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WHAMPOA-CHINESE KOWLOON CUSTOMS

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The village, known as Bamboo Town, is a dirty and unattractive place without any feature of interest, but the scenery around is picturesque and pleasing. Two lofty pagodas on neighbouring eminences are conspicuous objects from the river. The first of these, called the Whampoa Pagoda, is built on an island rising abruptly from the river to the height of 100 feet. It was erected about the year 1598, and is very much out of repair. A good-sized tree grows from the brickwork at the summit. The other pagoda, called the First Bar Pagoda, is nearer to Canton, and occupies a hill which is considered the guardian hill of the province. It was built between the years 1621 and 1628 as a palladium to the waterway of the provincial capital.

The importance of Whampoa is now a thing of the past. The place will always, however, possess some interest for foreigners, since the earliest recollections of foreign commercial intercourse with China are associated with it, all foreign ships being in old times compelled to anchor at Whampoa.

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

DIRECTORY

Tidesurveyor in charge-D. Conklin

Tidewaiter-F. Heilman

Watcher-G. D. Morton

DOCK YARD-IMPERIAL

Manager-Ling Ho Tung

NAVAL AND MILITARY SCHOOL-IMPERIAL

Director-Ling Ho Tung

Foreign Teacher-F. T. Richards Professor in charge-Woo Bow Who Teacher of English-Wong Ko Whar Teacher of Chinese-Liang Chee Kien Secretary-Ling Ching Kwong Paymaster-Wei Wha-Sieh

SUBMARINE Torpedo Dept-IMPERIAL

Manager-Ling Ho Tung Secretary-Pih Cheong Vien

Deputy Officers--Kong Pao Yong and

Lew Chung Sheong Paymaster-Ling Show Yong Instructors-Chow Yuen Chang and

Wong Pao Kee

TORPEDO DEPT. AND SCHOOL-IMPERIAL

Manager-Ling Ho Tung

Foreign Teacher-G. L. Hummel In charge of Torpedoes and Capt. of torpedo-boat "Loi-foo"- Lew Yee Kwang

Teacher of English-Wong Kow Ming Do. German-Wong Ying Shong Drill Master-Ling Hing Chow

CHINESE KOWLOON CUSTOMS

This is the inclusive name given to the Chinese Customs stations placed around Hongkong for the purpose of collecting duty on the trade carried on by Chinese junks between Hongkong and Chinese ports. In 1899, when the New Territory was taken over by Hongkong, the Customs stations had to be removed from their former locations which had been brought within the British boundary, and the present stations are situated at Taishan, Lintin, Shamchün, Shayuchung, and Samun (Tooniang), besides which there are a number of frontier patrol posts on the north shores of Deep and Mirs Bays and between the two bays. The net value of the trade of 1901 was Tls. 47,077,593, against Tls. 47,077,593 in 1900, and Tls. 56,532,226 in 1899, the largest on record, exceeding by 6 million taels that of its highest predecessor 1895.

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