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NINGPO-WENCHOW

**CIM Chekiang Jen-tse-tang

SISTERS OF CHARITY

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Try-ping-yuen At Ningpo, "Hospital St. Joseph " -Marthe Ricaud, supérieure, G. Violle, Gabrielle Torte, Vincent Lo, Louise Dasilva, Marie Assinelli

At Ningpo, Maison de Jésus Enfant-Gabrielle Bugaud, supé- rieure, Germaine Dauverchain, Augustine Perraud, Madeleine Rattat, Xavier Berkeley, Gabrielle Noguet, Agarthe Ou, Thérèse Chu, ¦ PILOT-J. Smith Vincent Tsa, Anne Wills, Marther Chu, A. Boucher

At Tinghai (Chusan), "Maison de la Présentation”— Cécile Marie Theron Raisin, supérieure, Marie Affentochegg, Lucie Pang, Pauline Cheng, Josephine Léan, Angèle Dasilva

At Hangehow, "Maison de St. Vincent" Marie Archenault, supérieure, Josephine Zo, Marie Borie, Louise Wang, Vincent Ou, M. Guigas

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At Tsofoopang "Maison du Sacre Coeur Adelaide Faure, supé- Faure, supé- rieure, Vincent Perrin, Marie Joss, Monique Liou, Agnès Ou

POST OFFICE—Imperial ('HINESE

Postal Officer-1). Mullen

TAOTAIS POLICE

Tshung-bu-wong

Contr. and Magistrate-J. C. Watson 1 intpr., 2 writers, 3corpls., 30 consbles.

局報電國中

Chung-Kuo-tien-pao-chu

TELEGRAPHS-IMPERIAL CHINESE

Woo Cheng-foo, manager

P. Y. Boun, clerk-in-charge

WÊNCHOW

Wan-chau

Wênchow-fu, one of the five ports opened to foreign trade by the Chefoo Convention, is the chief town in the department of the same name occupying the south-east corner of Chekiang province. The city is situated on the south bank of the river Ou-kiang, about twenty miles from its mouth, in lat. 27 deg. 18 min. 4 sec. N., long, 120 deg. 38 min. 28 sec. E. The site is a well cultivated plain, bounded on all sides, but at a distance of some five miles, by lofty hills. The walls are said to have been first erected during the fourth century, and enlarged and re-built by the Emperor Hung Wu in 1385. They are formed of stone, diagonally laid at the foundation, and partly also of brick, and measure about four miles in circumference. The streets are wider, straighter, and cleaner than those of most Chinese cities. They are mostly well paved with brick and kept in careful repair by the householders. They slope down on either side to waterways, which in their turn communicate with canals permeating the whole city. There are numerous large nunneries and temples in Wênchow. The Custom-house, outside the chief gate, known as the Shwang Men or "Double Gate," the Taotai's Yamên, the Prefect's and other public offices in a cluster, and the Foundling Hospital, all near the centre, are the other chief buildings. The latter institution, built in 1748, contains one hundred apartments. Among the objects of greatest interest and curiosity to the stranger are two pagodas situated on "Conquest" Island, abreast of the city. They are both of great antiquity and, with the houses close by, were for some time the retreat of Ti Ping, the last Emperor of the Sung dynasty, when seeking to escape from the Mongols under Kublai Khan. The British Consul and the Customs outdoor staff occupy foreign built houses on the island. His Majesty Ti Ping has left behind him autographs preserved to this day in the adjoining temple. The estimated population of the city is 80,000. There were Boxer troubles in the Ping-yang district, several native Christians being murdered in 1900, and all the missionaries left Wenchow, where, however, the officials were able to maintain order.

There is no foreign settlement at Wênchow, and the foreign residents are a mere handful, consisting almost entirely of officials and missionaries. A large quantity.gitized by

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