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CHINESE KOWLOON

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Canton. Kowloon City is situated at the back of the peninsula in a roomy but shallow 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 ase 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 net value of the trade passing through the Kowloon Customs Stations in 1897 was Tls. 42,321,453, in 1896 Tls. 49,388,222, and in 1895 Tls. 50,385,194.

關大龍九

Kow-loon Tai-kwan

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS

Commissioner-H, M, Hillier

DIRECTORY

Deputy Commissioner-H. W. Brazier

(acting)

Assistant-A. M. de Souza

Do. F. R. C. Surplice

Do.

A. J. Commys

Do. -C. F. Johnston

Medical Officers--F. O. Stedman, M.D.,

A. Rennie, M.B.

Tidesurveyor A. V. Havers (acting) Assistant Tidesurveyor-J. Dalton Acting do. --C.P. C. Lynborg Examiner E. C. Tregillus

Assistant Examiners--L. C. Arlington,

J. Schlüter

Tidewaiters-D. Maclennan, T. Steph- enson, L. J. Xavier, C. A. Peters, C. B. Miller, P. Brossmann. F. W. Rowland, E. C. Williams, C. Ahlberg, H. A. Adamsen, P. Bender, C. E. A. Sachau, A. Valentine, J. L. Lutz, A. L. Knight, H. H. Bodemeyer, E. T. Young Tidewaiters (probationary)—-C. Walsh, W. A. Wheeler, H. S. Jenkinson, B. Collins, E. S. Blades, M. S. Husted, P. M. Lassen, A. J. Clarke, W. J. Potter, A. C. Thiel Watchers-Eleven Revenue Cruiser Feihoo

Commander-C. I. Williams (acting) First Officer A. Macandrew (acting) First Engineer J. Kirkwood Second do. -F. H. Delheskamp Third do. -D. Robinson

Gunner-F. Hyde

Revenue Cruiser Kai Pan

Commander-G. T. B. Eldridge

First Officer-A. D. S. Powell Third do. A. C. Akehurst Do. do.-G. S. Morgan First Engineer--S. Hebden Third do. -G. J. Harman Gunner-H. G. Burton

Revenue Cruiser Likin

Commander R. Chenoweth (acting) First Officer--F. W. Callsen (acting) Third do. —R. O. Rutherford First Engineer--J. McBain Second do. W. J. Harrison Third do. E. J. Stoddart Gunner--J. Cartwright Cruising Launch Kwan Tin

Officer-in-Charge-C. B. Miller Launch Officer-W. A. Wheeler Cruising Launch Kian Lui

Officer-in-Charge-H. A. Adamsen Launch Officer-W. J. Potter Cruising Launch Kiran Fung

Officer-in-Charge T. Stephenson Launch Officer--B. Collins Revenue Launch Kowloon Tsai

Officer-in-Charge-P. Bender Launch Officer-L. G. Hansford Revenue Launch Kapsui Tsai

Officer-in-Charge-A. Valentine Launch Officer-H. P. Kinghorn Steam Pinnace

Officer-in-Charge-C. S. C. Davies Revenue Schooner Ping Fei

Stations under the Kowloon Customs-

Cap Sui Moon, Chang Chow, Kow- loon City, Sam Shui Po, Lai Chi- Kok, Chin Lan Shu, Ma Yau Tang, Kau Tin Shek, Nganshiwan

Waglan Lighthouse

Chief Lightkeeper-C. May Lightkeeper-P. Jackson

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