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KIAOCHAU

Kiáu-chau

Kiaochau, in Shantung, was occupied by a German squadron on the 14th November, 1897, in satisfaction for the murder of two German missionaries, and on the 2nd September, 1898, it was declared a free port. It is held on lease from China for the term of ninety-nine years. The Bay is an extensive inlet about two miles north-west of Cape Evelyn. The entrance is not more than 14 miles across, the east side being a low promontory with rocky shores, with the village of Chingtao ("green island,” from a small grassy island close to the land) about two miles from the point of the peninsala. On the west side of the entrance is another promontory with hills rising to about 600 feet. The shore here is rocky, and dangerous on the west side, but on the east side is a good stretch of sandy beach. The bay is so large that the land at the head can only just be seen from the entrance (about 15 to 20 miles away), and the water gradually gets shallower as the north side of the bay is approached. Kiaochau city stands at the north-west corner of the bay. There are two anchorages for big ships; one, the larger and better round the point of the east promontory, on the north side, and the other, smaller one, at Chingtao on the south side. The hills are nearly bare rock and gravel and limestone, but an extensive scheme of afforestation has been decided upon. The soil of the valleys between the ranges and the plain country on the north-east is alluvial and very fertile, and is carefully cultivated. Wheat, barley, millet, maize, Indian corn, and many other grains in smaller quantities are grown. Concessions have been granted for two lines of railway running from Kiaochau into the interior, and there appears to be every prospect of the place rapidly becoming a great commercial emporium. The climate is temperate, and it is expected that the Bay will in course of time become a summer resort for the residents of Shanghai, there being an excellent bathing beach.

BERLIN MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Rev. F. and Mrs. Voskamp

Rev. A. and Mrs. Kunze Rev. Wilh. Lutschewitz

DIRECTORY

RICCI & Co., Merchants and Commission

Agents

M. F. de Souza (Shanghai)

J. D. de Souza

T. F. Rangel

DIEDERICHSEN, Jebsen & Co., Tsintau

H. Diederichsen (Kiel) J. Jebsen (Hongkong) J. H. Jessen,

do.

O. Hille, signs per pro. H. Heydenreich

Agencies

Jebsen Line of Steamers Norddeutsche Versicherungs Ges. Germanischer Lloyd

Deutscher Rhederei Verein Verein Hamburger Assecuradence Verein Bremer Seeversicherungs Ges.

SIETAS, PLAMBECK & Co., Merchants, Navy Contractors and Storekeepers, Tsintau

J. J. Block (Chefoo)

H. C. N. Plambeck

H. C. Augustesen (Port Arthur)

M. Conradi

F. Bröcking H. Nicolaisen P. Pusch