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Edwards, Mrs. St. J. H.

Eldridge, Mrs.

Fagg, Mrs. J. G.

Fahmy, Mrs. A.

Farrow, Mrs.

Gheeting, Mrs. Glassey, Mrs. Gowland, Mrs. Graham, Miss L. Green, Miss F. Harley, Mrs. Hewett, Mrs. Horne, Miss

Howie, Mrs. J. M. Hutchison, Mrs. Jensen, Mrs. Johnson, Miss J. M. Johnson, Mrs. F. R. Johnson, Mrs. A. B. Johnson, Mrs. Carl Johnstone, Miss J. Joseland, Mrs. F. P. Kip, Mrs. L. W. Kliene, Mrs. Law, Mrs.

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AMOY-SWATOW

Lecky, Miss H. MacGowan, Mrs. J. MacGowan, Miss M. MacGowan, Miss E., M.D. MacGowan, Miss Alice MacGowan, Miss Agnes McGregor, Miss M. B. Maclagan, Miss E. Maclagan, Miss G. J. Malcampo, Mrs. Marcal, Miss Marshall, Mrs. F. B. Mencarini, Mrs. Miller, Miss O. Morrison, Miss M. C. Nicholls, Mrs. Noodt, Mrs. Orr, Mrs. Otte, Mrs. J. A. Parslow Miss Pitcher, Mrs. Poletti, Mrs.

Powell, Mrs. (absent)

Ramsay, Miss L.

Rasmussen, Mrs.

Remedios, Mrs. C. C. Remedios, Mrs. E. G. Ross, Mrs. R. M. Sadler, Miss E. Sandeman, Mrs. T. E. Saunders, Mrs. Saunders, Miss K. I. Saunders, Miss C. M. Simões, Mrs.

Simpson, Mrs. Lenox Stapleton, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs.

Talmage, Mrs. J. V. N. Talmage, Miss K. M. Talmage, Miss M. E. Thompson, Mrs. H. Thomsen, Mrs. Tribe, Miss E. N., M.D. Turnbull, Miss Van Dyck, Mrs. A. S. Wilson, Mrs. Woodley, Miss Zwemer; Miss N.

SWATOW

頭汕 Shán-tau

Swatow, which was first thrown open to foreigners by the Treaty of Tientsin, is situated at the mouth of the river Han, near the eastern border of the Kwangtung province, in lat. 23 deg. 20 min. 43 sec. N., and long. 116 deg. 39 min. 3 sec. E. It is the shipping port for the city of Cha'o-chow-fu, the seat of the local government, 35 miles inland, and San-Ho-Pa, forty miles farther up the river.

Swatow is built on the northern bank of the Han, which forms part of an alluvial plain through which the branches of the river flow. The shore on the opposite side is bold and striking, the hills stretching away to the coast and forming what is known to sea-going people as the "Cape of Good Hope;" Pagoda Hill rises at the opposite side; and in a direct line from this lies the large island of Namoa.

The first foreign trading depôt in this locality was inaugurated at Namoa, where the opium vessels used to anchor, but it was subsequently removed to Double Island, which is situated just inside the river and is four miles from Swatow. Foreigners here made themselves notorious in the early years of the settlement by the kidnapping of coolies, and so strong was the feeling shown against them by the natives that no foreigners were safe far from Double Island, while they were strictly forbidden to enter Swatow, and it was not until 1861 that they could do so. In the country round Swatow the antipathy to foreigners was of much longer duration. The British Consul was held technically to reside at Cha'o-chow-fu, and subsequent to 1861 several ineffectual attempts were made to pass through its gates. In 1866 a visit was made under more favourable circumstances, but it is only within the last few years that the population has refrained from annoyance and insult to foreigners within its walls. in 1862 the lease of a piece of land was applied for and granted to the British Government on the north bank of the river about a mile from Swatow, but so strong were the demonstra- tions of the populace against it that the matter fell through. Foreign residences, however, commenced to spring up here and there, and many of them are consequently somewhat scattered, though the majority are in or near the town of Swatow. The yearly increasing traffic of the port has led to much over-crowding on the narrow strip of land on which it is built, and since February, 1877, no less than 21 acres have been reclaimed from the sea, the greater part of which is now covered with shops and houses