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NINGPO-WENCHOW

*** Chekiang Jen-tse-tang 堂慈仁江浙

SISTERS OF CHARITY

At Ningpo, "Maison de Jésus

NEW YORK Life InsuraNCE COMPANY

T. Y. Pearson, agent

Enfant--Germaine Dauverchain, PILOT-A. J. Philbey

(supérieure), Xavier Berkeley, Gabrielle Noguet, Agathe Ou, Thérèse Chu, Vincent Tsa, Anne Wills, Marther Chu, A. Boucher At Tinghai (Chusan), "Maison de la Présentation"-Cécile Raisin, Ratta supérieure, Marie Théron | Marie Affentochegg, Lucie Pang, Paulien Cheng, Josephine Léan, Angèle Dasilva

At Hangchow, "Maison de St. Vincent " Marie Archenault, supérieure, Josephine Zo, Marie Borie, Louise Wang, Vincent Ou, Marguerite Guigas

At Tsofoopang "Maison du Sacre Coeur"-Adelaide Faure, supé- rieure, Vincent Perrin, Marie Joss, Monique Liou, Agnès Ou

Tsy-ping-yuen

院病涟

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At Ningpo, "Hôpital St. Joseph

-Marthe Ricaud, supérieure,

Isida Parad Gabrielle Porte, Vin-

cent Lo, Louise Dasilva, Marie Vial

POST OFFICE-IMPERIAL CHINESE

319

Distr. Postal Officer--A. M. Montell

司公船輪紹甯記愼签美

Me-ih-shun-kee Ning-shao-lun-zan-kung-sz

STEAM LAUNCH COMPANY

A. Ehlers & Co., agents

Sun Jang Ching, manager

Launches "Chinnan" "Chinhsing'

TAOTAI'S POLICE

Tshung-bu-wong

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Contlr. and Magistrate-J. C. Watson

1 intpr., 1 writer, 4 corpls., 40 consbles

局報電國中

Chung-Kuo-tien-pao-chu

TELEGRAPHS-IMPERIAL Chinese

Liu Shao-kah, manager

Buon Pah-yung, clerk-in-charge

WENCHOW

州温 Wan-chau

Wênchow-fu, one of the five ports opened to foreign trade by the Chefoo Convention, is the chief town in the department of the same nanie occupying the south-east corner of Chekiang province. The city is situated on the south bank of the river Ou about twenty miles from its mouth, in lat. 27 deg. 18 min. 4 sec. N., long. 120 deg. 38 min. 28 sec. E. The site is a well cultivated plain, bounded on all sides, but at a distance of some five miles, by lofty hills. The walls are said to have been first erected during the fourth century, and enlarged and re-built by the Emperor Hung Wu in 1385. They are formed of stone, diagonally laid at the foundation, and partly also of brick, and measure about four miles in circumference. The streets are wider, straighter, and cleaner than those of most Chinese cities. They are mostly well paved with brick and kept in careful repair by the householders. They slope down on either side to waterways, which in their turn communicate with canals permeating the whole city. There are numerous large nunneries and temples in Wênchow. The Custom-house, outside the chief gate, known as the Shwang Men or "Double Gate," the Taotai's Yamên, the Prefect's and other public offices in a cluster, and the Foundling Hospital, all near the centre, are the other chief buildings. The latter institution, built in 1748, contains one hundred apartments. Among the objects of greatest interest and curiosity to the stranger are two pagodas situated on "Conquest" Island, abreast of the city. They are both of great antiquity and, with the houses close by, were for some time the retreat of Ti Ping, the last Emperor of the Sung dynasty, when seeking to escape from the Mongols under Kublai Khan. The British Consul and the Customs outdoor staff occupy foreign built houses on the island. His Majesty Ti Ping has left behind him autographs preserved to this day in the adjoining temple. The estimated population of the city is 80,000.

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