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steamers entered this port in communication with the exterior ports and it may be expected to devolope on a large scale. The Chinese population of the territory is about 189,000 and the superficial area is 84,244 hectares, containing 809 villages.

DIRECTORY

ADMINISTRATION SUPÉRIEURE

Administrateurdu Territoire-G. Alby✯Q

CABINET

Chef du Secrétaire-Louis Ohl Agent-Bounand

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

soulies

2e. Circonscription (Po-Téou) Administrateur Adjoint-Gendrot

3e. Circonscription-(Ite Nau Chau) Administrateur Adjoint-G. Fargeas

JUSTICE

Juge de Paix á Compétence Etendue-Du

Tac du Marsoulies

Greffier-Louis Ohl

Huissier-Lanneluc

TRÉSOR

Percepteur Receveur-Cousin

Commis comptable-Le Cointe

GARDE INDIGÈNE

Inspecteur Commdt. la brigade-Sauvalle Inspecteur 3e. classe-Primault

SERVICE DE SANTÉ

Médecin Major de 2e. cl.- Docteur Doucet

Docteurs La Counise, Fichet

ECOLE FRANCO-CHINOISE

Directeur-Phau-Cong-San

POSTES & TÉLÉGRAPHES Receveur-Fleutiaux

AGRICULTURE

Agent Principal-Robin

TRAVAUX PUBLICS

Ingénieur-Autigeon Conducteur-Vilmont Commis-Vincent

MARINE

Commandant la canonnière l' "Estoc" et la station navale-Lieutenant de Vaisseau Doisy

COMMANDANT SUPÉRIEUR DES TROUPES

Lieutenant-Colonel-Boudonnet

Chef du service de l'Artillerie-Capitaine

Lancret

Chef de l'Ambulance-Dr. Douret Chargé des services administratifs-

Toussaint

MISSION CATHOLIQUE

Aumonier des Troupes-R. P. Ferrand Missionnaires-Revs. Le Tallandier, Cel-

lard, Zimmermann, Baldit, Fouque

Chaix

Baudet

COMMERÇANTS

PAKHOI

海北 Pak-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. 29 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 Limchow, 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 1900 was Tls. 3,876,466; in 1899, Tls. 4,141,868; in 1898, Tls. 4,166,959; and in 1897, Tls. 4,209,935. The Chinese town is situated on a small peninsula, and faces nearly due north. It stands at the foot of a

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