LAPPA
Lappa, also called by the Chinese "Kung Pak," is an island directly opposite the Inner Harbour of Macao, the distance across being from 1 to 18 miles. One of the stations of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs is located here, and another on an islet called Malowchow. Lappa is under the jurisdiction of the Heungshan Magistrate. It possesses no features of interest beyond the fact that it is the principal Customs station in the neighbourhood of Macao. The net value of the trade passing through the Lappa Custom Houses in 1902 was Tls. 16,898,378, against Tls. 14,606,412 in 1901, and Tls. 13,573,069 in 1800.
DIRECTORY
關北拱 Kung Pak Kwan
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS
Commissioner-W. Noyes-Morehouse
Assistant-T. D. Moorhead
Do. -A. J. Basto, Jr.
Do.
-C. A. R. Cabral
Do. -J. Devéria
Medical Officer-J. Gomez da Silva
Tidesurveyor-T. N. Manners Chief Examiner-S. J. Grainger Examiner G. MacKenzie Assistant Examiner-J. Wacker Tidewaiters-C. B. Miller
W.H.Glover, E.Trusch, J.T.Brandão, St. C. C. da Silva, O. Rasmussen, C. O. F. Jacobsson, V. Kuster, C. F. T. Andersen, H. E. Trepkowski, P. F. McMahon, G. Honniball Probationary Tidewaiters F. Am-
broise, A. H. Silverthorne Customs Watchers-W. Winter, T. Heffron, A. Johnson, J. Iversen, A.
Murray, T. Hembrey, C. E. Arnold,
E. Emms, M. Bryan, J. Breen, L. Volonteris, J. A. Karkatzky, C. J. Woltmann, A. Chanings, J. Barth, J. Hanielton, B. Elias
Station Watchers-B. M. F. d'Assis, A. Z. de Souza, J. V. Gracias, M. J. Barreira, Jr.
Cruising Launch-" Lungtsing" Officer in charge-C. Billeo Launch Officer-J. Breen Revenue Launch "Chumsing"
Officer in charge-A. Murray Launch Officer--A. Chanings Revenue Launch “Lui Pin"
Officer in charge-T. Hembrey Revenue Launch “Lui Kok
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Officer in charge-W. H. Glover Stations under Lappa Customs- Malowchow, Chien shan, Shek Kok, Kwan chiap, Nine Islands, Wang Moon, Tung Ho, Mongchao, Gae- moon, Nai Wan Moon
SAMSHUI
* Sám-shwui 水三
The Treaty port of Samshui, opened in 1897 under the Burmah Convention-nearly forty years after Consul Harry Parkes' East River Expedition-is situated near the junction of the West and North Rivers, in lat. 23 deg. 6 min. 30 sec. N., and long. 112 deg. 53 min. and 48 sec. E. The anchorage, known as Hokow, at which foreigners reside, was formerly an ordinary Chinese fishing village, with boat building as its leading industry, and a flooded state in summer as its characteristic peculiarity, but it is fast becoming a busy town. According to the Convention, the town of Samshui and Kongkên (a dirty little village sleeping among the hills opposite Hokow) together constitute the port area. The formal opening took place on 4th June, 1897, since which date the net value of the trade of the port coming under the cognizance of the Foreign Customs has grown to nearly three million taels. The junk traffic is simply enormous and the lekin station is the first in the province. The district city of Samshui itself is surrounded by an imposing wall, built in the 6th year of Chia Ching of the Ming's (about A.D. 1560), the year after the place attained to the dignity of a magistrate's cure. Within the wall, the houses are poor and the
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