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INSURANCE OFFICES--Continued
OFFICES
Netherlands Fire Insurance Company. New York Life Insurance Company New Zealand Insurance Company
Norddeutsche Versicherungs Gesellschaft (Marine)... North British and Mercantile Insurance Company.. North China Insurance Company, Ld...
North German Fire Insurance Company Northern Assurance Company
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Nouveau Lloyd Suisse
Palatine Insurance Company
Phoenix Fire Insurance Company.
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Providentia Allgem. Versich. Gesellschaft, Wien.
Prussian National Insurance Company
Rheinisch Westphalischer Lloyd
Royal Exchange Insurance Corporation.. Royal Insurance Company (Fire)
Salamandra Insurance Company, St. Petersburg. Schweiz Allgem Vers. Act. Ges. Zurich. Scottish Imperial Insurance Company
South British Fire and Marine Insurance Co. (Marine) South British Fire and Marine Insurance Company. South British Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Standard Life Assurance Company.
Sun Fire Office
Tokio Marine Insurance Co.
Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company Transatlantic Marine Insurance Company, Ld. Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld... United Dutch Marine Insurance Company Upper Rhine Insurance Company, Mannheim Western Assurance Co.......
World Marine Insurance Company
Yangtsze Insurance Association
Yangtsze Insurance Association
Yen Chai Ho Insurance Co.......
AGENTS
Holland-China Syndicate Arnhold, Karberg & Co. Mackenzie & Co. H. M. Schultz & Co. William Forbes & Co. Wilson & Co. Siemssen & Co. Mackenzie & Co. Wilson & Co.
H. M. Schultz & Co. Butterfield & Swire Hatch & Co. Siemssen & Co. E. Meyer & Co,
H. M. Schultz & Co. Butterfield & Swire Collins & Co. Siemssen & Co. H. M. Schultz & Co.
H. M. Schultz & Co. Arnhold, Karberg & Co. Wilson & Co. Lees & Co. Wilson & Co. Wilson & Co.
Mitsui Bussan Kaisha E. Meyer & Co. Collins & Co. Siemssen & Co. Siemssen & Co. William Forbes & Co. Wm. Meyerink & Co. Mackenzie & Co. American Trading Co. Liddell Bros. & Co.
China Merchants' Steam Nav. Co.
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TAKU
沽大 Ta-ku
This village is situated at the mouth of the Pei-ho, on the southern side of the river about sixty-seven miles from Tientsin. The land is so flat at Taku that it is difficult for a stranger to detect the entrance to the river. There are two anchorages, an outer and inner. The former extends from the Customs Junks to three miles outside the Bar, seaward; the latter from Liang-kia-yuan on the south to the Customs Jetty. Tz'chu-lin, on the north. The village is a poor one, and possessed few shops and no buildings of interest except the forts, now demolished. The only foreign residents are the employées of the Lighter Company, the Customs and the Pilot Corporation. A railway from the adjoining town of Tungku (two miles up the river) to Tientsin was completed in 1888.
Taku is memorable on account of the engagements that have taken place between its forts and the British and French naval forces. The first attack was made on the 20th May, 1858, by the British squadron under Sir Michael Seymour, when the forts were passed and Lord Elgin proceeded to Tientsin, where on the 26th June he signed the famous Treaty of Tientsin. The second attack, which was fatally unsuccessful, was
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