LAPPA-SAMSHUI
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islet called Malowchow. Lappa is under the jurisdiction of the Heungshan Magistrate.. It possesses no features of interest beyond the fact that it is the principal Customs. station in the neighbourhood of Macao. The net value of the trade passing through the Lappa Custom Houses in 1904 was Tls. 17,735,132 against Tls. 16,756,562, in 1903, Tls. 16,898,378 in 1902, Tls. 14,606,412 in 1901, and Tls. 13,573,069 in 1900,
DIRECTORY
關北拱 Kung Pak Kwan
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS
Acting Commissioner-E. V. Brenan
Assistant-G. F. Graham
Do.
—A. A. d'Eça
Do. -K. Pindór
Medical Officer-E. M. Alvares Chief Tidesurveyor-T. N. Manners Chief Examiner J. F. H. Schlüten Examiner-G. Mackenzie
Assistant Examiners-J. Wacker, E.
O' Hare
Tidewaiters-J. Power, E. Trusch, P. F. McMahon, J. S. T. Brandão, H. E. Trepkowski, T. Heffron, A. Johnson, A. Murray, T. Hembrey, M. Bryan, J. A. Karkatzky, A. Chanings, C. C. Hansen, C. Fisher, G. Vaard Probationary tidewaiters-S. Larson, J. Boyd, E. P. Christiansen, J. M. Clare, O. Sargent, B. Redding, C. A.
Roberts, F. Fontaine, A. C. L. E.. Van Vlierberghe, J. Baillie, C Armstrong, E. Jones, A. E. R.. Fröhlich. H. (). Jones
Station Watcher-B. M. F. d'Assis, Cruising Launch-"Lungtsing" Officer in charge-J. Power Launch Officers-D). Munro, J. M..
Clare
Revenue Launch-"Cumsing"
Officer in charge-T. Hembrey Launch Officer-A. C, L. E. Van
Vlierberghe
Revenue Launch--“Lui Pin"
Officer in charge A. Murray Revenue Launch--“Lui Kuk”
Officer in charge-A. Chanings Stations under Lappa Customs
Malowchow, Chienshan, Shekkok, Kwanchiap, Nine Islands, Tung Ho, Mongchao, Gae Moon, Nai Wan Moon
SAMSHUI
* Sám-shwui
The Treaty port of Samshui, opened in 1897 under the Burmah Convention-nearly forty years after Consul Harry Parkes' East River Expedition-is situated near the junction of the West and North Rivers, in lat. 23 deg. 6 min. 30 sec. N., and long. 112 deg. 53 min. and 48 sec. E. The anchorage, known as Hokow, at which foreigners reside, was formerly an ordinary Chinese fishing village, with boat building as its leading industry, and a flooded state in summer as its characteristic peculiarity, but it is fast becoming a busy town. According to the Convention, the town of Samshui and Kongkên (a dirty little village sleeping among the hills opposite Hokow) together constitute the port area. The formal opening took place on 4th June, 1897, since which date the net value of the trade of the port coming under the- cognizance of the Foreign Customs has grown to over three million taels, junk traffic is simply enormous and the lekin station is the first in the province. The district city of Samshui itself is surrounded by an imposing wall built in the 6th year of Chia Ching of the Ming's (about A.D). 1560), the year after the place attained to the dignity of a magistrate's cure. Within the wall the houses are poor and the place is wanting in life-a condition in which it has remained throughout the present dynasty and in contrast (say the records) to its affluent state under the Mings, Without the North Gate stands an imposing temple, temp Chia Ching (circa 1800). Between the town and the river is a fine nine-storied pagoda-probably of the Ming: dynasty.
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