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TALIENWAN-PORT ARTHUR

DIRECTORY

CLARKSON & Co., Merchants, Shipping and Commission Agents: Tel. Ad. Clarksuvor

D. M. Clarkson, Jr. (Vladivostock) M. I. Suvoroff,

do.

Chr. Nielsen, signs per pro.

H. Carlson

Agencies

Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Indra Line of Steamers Gilen Line of Steamers

China Navigation Company, Ld. Ocean Steamship Company, Ld.

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Scottish Oriental Steamship Compan Lloyd's, London

China Traders' Insurance Company Jardine, Matheson & Co. Butterfield & Swire

Chinese Engineering and Mining Co. Rand Drill Company of New York Centennial Mill Company of Seattle Vacuum Oil Co. of Rochester, N. York R. Stewart & Co., Liverpool Watts, Watts & Co., London Rendrock Powder Co. (Rackarock)

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PORT ARTHUR

順旅 Lu-ehun

Port Arthur, at the point of the "Regent's sword," or Liaotung Peninsula, was formerly China's chief naval arsenal, but was captured in the Japanese war and its defences and military works destroyed. In 1898 Russia obtained a lease of Port Arthur and Talienwan and is now rapidly fortifying the former and making it into a great naval stronghold. It is being connected by the Manchurian Railway with the Trans-Siberian Line, and was connected by cable with China in 1900. A number of dredging machines belonging to the Naval Department have commenced work with the purpose of deepening and widening the western part of Port Arthur harbour, which is to be altered to allow anchorage for battleships. It has also been decided to construct a channel through the Isthmus of the Tigre Peninsula, so that in the near future Port Arthur will have direct communication with the sea, which will be of great importance for both military and commercial purposes. The Russian budget for 1902 provided 5,200,000 roubles for the completion of the defence works at Port Arthur and Vladivostock.

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT

Superior Chief and Commander-in- Chief of Troops in Kwantung and Russian Naval Forces in the Far East, Aide-de-camp General, Vice- Admiral--E. Alexeieff

Chief Assistant of the Commander- in-Chief of Troops Lieutenant- General W. Volkoft Functionnary for Special Commis-

sions to the Superior Chief-Baron G. Stuart

Aides-de-camp to the Superior Chief--

Lieut. Captain Rodkevitch, Lieut. Oulianoff

Chief, Military Staff-Colonel Floug Chief of Naval Staff-Rear-Admiral

Witgeft

Commander of the Squadron of the

Pacific Vice Admiral Skrydloff

Assistants-Rear-AdmiralsKouzmitch

and Tschouhnine

Commander of the Port-Rear-Ad-

miral O. Starck

Chief Assistant do.-Capt. W. Roudneft Second Assistant do, and Commander

of the Commercial Port-Lieutenant- Colonel F. Prestine

Chief, Torpedo-boat Division--Capt.

B. Boissiann

Civil Governor--Col. Grombtchevsky President of Municipal Council-Capt.

A. Verschinine

Chief of Police-Lieut. Capt. H. Leding Diplomatic Secretary-J. Korostovetz Financial do. -J. Protassieff Treasurer-S. Neeloff President of the Justice Court--A.

Lihatcheff

Procuror, N. Mouravieff

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