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the space between being filled with earth and concrete. Each of the gateways is surmounted by a three-storied pagoda. The walls of the Chinese city are about 30 feet in height, 25 feet thick at the base, and 15 feet wide on the terre plein. The total circumference of the walls round the two cities slightly exceeds twenty miles.
The Tartar city consists (Dr. Williams tell us) of three enclosures, one within the other, each surrounded by its own wall. The innermost, called Kin-ching or Prohibited City, contains the Imperial Palace and its surrounding buildings; the second is occupied by the several offices appertaining to the Government and by private residences of officials; while the outer consists of dwelling-houses, with shops in the chief avenues. The Chinese city is the business portion of Peking, but it presents few features of interest to sight-seers, while the enclosure known as the Prohibited City is, as its title denotes, forbidden to all foreign visitors. The numerous temples, the walls, the Imperial Observatory, the Foreign Legations, and the curio shops are the chief attractions to the tourist. The streets of the Chinese metropolis are kept in a most disgraceful condition. In the dry season the pedestrian sinks deep in noxious dust, and in wet weather he is liable to be drowned in the torrents that rusli along the thoroughfares, where the constant traffic has worn away the soil. There is an air of decay about Peking which extends even to the finest of the temples. The population of Peking is not accurately known, but according to a Chinese estimate, which is probably slightly in excess, it is 1,300,000, of whom 900,000 reside in the Tartar and 400,000 in the Chinese city. There is no direct foreign trade with Peking, and the small foreign population is made up of the members of the various Legations, the Maritime Customs establishments, the professors of the College of Peking, and the missionary body. In August, 1884, the city was brought into direct telegraphic communication with the rest of the world," by an overland line to Tientsin via Tungchow. A railway line to Tientsin was opened in 1897.
DIRECTORY
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CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY, PEKINGSECTION
Memberof Administn.-D.D.Pokotilo
Secretary-J. Cheshew
署公司務稅總
Tsung Shui-wu-ssä Kung-shu
CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME INSPEC-
torate-GenERAL
Inspector General-Sir Robert Hart,
Bart., G.C.M.G.
Chief Secretary-R. E. Bredon
Act. Chinese Secty.-J. A. van Aalst Audit Secretary-S. Campbell Statistical Serty.-F. E. Taylor (Sha'i) Non-Resident Secty.-J. D. Campbell,
C.M.G. (London)
Act. Postal Secty.-J. A. van Alst Deputy do.-F. E. Taylor (Shanghai) Assistant Secretary--J. R. Brazier Acting Assistant Chinese Secretary-
F. J. Mayers
Act. Asst. Audit Secty.--F. W. Maze Assistant Statistical Secretary- Act. Private Secty.-P. R. Walsham Assistant-H. E. Wolf
Do. -B. L. Simpson
N. A. Konovaloff
-H. Bismark
Do.
Do.
Do.
-H. M. A. de Kergariou
Do.
-W. H. C. Weippert
Do. -E. von Zach
Assistant-D. Pegorini
Postal Officer-E. E. Encarnação Assistant do. —J. C. de Pinna
Gas Engineers-C. B. Mears, A. Child
Hui-fing
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPN.
E. G. Hillier, agent
A. M. Bruce W. P. Craig
HOTEL DE PEKING
See-pin-kwan
L. Tallieu & Co., proprietors
L. Tallieu (absent)
A. F. Chamot, general manager
A. Brandt
Miss E. Chamot
HOTEL METROPOLE
Carl Imbeck, proprietor
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IMBECK, CARL, Storekeeper, Wine
and
Spirit Merchant and Commission Agent
行銀商通國中
Tsoon-kook-toon-song-yin-hong
IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA
M. H. Houston, acting manager
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