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Tai-mao

FOOCHOW—AMOY

TAIMO Yoko, Coal Merchants and Com-

mission Agents; Tel. Ad. Taimoyoko or

Dainien

Fung Dai Nien, agent

E. Oong

司公報電北大東大

Ta-tong ta-pak teen-po kong-sze

TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Eastern Extension,

Australasia and China Telegraph Co.

Limited

L. Husson, superintendent

W. W. Byu, counter clerk

Sharp Peak

A. B. Skotowe, superintendent

T. Buckland

H. Cheeseman

局總報電國中

TELEGRAPHS-IMPERIAL CHINESE ADMINI-

STRATION

Lu Wei Ying, manager

K. B. Woo, controller and clerk-in-

charge

J. Y. Wei, assistant in-charge

S. F. Cheng assistant in-charge

D. Y. Li, in-charge, Sharp Peak

Fung Yew, in charge, Pagoda An-

chorage

Y. D. Wei, clerk-in-charge (Santuao)

臣禪 Seem Sun

TELEPHONE EXCHANGE-FOOCHOW

Siemssen & Krohn, proprietors

華 Wha-kee

TURNER & Co., Merchants

R. Greig

A. N. Mendes

房藥大氏臣屈

WATSON & Co., LIMITED, A. S., "The Hongkong Dispensary," Chemists and

Druggists, Aerated Water Makers, Wine,

Spirit, and Cigar Merchants; Tel. Ad. Dispensary

E. Wookey, manager

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION; Tel.

Ad. Flamingo

W. L. Beard, B A., secretary L. E. McLachlin, B.A., secretary

ΑΜΟΥ

門厦 Hiá-mun

Amoy was one of the five ports open to foreign trade before the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin. It is situated upon the island of Haimun, at the mouth of the Pei Chi or Dragon River, in lat. 24 deg. 40 min. N. and long. 118 deg. E. It was the scene of trade with Western nations at a very early date. The Portuguese went there in 1544, but in consequence of their cruelty towards the natives, the Chinese authorities forcibly expelled them and burned thirteen of their vessels. The English had commercial dealings there up to 1730, when the Chinese Government issued an edict prohibiting trade with foreigners at all ports except Canton. They made an exception as regards Spanish ships, which were allowed to trade at Amoy.

In describing Amoy Dr. Williams says:-"The island upon which Amoy is built is about forty miles in circumference, and contains scores of large villages besides the city. The scenery within the bay is picturesque, caused partly by the numerous islands which define it, surmounted by pagodas or temples, and partly by the high barren hills behind the city. There is an outer and an inner city, as one approaches it seaward, divided by a high ridge of rocky hills having a fortified wall running along the top. A paved road connects the two. The entire circuit of the City and suburbs is about eight miles, containing a population of 300,000, while that of the island is estimated at 100,000 more. The harbour is one of the best on the coast; there is good holding ground in the outer harbour, and vessels can anchor in the inner, within a short distance of the beach, and be perfectly secure; the tide rises and falls from fourteen to sixteen feet. The western side of the harbour, here from six hundred and seventy-five to eight hundred and forty yards wide, is formed by the island of Kulangsu. It is a picturesque little spot and maintains a rural population of 3,500 people. Eastward of Amoy is the island of Quemoy or Kinmun (Golden Harbour), presenting a striking contrast in the low foreground on its south shore to the high ́ land on Amoy.” The population of the city is, however, now estimated at 96,000.

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