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NINGPO-WENCHOW
PILOTS—A. J. Philbey, E. Wahlström,
POST OFFICE-IMPERIAL CHINESE
Distr. Postal Officer-F. L. Smith
POST OFFICE
FRENCH
G. Gladin, postmaster
SHANGHAI LIFE INSURANCE CO., LD.
H. M. Guy-Delorme, agent
Wa-sing
SHANGHAI BUILDING & INVESTMENT CO., LD.
E. P. Mousir, manager
司公船輪紹甯記慎盆美
Me-ih-shun-kee Ning-shao-lun-zan-kung-sz
STEAM LAUNCH COMPANY
A. Ehlers & Co., agents
Sun Jang Ching, manager
Launches "Chinnan" "Chinhsing"
房捕巡
TAOTAI'S POLICE
Tshung-bu-wong
Contr. and Magistrate-J. C. Watson
1 intpr., 1 writer, 4 corpls., 40 cons’bles
局報電國中
Chung-Kuo-tien-pao-chu
TELEGRAPHS-IMPERIAL CHINESE
Liu Shao-kah, manager
Buon Pah-yung, clerk-in-charge
PAR Hwue-kwang-kung-sz
司公廣滙
WAHLSTRON & Co., E., General Brokers &
Commission Agents
Agencies
China Mutual Life Insurance Co.
British America Fire Insurance Co.
WÊNCHOW
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 departnient of the same name 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 payed 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 intersecting the whole city. There are numerous large nunneries and temples in Wênchow. The Custom-house, outside the chief gate, known as the Shwang Mến 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 forsome 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, There were Boxer troubles in the Ping-yang district, several native Christians being murdered in 1900, and all the missionaries left Wênchow, 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.
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