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bay to the north-east of Hung-ham bay, where the Kowloon establishment of the Hong- kong and Whampoa Dock Company is located. The city is a small one, and the larger portion of it is built outside the walls, which climb to some height the hill at the back, giving it a rather picturesque appearance. The walls are of granite, but of no great thickness, and neither they nor the old dismantled guns lying on them would be of any use for purposes of defence. The streets are narrow and dirty, and there are no public buildings save the tower-like pawnshop and the dilapidated yamên inside the walls. A little distance from the city may be seen, however, one of those interesting little fortified villages, with embattled walls and a moat, which are not uncommon in the province of Kwangtung, and which serve to indicate the state of insecurity in which the rural population live. Beyond this is the road which leads over the mountains at the back and which is worth climbing for the fine view of Hongkong from the pass at the top. The population of Kowloon City is probably not more than 5,000. A steam ferry plies between Hongkong and Kowloon City at uncertain hours every day. The total value of the trade passing through the Kowloon Customs Stations in 1895 was Tls. 50,385,194 as compared with Tls. 40,687,681 in 1894.

關大龍九

Kow-loon Tai-kwan

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS

Commissioner-H. M. Hillier

DIRECTORY

Deputy Commr.-E. V. Brenan (acting) Assistant S. J. Hanisch

Do. -H. W. Brazier Do. -A. M. de Souza Do. -R. H. R. Wade

Medical Officers-W. Hartigan, M.D.,

A. Rennie, M.B.

Do.

Tidesurveyor-A. V. Havers (acting) Assistant Tidesurveyor-R. Braun

Do.

-J. Dalton Examiner-C. P. C. Lynborg Assistant Examiners-E. C. Tregillus, A. E. Pfankuchen, L. C. Arlington Tidewaiters-S. B. Thompson, D. Breen, H. J. Faunch, W. H. Blake, P. H. Nolting, S. J. Blinman, J. Schlüter, C. Clarkson, R. Walpole, T. Stephenson, J. Jardon, W. R. Jones, L. J. Xavier, H. H. Halberg, F. Wolfe, C. B. Miller, P. Brossman, H. Varrelmann, T. Loureiro, F. W. Rowland, W. D. Jupp, J. F. Törner, C. Ahlberg, H. A. Adamsen, R. Day, W. R. Ayres, P. Bender, C. E. A. Sachau, J. L. Lutz, A. M. Phillips, W, E. Campbell, H. H. Bodemeyer, R. J. L. Jackson, C. T. Spencer, J. C. Clowe

Station Watcher-J. J. Lopes Revenue Cruiser Feihoo

Commander-C. I. Williams (acting) First Officer-F. W. Callsen (acting) Third Officer-E. C. Williams First Engineer-G. W. Appleby (acting) Second do. -C. J. Pîrie Gunner--J. Cartwright

Revenue Cruiser Kai Pan

Commander-G. T. B. Eldridge (acting) First Officer—A. D. S. Powell (acting) Second do. -F.R. C. Surplice (acting) Third do.

First Engineer-L. Basse (acting) Second do. -T. O. Harman Third do.

Gunner A. Valentine Revenue Cruiser Likin

Commander-H. G. Myhre (acting) First Officer-R. Chenoweth Second do. -E. O. Patey Third do. R. H. Douglas First Engineer-J. Kirkwood Second do. --W.J.Harrison(acting)

Third do. —A. E. Piersen Gunner-W. Canning Cruising Launch Kwan Tin

Officer-in-Charge-D. Breen Launch Offier-R. J. L. Jackson Cruising Launch Kwan Lui

Officer-in-Charge-H. Faunch Launch Officer-P. Bender Cruising Launch Kwan Fung

Officer-in-Charge-S. J. Blinman Launch Officer-H. H. C. Halberg Revenue Launch Kong Sing

Officer-in-Charge-C. Clarkson Launch Officer-W. E. Campbell Revenue Launch Kowloon Tsai

Officer-in-Charge-S. Walpole Launch Officer-C. Ahlberg Revenue Launch Kapsui Tsai

Officer-in-Charge T. Stephenson Launch Officer-W. R. Jones Stations under the Kowloon Customs-

Cap Sui Moon, Chang Chow, Fo To Chow, Kowloon City, Sam Shui Po, and Lai-chi-kok, Chin Lan Shu, Ma Yau Tang

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