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WENCHOW--SANTU

There were Boxer troubles in the Ping-yang district, several native Christians being murdered in 1900, and all the missionaries left Wenchow, where, however, the officials were able to maintain order. The Roman Catholic Missionaries have a conspicuous- looking Cathedral in the Western part of the city. The English Methodist Mission has a handsome church, capable of seating about a thousand people, also a hospital and dispensary. In 1903 the same Mission further erected a fine college at a cost of $20,000, containing sleeping accommodation for over a hundred students and teaching accommodation for more than two hundred.

There is no foreign settlement at Wênchow, and the foreign residents are a mere handful, consisting almost entirely of officials and missionaries. A large quantity of native opium is produced in the vicinity of Wênchow. There is a considerable native export trade in wood, charcoal, and bamboos, brought down the river on rafts from Ch'u-chow. The annual value of the trade is estimated to be about $3,000,000. The shops and yards engaged in it are situated in the west suburb, where immense quantities of bamboos and poles are kept on hand. Wênchow is also celebrated for its oranges, which rank second important in the export trade. The total export of Tea in 1903 was 38,935 piculs against 26,411 piculs in 1902 and 13,097 piculs i 1901. The value of the net trade of the port coming under the cognizance of the Foreign Customs for 1903 was Hk. Tls. 2,589,333 against Hk. Tls. 1,916,355, for 1902, Hk. Tls. 1,460,789 for 1901, Hk. Tls. 1,459,630 for 1900.

CONSULATES

門衙事領國英大

DIRECTORY

Da Ying Kwaiting-sa-ngo-ming

GREAT BRITAIN

also

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, Consulate

Consul-R. H. Mortimore Constable-John Compton

SPAIN, Consulate

Con. Offic'g-R. H. Mortimore (N'po) Constable-John Compton

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Consul-John Goodnow (Shanghai)

CHINA MERCHants' Steam NAVIGATION Co.

Hsieh Chung-son, agent

Loo Hsin Yuen

WPi Ou.Hoi-Kwan CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Acting Commissr.-J. H. M. Moorhead

Clerk-F. W. E. Dulberg

Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master--

J. H. Nightingale

Examiner A. A. Godwin

Tidewaiter-Y. M. Mudés

MISSIONS

For Protestant Missions see end of China

Directory

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

Rev. C. Aroud

Rev. J. B. Tisserand

Rev. Léon Marques

局政郵潃大州温

POST OFFICE-IMPERIAL CHINESE

Postmaster-J. H. M. Moorhead

Postal Officer-N. B. Doodha

SANTU

Santu was voluntarily opened to foreign trade by the Chinese Government on the 8th of May, 1899. It is a port in the Samsah Inlet, some 70 miles north of Foochow. A large part of the tea shipped from Foochow comes from the surrounding districts. and is now shipped to that port. It is possible that the future will see direct shipments to Europe from Santu. The harbour has been described as the best and safest on the China Coast. The new port has, practically, waterways to the Cities of Fu-an, Ning-tê, and Fu-ning; and, when an effort has been made to divert the existing junk trade to steamers and to exploit the hinterland, the place should forge ahead.

REMINGTON TYPEWRITERS stand a world of wear and tear.

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