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Swatow, which was first thrown situated at the mouth of the river province, in lat. 23 deg. 20 min. 43 s shipping port for the city of Cha’o- inland, and San-Ho-Pa, forty miles 1

Swatow is built on the northern plain through which the branches o bold and striking, the hills stretchin sea-going people as the “Cape of Gi and in a direct line from this lies the

The first foreign trading depôt i the opium vessels used to anchor, bu which is situated just inside the river made themselves notorious in the ea coolies, and so strong was the feeli foreigners were safe far from Double 1 Swatow, and it was not until 1861 tha the antipathy to foreigners was of mu technically to reside at Cha'o-chow- attempts were made to pass through favourable circumstances, but it is oni has refrained from annoyance and in lease of a piece of land was applied for north bank of the river about a mile fi tions of the populace against it that however, commenced to spring up here somewhat scattered, though the major yearly increasing traffic of the port has of land on which it is built, and since F reclaimed from the sea, the greater part

The climate of Swatow is reputed however, an unenviable position as rega lower mouth of the Formosa Channel, a all the violence of these terrible storms, coast of China. The population of Swat

The foreign trade of Swatow has nev slight increase. A considerable trade piculs brown and 572,198 piculs white e and 531,023 piculs white exported in 19 marked reduction in these figures, the ex that of white 419,010 piculs. The China sugar refinery here, but work has for so this sugar-producing district of sugar fron in 1902 that has been justly described: cleaner and even cheaper than the native is shown in the returns for 1902, as compar given in the Report of the Commissioner 215 to 5,397 piculs: white sugar from 909 t to 22,368. Á large beancake factory was trade of the port, coming under the cogni Tls. 44,425,745 against Tls. 43,244,520 in 190