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KWANGCHAUWAN-PAKHOI

DIRECTORY

ADMINISTRATION SUPÉRIEURE Administrateurdu Territoire-G. Alby 2✪ Secrétaire particulier-de Cappe

lere. Circonscription-(Tché Kang) Administrateur Adjoint--Du Pac de Mar-

soulies

2e. Circonscription—(Po-Tao) Administrateur Adjoint-Gendrot

3e. Circonscription (Nao-Tchao) Administrateur Adjoint-Emmerich

TRÉSOR

Receveur-Comptable-Consin

Commis-Bonnaud

GARDE INDIGÈNE

Inspecteur Commdt. la brigade-Sauvalle

SERVICE DE SANTÉ

Médecin de lere. classe- Docteur Sépine

Directeur-Marsal

ECOLE

POSTES & TÉLÉGRAPHIES

Receveur-Fleutiaux

TRAVAUX PUBLICS

Ingénieur-Aymé

Conducteur-Vilmont

MISSION CATHOLIQUE

Missionnaire-R. P. Ferrand

COMMANDANT SUPÉRIEUR DES TROUPES Lieutenant Colonel-Goldschoen

MARINE

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Commandant de la canonnière "Estoc❞—

Pelletier Boisy

PAKHOI

海北 Palk-hoi

Pakhoi is one of the ports opened to foreign trade by the Chefoo Convention in 1876. It is situated on the Gulf of Tonkin in long. E. Greenwich 109 deg. 7 min. (106° 47′ of Paris), and lat. N. 21 deg. 20 min. The British Consul hoisted his flag on the 1st May, 1877, a French Consulate was established in December 1887, and the foreigners were well received by the natives, and continue to be respected even to the present day. Pakhoi is the port for the important city of Lienchow, from whence considerable quantities of foreign piece goods, etc., were formerly distributed over the country lying between the West River and the seaboard, but now that the West River has been opened to steam navigation a part of the trade has been diverted to that route. The net value of the trade of Pakhoi in 1899 was Tls. 4,141,368; in 1898, Tls. 4,166,059; in 1897, Tls. 4,209,935; and in 1896, Tls. 4,685,138. The Chinese town is situated on a small peninsula, and faces nearly due north. It stands at the foot of a bluff nearly forty feet high, which deprives it of the south-west breeze in summer, while in winter it is exposed to the full force of the north-east monsoon, which very often blows so hard for several days that it materially interfers with the load- ing and discharging of steamers in the harbour. The bluff, or the plain above the town, is level for miles, which makes riding both on bicycle and on horse-back a decided pleasure. The foreigners almost exclusively live on the bluff, which in former years was only dotted by a few European buildings, but has recently been ornamented with several new structures. From the bluff an extensive partly-cultivated plain developes, over which some sport is obtainable-snipe, plover, quail, and pigeons being found in large numbers, but duck and other water-fowl are not numerous. The climate is considered to be very salubrious. The estimated population of the port is 20,000. No port in China is more easily approached and entered than that of Pakhoi. The landmarks are conspicuous and unmistakeable. The channel is wide and deep and has no hidden danger to be avoided. The anchorage is a mile and a half from the Custom House. There is good landing at high water, but at ebb tide only for small boats. The construction of a railway by a French Company from Pakhoi to Nauning has been authorised, but work on the project has not yet been commenced. A free school under the direction of M. Mercier Beauné has been opened by the French Government to teach the French language to the Chinese and others. A French Medical Officer, who is attached to the French Consulate, also gives his attendance free to both Europeans and Chinese.

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