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the whole of the Inlet in 1899, and an Admiralty chart has been published. A telegraph cable was successfully laid from the mainland to the Settlement in July, 1905, and communication established with all China ports.
The Samsal Inlet, on account of its picturesque scenery, has been described as a miniature Inland Sea of Japan. The climate is healthy, the heat of Summer being always tempered by sea breezes. In the Winter, from November to April, good shooting in wildfowl, partridge and pheasant may be obtained.
The port of Santu serves important Tea districts. Much of the Tea exported from Foochow to Europe is first shipped from Santu; and there is a growing demand in North China for certain varieties grown in the neighbourhood. The chief towns of the district are Funing, Fu-an, Ningte, and Shouning. There is a prosperous and increasing junk-trade. Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. run a steamer from Foochow to Santu throughout the year, whilst during the Tea season (May-September) other companies are represented. The net value of foreign imports in 1994 was Tis. 35,649 against Tls. 26,191 in 1903. The net value of the trade of the port for 1904 was Tls. 1,995,276 against Tls. 1,959,069 in 1903.
BAM Fu-hai-Kwan CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME
DIRECTORY
Acting Commissioner-Fred. W. Carey Assistant--E. Lebas
Assistant Examiner--D. Davies Tidewaiters-F.E.Jackson, O.Sorensen
F. Thompson
JARDINE MATHESON & Co., Merchants
Agencies
Indo-China Steam Nav. Co., Ltd. Canton Insurance Office, Ltd.
MISSIONS
For Protestant Missions see end of China
Directory
局政郵三清大
POST OFFICE, IMPERIAL CHINESE
Postmaster--Fred W. Carey
Postal Clerks--Lao Kaik-jong,
Fan, Lin Tien chang.
Ch'en
(N.B.-Letters should be addressed :
Santu va Foochow)
FOOCHOW
HFuh-chau
州福
Foochow (or Fuh-chau-fu) is the capital of the Fokien province. It is situated in lat. 25 deg. 20 min 24 sec. N., and long. 119 deg. 20 min. E. The city is built on a plain on the northern side of the river Min, and is distant about thirty-four miles from the sea, and nine miles from Pagoda Island, where foreign vessels anchor.
The attention of foreigners was early attracted to Foochow as a likely place where commercial intercourse could be profitably carried on in the shipment of Bohea Tea, which is grown largely in the locality. Before the port was opened, this article used to be carried overland to Canton for shipment, a journey which was both long and difficult. The East India Company, as early as 1830, made representations in favour of the opening of the port, but nothing definite was done till the conclusion of the Treaty of Nanking in 1842. The early years of intercourse with the natives were anything but what was anticipated. The navigation of the river was difficult, there was no market for imports, and several attacks by the populace rendered the port an undesirable place of residence for some time. It was not until some ten years after the port had been opened that there was much done in the export of tea from the interior, but after that the quantity shipped increased largely, and Foochow became one of the principal tea ports in China. Since 1880, when the tea trade of the port reached its highest figure, the export being 737,000 piculs, the prosperity of the place has been on the wane, and in 1904 the shipment of this its staple product was 292,502 piculs only, including all, black, brick, stalks, &c. The practical tea export was 180,0.0 piculs only. The
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