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TENGYUEH (MOMEIN)

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 under 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. Arrangements have now been made to open the route via Kulíka and Man-hsien, on the left bank of the Taiping, a route which will have the advantage of being open for mule traffic all the year round. The work is being done under the direction of the Burma Government Public Works Department at the expense of China. The present road from Bhamo as far as Talifu on the way to Yunnanfu, 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 healthier 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 1903 was 69.37 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 showed a satisfactory increase, the total for the year being Hk. Tls. 1,715,653. The principal imports are yarn, cotton piece goods and raw cotton, while exports are chiefly represented by raw silk, orpiment and medicines. The import of cotton goods in 1903 exceeded in value one million taels. The only handicraft of importance in the town, which is now beginning to recover from the effects of the Mohammedan rebellion, is the manufacture of jade ornaments from stone imported from Burmia.

CONSULATES

GREAT BRITAIN

also

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

Acting Consul -G. L. Litton

DIRECTORY

關新越騰

### Teng-yueh Hsin-kuan

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Assistant in charge-C. S. Napier

Assistant-A. J. Ľ. MacGregor

Assistant Examiner--E. Watson

SZEMA O

茅思 Szmáu

Szemao, opened to the Tonkin frontier trade by the Gérard Convention of 1895, and to British trade by the Burmah Convention of 1896, is situated in the south- western part of the Province of Yunnan in latitude 22 deg. 47 min. 29 sec. N. and longi- tude 100 deg. 46 min. E. It is a sub-prefectural walled town built on a gently rising ground overlooking a well-cultivated plain. The elevation is 4,700 feet above the sea level, and the population is estimated to be about 15,000. The climate is delightful,

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