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司公船駁活大

TAKU-CHEFOO

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

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J. W. Jameson, manager, Taku E. Fabris, clerk

W. Broucher, capt. s.s." Heron " J. Watts, capt. s.s. "Peiho

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A. Lindberg, capt. s.s. "Chinlung" J. W. Stavers, 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 certain seasons of the year. On 8th May 1895 the ratifications of the Shimonoseki Treaty between China and Japan were exchanged here. The population of Chefoo is estimated at 33,800. Fortifications on a considerable scale exist for the defence of the port.

The trade of Chefoo, like that of Newchwang, is principally in Beancake and Beans, of which large quantities are annually exported to the southern ports of China. In 1894, the net export of Beancake amounted to 1,238,132 piculs and of Beans to 125,001 piculs, as against 972,674 piculs of the former and 74,867 piculs of the latter in 1893. The import of Opium was 413 piculs compared with 3,536 piculs in 1879, the trade having gradually dwindled. The total value of the trade of the port for 1894 was Tls. 15,347,853 and for 1893 Tls. 13,067,115.

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ANZ & Co., Merchants

G. Gipperich

H. Magens

A. Wesemann 0. Anz

Agencies

Norddeutscher Lloyd

Shell Line of Steamers

DIRECTORY

Chinese E. & M. Co.'s Steamers

Deutsche Transport Vers. Ges., Berlin

China Traders' Insurance Company Northern Assurance Company Prussian National Insurance Company Mannheim Insurance Company, Ld.

"BAY VIEW" HOTEL

Mrs. E. F. Otaway

BEACH HOTEL

P. Calender, proprietor

CHEFOO BOOK DEPÔT AND PRINTING OFFICE

Jas. McMullan, manager

有富 Fu-yu

CHEFOO DAIRY FARM

J. Smith

利傅 Fu-li

CHEFOO DISPENSARY AND GENERAL STORE

W. R. Fuller & Co.