrs., Shameen

Swan, Mrs., Canton Hospital (absent) Taylor, Mrs., Shameen Voscamp, Mrs., Yau Lan Mun Wells, Miss, Shameen Wenyon, Mrs., Fatshan Wisner, Mrs., Fa-tei

Wyon, Mrs., Imperial Chinese Mint

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WHAMPOA

This village was formerly the seat of a large portion of the foreign trade with Canton, as foreign sailing vessels are not allowed to go farther up the Pearl River. The trade in sailing vessels has, however, dwindled to very small proportions, and Whampoa is now almost deserted. A branch of the Maritime Customs is stationed here. The large mud docks formerly belonging to the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Com- pany were sold some years ago to the Chinese Government and have since been used for the gunboat squadron. A Government Torpedo School has been established here.

The village, known as Bamboo Town, is a dirty and unattractive place without any feature of interest, but the scenery round is picturesque and pleasing. Two lofty pagodas on neighbouring eminences are conspicucus objects from the river. The first of these, called the Whampoa Pagoda, is built on an island rising abruptly from the river to the height of 100 feet. It was erected about the year 1598, and is very much out of repair. A good sized tree grows from the brickwork at the summit. The other pagoda, called the First Bar Pagoda, is nearer to Canton, and occupies a hill which is considered the guardian hill of the province. It was built between the years 1621 and 1628 as a palladium to the water way of the provincial capital.

The importance of Whampoa is now a thing of the past. The place will always, however, possess some interest for foreigners, since the earliest recollections of foreign ommercial intercourse with China are associated with it, all foreign ships being in old imes compelled to anchor at Whampoa.

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