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FOOCHOW

additional mints, for which there was no need, but only an alluring prospect of profit on the export and sale of copper 10-cash coins. It was calculated that two million pieces per day were being turned out by the three mints. The market value of the coins quickly fell below par, and orders from Peking reducing the output to 300,000 coins per day, and forbidding the export of coins to other provinces, necessitated the closing of the two mints before they had been in operation twelve months. In June, 1900, the port was visited by the most disastrous floods known there in living memory, the river rising through heavy rains, which overflowed and deluged the country, sweeping away villages and causing immense havoc and loss of life. The population of Foochow is estimated at 650,000.

The net value of the trade of the port coming under the cognisance of the Foreign Customs was Tls. 17,447,135 in 1905, which compares with Tls. 17,226,968 in 1904, and Tls. 16,738,718 in 1903. Less than two decades ago, the Customs revenue was fully two million taels annually; in 1905 it was Tls. 876,000 only, to which total opium contributed Tls. 363,000, over 40 per cent.

Hip.wo

DIRECTORY

ANDERSON & Co., ROBERT, Merchants

Henry Schlee

ARSENAL-IMPERIAL

High Commissioner — Tsong San,

Tartar-General Mandarins-Mâ, Yang

Ingénieur en chef-A. Bertrand, in-

génieur de la Marine Française Ingénieurs-Ch. David, A. Duboy Directeur des Mouvements Généraux- Chef du Bureau de Dessin-L.Sabatier,

agent du Bureau Veritas

Chef de la Comptabilité-A. Thermy Directeur de l'Ecole Française--L.

Médard

Chief Constructors and Overseers- Trubert, L. Viry, Huet, Chevalier Physician-Dr. Vizerie

BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.

Y. Yoshiwra, agent

T. Midzuno

S. Murata

興太

Tai-hing

BATHGATE & Co., Merchants

John C. Oswald

Agencies

Nippon Yusen Kaisha

Portland and Asiatic Steamship Co. South British Fire and Marine Insce. Imperial Marine Insurance Co., Ld. National Union Society (Fire)

Maatschappij tot Mijn-Boschen Lanel

bow exploitatie in Langkat Ld. The China Commercial S.S. Co. Northern Assurance Company American Asiatic S. S. Co. Java-China-Japan Lijn

成就

Cheu-sing

BENGSIAN & Co., Mers. & Commn. Agents

G. Bengsian

裕興 Hing-eu

BRAND & Co., H. S., Public Tea Inspectors,

Commission Agents, Auctioneers, &c.

H. S. Brand

Agency

Phoenix Assurance Co., Ld.

Po-lat-ket

BROCKETT & Co., Forwarding, Shipping & Comsn. Agts., Storekeepers & Aucnrs.

Mrs. G. T. Brockett (London)

T. Brockett

S. Smith

Agency

China Mutual Life Insce. Co., Ld.

古太

Tai-koo

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants

H. Baker, signs per pro. Agencies

China Navigation Company, Limited

Ocean Steamship Company, Limited

China Mutual Steam Nav. Co., Ld.

Taikoo Sugar Refining Company, Ld.

Royal Exchange Assurance Corpn.

London and Lancashire Fire Insce. Co.

Orient Insurance Company

Guardian Assurance Company, Ld.

British and Foreign Marine Insce. Co.

Russo-Chinese Bank

Yokohama Specie Bank

司公船駁奎經 King Foey

CARGO BOAT Co., THE

Wing-chong

CAVE-THOMAS & Co., F., Merchants

F. H. Cave-Thomas

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