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JAPANESE

Acting Postmaster-M. Mhio Assistant-S. Hara K. Nakamura

RUSSIAN

Postmaster-A. Rakitzky

REUTER'S NEWS AGENCY

R. M. Collins, agent

PEKING

RITROVO ITALIANO, Provisions, Wines and

Liquors

F. Jej, agent

RUSSO-CHINESE BANK

D. Posdneeff, manager

E. Wilhfahrt, signs per pro.

R. Barbier,

do.

J. Cheshev, secretary

F. Slachmuylders, bookkeeper V. Ilmar

C. Dmitrieff

Drigorieff

RUSSO-CHINESE SCHOOL

D. Posdnéeff, superintendent H. E. Takshina, director Shao-ch'ang, J. Brandt,

do.

1st teacher

G. Smykaloff, 2nd teacher ·

P. Bazaroff, 3rd do.

Yü-k'un, Chinese do.

Fu-mien, assistant Russian teacher Hu-ko-lu,

do.

do.

do.

Wang-te-ming, do. do.. do.

SOCÉTÉ FRANÇAISE D'IM PORTATION ET D'EXPORTATION, TH. CULTY AND CIE., Wines, Liquors, Groceries etc.

R. Cliquet, agent

TELEGRAPHS IMPERIAL CHINESE

C. J. P. Holm, superintendent

TO SHING TANG HOTEL

Shigesaku Ichiyama, proprietor

TURNER, P., Architect and Builder

信隆

WARDROPER, W. S., Merchant

WESTPHAL, J., Merchant

WOUTERS D'OPLINter, ChevalIER DE., Legal

Adviser to the Tsung-li Yamen

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TIENTSIN

津天 Tien-tsin

Tientsin is situated at the junction of the Yun Ho or Hwae River, better known as the Grand Canal, with the Pei-ho in Lat. 39 deg. 4 min. N., Long. 117 deg. 3 min. 56 sec. E. It is distant from Peking by road about 80 miles, but the bulk of the enormous traffic between the two cities is by the River Pei-ho as far as Tungchow (13 miles from Peking) and thence by carts and wheelbarrows over the once magnificent but now dilapidated stone causeway. The traffic is now, however, being rapidly diverted to the railway, which was opened in 1897, and the line doubled in November, 1898. Tientsin was formerly a place of no importance and till recently had few historic associations; till the end of the Ming dynasty (1644 A.D.) it was only a second rate military station, but at the northern terminus of the Grand Canal it gradually assumed commercial importance, and by the end of the seventeenth century had become a great distributing centre. The navigability of the Pei-ho for sea-going junks ceases at Tientsin, and this made it the emporium for the very large quantities of tribute rice yearly sent up to the capital, after the Grand Canal shoaled up so as to be unfit for carriage in bulk. The trade of the city is now imperilled by the silting up of the Pei-ho. A river improvement scheme of some magnitude was inaugurated in 1898 under Mr. A. de Linde, and the Peace protocol of 1901 contains clauses which constitute a Board of Conservancy (now in existence) and the provision of fairly liberal funds for the maintenance of the works. It is, however, generally believed that no lasting success will attend the remedial measures until steps are taken to deal with Taku Bar by permanent dredging; meanwhile by closing the canals and creeks which take off most of the flood tide, the navigability of the river has been greatly ameliorated, and this year will see the channel improved by large cuttings, the bends made easier by a large radius of curvature, and extensive training works undertaken.