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SWATOW

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The climate of Swatow is reputed to be very salubrious. The town occupies, however, an unenviable position as regards typhoons, on account of being opposite the lower mouth of the Formosa Channel, and it has on many occasions been subjected to all the violence of these terrible storms, which almost every year sweep across the lower coast of China. The population of Swatow is estimated at 35,000.

The foreign trade of Swatow has never been large, but of late years it has shown a slight increase. A considerable trade is done in Sugar, there having been 789,298 piculs brown and 667,465 piculs white exported in 1898 (nearly all to Chinese ports) against 704,270 piculs brown and 629,780 piculs white in 1897. The China Sugar Refining Co. of Hongkong have a large Sugar Refinery here, but work has for some time been suspended. A large beancake factory was also started in 1882. The net value of the trade of the port coming under the cognisance of the Foreign Customs was for 1898 Tls. 35,383,998, for 1897 Tls. 28,398,001, and for 1896 Tls. 27,276,480.

DIRECTORY

BANKER & Co., Merchants and Comn. Agts.

Geo. Banker (Hongkong)

Che Ho San, signs per pro.

記德 Tey-kee

BRADLEY & Co., Merchants

Thomas Wm. Richardson (London)

Robt. H. Hill,

J. D. Monro

R. L. Richardson (Hongkong)

A. Macgowan

A. Bryson

J. M. da Cruz

do.

"Shell" Transport & Trading Co. Line A. Thompson, mgr., Oil Installation Agencies

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corpn. National Bank of China, Limited Mercantile Bank of India, Limited British North Borneo Company Shan Steamship Company

Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co Shire Line of Steamers Ben Line of Steamers Lloyd's

North China Insurance Company Royal Insurance Company

China Fire Insurance Co., Limited Standard Life Insurance Company New York Life Insurance Company

Tai-koo

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants

Stuart Smith, signs per pro.

G. Williams

Agencies

Chartered Bank of India, A., and China Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Russo-Chinese Bank

Banque Internle, de Com., Petersburg Scottish Oriental Steamship Co., Ld. China Naviga tion Company, Limited Ocean Steamship Company

Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld.

The Sea Insurance Company, Limited Royal Exchange Assurance

London and Lancashire Fire Insce. Co. Royal Insurance Company

British and Foreign Marine Insce. Co. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of U. S. A.

Taikoo Sugar Refining Company, Ld.

CANTLIE, F. H., M.B., C.M., Medical Pract❜oner

jfa Chiu sheung-chuck

局商招

CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION Co.

Siu Wei-nam, agent

Leung Pick-tin, chief clerk

Agency

China Merchants' Insurance Company

CHINA SUGAR REFINERY

Jardine, Matheson & Co., agents

CONSULATES

AUSTRIA HUNGARY

In charge of Interests-H. B. M. Consul

府事頜副國德大

Ta-ti-kwok fu-nian-sso-fu

GERMANY

Consul-Ivo Streich (absent)

Acting do.-H. von Varchmin

Interpreter-Fang Topui

✰**** Ta.Ying Ling-shih-kwan

GREAT BRITAIN

Consul-James Scott (absent)

Consul Officiating-E. H. Fraser

Asst. and Postal Agent-V. L.Savage

Constable-S. Ferrier

ITALY

官事頜利大 義大

Tai-i-tai-li Liny-sz kun

Consul-Chev. Z. Volpicelli (residing

at Hongkong)