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Caillol, ingénieur, sous-chef adjoint
Dr. Dumont, médecin
Seemann, ingénieur
Serpieri, ingenieur de Montagu, do.
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TENGYUEH (MOMEIN)
越騰 Teng-yueh
Tengyueh, situated near the western frontier of Yunnan in lat, 24 deg. 45 min. N., and long. 98 deg. 30 min. E., was opened to British trade unden the Burma Agreement of 1897 modifying the Convention of 1894 relative to Burma and Thibet. It is a sub-prefectural walled town built in a rice valley, watered by the Tieh Shui river, a tributary of the Tai-ping which joins the Irrawaddy a few miles above Bhamo, which place has been the principal frontier mart in Upper Burma for many years. The distance from Tengyueh to Bhamo by the ordinary trade route is about 160 miles, usually traversed in seven or eight days by pack animals, the only form of transport. In a straight line the two places are only 80 miles apart. The road at present used is for the greater part of the way a rough mule track, and in the rains (June to September) is often impassable. It is hoped that another route, available at all seasons, may soon be opened. From Bhamo as far as Talifu on the way to Yunnanfu, the road crosses a succession of mountain ranges varying from 4,000 to 10,000 feet in height, making any railway scheme distinctly chimerical, by this route at least. From Tengyueh to Yunnanfu the road is divided into 24 stages for pack animals and 12 for couriers. Owing to its elevation over 5,000 feet, the climate of Tengyueh is temperate, and heal thier than any of the valleys on the way to Bhamo, many of which are rendered most unhealthy by malignant forms of malarial fever. Malaria is, however, very prevalent in the town during the rains. The rainfall during 1902 was 65.67 inches about 60 of which fell during the months May-September. The Custom House was opened on the 8th of May, 1902. The value of the trade up to the end of that year was Hk. Tls. 661,695. The trade during 1903 has shown a satisfactory increase. The principal imports are yarn, cotton piece goods and raw cotton, while exports are chiefly represented by raw silk, orpiment and medicines. The only handicraft of importance in the town, which is still suffering from the effects of the Mohammedan rebellion, is the manufacture of jade ornaments from stone imported from Burma.
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