Directory_and_Chronicle_1897 — Page 241

FOOCHOW

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; even at the anchorage the river is silting up in several places, so that it is now almost impossible to go straight across from Losing Island to the mainland at low water. 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. The establishment is now being reorganised, several Frenchmen having been engaged, who are to arrive at the beginning of the present year (1897), to take charge of the different departments. The construction of new dock in connection with the Arsenal was commenced in November, 1887, on Losing Island, but is not yet quite completed, although a vessel has already been docked. The dock is over 300 ft. long and has very powerful pumps and a good steel caisson. A small daily paper called the Foochow Echo is published. The population of Foochow is estimated at 1,000,000

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Of Opium 3,702 piculs were imported in 1895 as against 4,511 piculs in 1894. The value of the trade of the port for 1895 was Tls. 14,022,015; for 1894 it was Tls. 13,450,932.

和協 Hip-wo

DIRECTORY

ANDERSON & Co., ROBERT, Merchants

H. Schlee

ARSENAL-IMPERIAL

High Commission er-H. E., Yu Luk,

Tartar General

Directors-Su and Yang, Taotais Manager of Dock-Shen, Taotai

Chief Constructor-Wei Han, Taotai

Chief Engineer-Yang Lien Chen

Prof. of Mathematics-L. Médard

Foreign Secretary-Kao En-Kien

興太

Tai-hing

BATHGATE & Co., Merchants

John Bathgate (Calcutta)

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.

BATHGATE, JAS. H., Merchant and Commis-

sion Agent: Tel. Ad. Maori

裕興 Hing-eu

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

and Commission Agents

H. S. Brand

Agency

Phonix Fire Office

Tai-koo

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants

H. Baker, tea inspector

Agencies

Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Yokohama Specie Bank

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.

吉律蒲 Po-lat-ket

BROCKETT & Co., Forwarding, Shipping

and Commission Agents and General

Storekeepers

Mrs. G. T. Brockett (London)

T. Brockett

Wing-chong

CAVE-THOMAS & Co., F., Merchants

F. H. Cave-Thomas

C. J. Ferreira

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-FOOCHOW GENL.

Committee-H. Baker (chairman), W. Graham (vice-chairman), J. Gittins, R. R. Westall, A. P. Simpson H. B. Weeks, secretary

Chu-sheung-min-kok

CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION CO.

Wong Naun-chan, agent

Nien Dian Choo, sub-agent

Agency

China Merchants Marine Insce. Co.

打揸 Cha-ta

CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA,

AND CHINA

John Macgregor, sub-agent