862
Sr. Gabrielle Faurie
Sr. Angela Tsu Sr. Marie Joss
Sr. Monique Lion
Sr. Lonise Lion
Sr. Agnés On
生大
Sun-dah
NINGPO-WENCHOW
PEARSON & CO., T. Y., Importers, Exporters
and Commission Agents
T. Y. Pearson
Chu Ngo Poh, compradore
Agencies
New York Life Insurance Co.
Vacuum Oil C'o.
China Flour Mill Co.
“Glen” Line of Steamers Lloyds, London
China Mutual Life Assoc, Co.
PEARSON'S PRIVATE HOTEL; Tel. Ad. Pearson
T. Y. Pearson, proprietor
司公光雲
A
Van-kwok-kung sze
PETERSEN & Co., E. S., General Merchants
and Commission Agents; Tel Ad:
Jupiter"
Seay Ching Yann, manager
Ching Chen Wie, signs p. pro.
PILOTS- A. J. Philbey, E. Wahlström,
POST OFFICE-IMPERIAL CHINESE
Distr. Postal Officer-F. L. Smith
POST OFFICE--French
G. Gladin, postmaster
聖華
Wa-sing
SHANGHAI BUILDING & INVESTMENT CO., LI
E. P. Mousir, manager
Agency
Mutual Life Insurance Co
司公船輪紹甯記愼签美
Me-ih-shun-kee Ning-shao-lun-zan-kung-z
STEAM LAUNCH COMPANY
A. Ehlers & Co., agents
Sun Jang Ching, manager
Launches "Chinnan" "Chinhsing"
TAOTAI'S POLICE
Tshung-bu-wong
Contlr. and Magistrate---J. C. Watson
局報電國中
Chung-Kuo-tien-pao-chu
TELEGRAPHS-IMPERIAL CHINESE
Liu Shao-kah, manager
Buon Pah-yung, clerk-in-charge
JAR
Hwue-kwang-kung-»z
WAHLSTRON & Co., E., General Brokers
and Commission Agents
Agency
British America Fire Insurance Co.
WÊNCHOW
HE Wan-chav
Wênchow, one of the five ports opened to foreign trade by the Chefoo Convention, is the chief town in the department of Wênchow, occupying the south-east corner of Chekiang province. The city is situated on the south bank of the river On 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 paved 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 Shirang 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
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