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TAKU-CHEFOO

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CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Boat Officer-W. French Tidewaiter-T. Wright Lightship "Taku

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Acting Captain-M. Foyne Mate-P. H. Niner

Lightkeeper-H. A. Thorkelsen Cruiser "Foam

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DIRECTORY

Tidewaiter in charge-P. Petersen Tongku Station

Tidewaiter in charge-C. W. Greise

Ta-ku Ch'uan-wu

NAVAL YARD-IMPERIAL

Managing Director-Tsan Tin-yü

Asst. do. Chu Fo Ching, Wo Yuen

Superintendent Engineer-F. W. Dye

Secretary and Intptr.-S. F. King

* Ta-ku yin.shui 水引沽大

PILOT COMPANY (TAKU)

C. B. Sherman

W. Blanchard

H. S. Hurst,

secretary

G. Lembke

A. H. Talpey

T. W. Conner

D. J. Webster

TAKU CLUB

Hon. Secretary-H. J. H. Marshall

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,

J. M. Dickinson, J. Wilson

W. H. Forbes, secretary, Tientsin W. T. L. Way, accountant, head office J. W. Jameson, manager, Taku H. J. H. Marshall

J. Watts, capt. s.s. "Heron "

capt. s.s. "Peiho " A. Lindberg, capt. s.s. "Chinlung" J. W. Stavers, capt. s.s.

capt. s.s. "Gem"

H. H. Brown, capt. s.s "Kaitai" H. J. Macrae, superdt. engineer A. Crawford, engineer

CHEFOO

Chefoo, in the province of Shantung, is the name used by foreigners to denote this Treaty Port; the Chinese name of the place is Yentai, and Chefoo proper is on the opposite side of the harbour. Chefoo is situated in latitude 37° 33′ 20′′ N. and longi- tude 121° 25′ 02′′ E. The port was opened to foreign trade in 1863. The number of foreigners on the books of the various Consulates is about 400, but more than half of them missionaries-live inland. Chefoo has no Settlement or Concession, but a recognised Foreign Quarter, which is well kept and has good clean roads and is well lighted. A General Purposes Committee looks after the interests of the Foreign Quarter and derives the revenue at its disposal from the sale of stamps at the Local Post Office (started in 1893). The natives are most orderly and civil to foreigners. There are three good hotels, and at least three excellent boarding houses, all of which are full of visitors from July to end of September. The climate is bracing. The winter, which is severe, lasts from the beginning of December to end of March; April, May, and June are lovely months and not hot; July and August are hot and rainy months; and September, October, and November form a most perfect autumn, with warm days, cool winds, and cold nights. Strong northerly gales are experienced in the late autumn and through the winter, and the roadstead gives but an uncomfortable, though safe, anchorage for steamers. During the summer and autumn amusements are varied-sea bathing, lawn tennis, picnics, &c. and there is a good club. races take place towards the end of September. Chefoo is two days' journey from Shanghai, and in the summer tourist tickets (Tls. 25)from Shanghai and return are issued by the Indo-China S. N. Co., the China Merchants' S. N. Co., and the China Navigation Co. Since the declaration of war (August, 1894) between China and Japan the port has been much frequented by vessels of the different foreign navies, and its close proximity to Corea will cause these visits to be continued; the result is that Chefoo has become a coaling station, and large stocks of Cardiff coal are kept to supply the foreign men-of-war. During the winter of 1894-95 the port was in a state of excitement owing to the close proximity of, and possible occupation by, the Japanese. Wei-hai-wei, which is

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