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CONSULATES

PAKHOI-HOIHOW (IN HAINAN)

府事領國法大

FRANCE

Tai-fat-huok Ling-sĩ Hùn

Consul-Véran Dejoux

DIRECTORY

Chancelier--F. Callieret, commis de

Résidence, ffons

Lettré-Tchéou Dje Tsing

GREAT BRITAIN

also

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, Consular Agency

GERMANY, Consular Agency

Consul-E. L. B. Allen Constable--M. Johnson

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Rev. E. B. Beauchamp Dr. E. G. Horder (absent) Dr L. G. Hill

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Act. Commissnr.-W. Noyes Morehouse Assistant and Medical Officer-A.

Sharpe Deane Assistant-C. W. de Berigny

Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-

L. A. Byworth

Examiner-C. Pape

Tidewaiters- W. Johnsford, C. J.

Clifford, W. O. Pegge

堂主天

MISSIONS ETRANGÈRES DE PARIS

Rev. Père Houery, Pakhoi

Rev. Père Ferrand, Waichau

Rev. Père Gerardin

Rev. Père A. A. Grimaud, Lim-chau

Rev. Père Marechal, Shek-hing

Rev. Père Gauthier, Kô-chau Rev. Père Le Taillandier, do.

Rev. Père Celard, Lui-chau

Rev. Père C. Zimmermann, do.

Rev. Père Grandpierre, Chuk-shan

Rev. Père Vaux, Lo-fan

POST OFFICE-IMPERIAL

In charge-L. A. Byworth

寶森

Sum-bo

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SCHOMBURG & Co., A., Merchants and Com-

mission Agents

Aug. Schomburg

L. Jüdell

Agencies

Scottish Oriental Steamship Co., Ld. North China Insurance Co., Limited Canton Insurance Office, Limited Deutsche Transport Vers. Ges., in Berlin Badische Schiffahrts Assecuranz Ges. Badische Rück und Mitvers. Ges. Prussian National Insurance Co. South British Insur. Co., New Zealand

HOIHOW (IN HAINAN)

Hoihow is the seaport of the city of Kiung-chow (the seat of government in the island of Hainan, and distant from its port about three and a-half miles) which was opened to foreign trade on the 1st April, 1876. The position of the port, though geographically favourable, is topographically unsuitable for the development of any extensive com- mercial transactions, vessels being compelled to anchor some two miles from the entrance of the creek, or branch of the main river upon which Hoihow is situated. The tides are extremely irregular, and the anchorage is liable to the visitation of very severe typhoons, being moreover entirely unprotected from the north. The width of the Hainan Straits, between Hoihow and the mainland-the Lien-chau peninsula—is about twelve miles. As regards health, Hoihow compares favourably with other parts of Hainan, though fever and ague are said to prevail to some extent. The port is badly supplied with water.

The approaches to the shore are extremely shallow, so that loading and unloading can only be carried on at certain states of the tide. Despite this disadvantage, however, the advent of foreign steamers has given a considerable impulse to trade. The town itself contains about 12,000 souls, and is governed by a Tsan-fu, or Lieutenant-Colonel; the population of Kiungchow being 41,000. The native mercantile population, though respectable, is by no means rich. No foreign settlement has as yet been formed, and with the exception of the Roman Catholic Orphanage, erected in 1895, and the American Presbyterian Mission Hospital and doctor's residence, now in course of building, the houses occupied by the foreign residents are Chinese converted into European habitations by alterations and improvements. H.B.M. Consulate obtained a site after 14 years' negotiations, but this having been found unsuitable another site

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