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PORT ARTHUR-DAIREN

RIOJUN (PORT ARTHUR)

KWANTUNG GOVERNMENT

Governor-General and Commander-in-chief-General VISCOUNT Y. OSHIMA

Private Secretary-M. Takahashi Adjutant Captain-J. Yamasaki.

CIVIL DEPARTMENT T. Shirani, civil governor U. Ouchi, chief of general affairs T. Sato, chief of police affairs S. Kusakabe, chief of foreign affairs C. Royama, chief of financial affairs K. Yamaji, chief of public works

S. Irizawa, chief of correspondence

section

J. Yoshimura, counsellor

T. Kurihara, prison governor

ARMY DEPARTMENT

Major-General K. Hoshino, chief of

the staff

Major-General A. Saisho, commander

of the fortress

RIOJUN NAVAL STATION

Vice-Admiral Baron S. Tomioka, com-

mander in chief

Rear-Admiral Y. Egashira, chief of

the staff

LOCAL CIVIL ADMINISTRATION Y. Chikaraishi, Dairen Prefecture T. Aiga, Riojun Prefecture

K. Yoshida (acting), Kinshu Prefecture

POST AND TELEGRAPH BUREAN J. Kato, director

HIGH COURT U. Hiraishi, president

DISTRICT Court

J. Manabe, chief judge

RIOJUN PUBLIC HOSPITAL Dr. T. Ohata, director

MARITIME OFFICE

K. Matsuo, director

CENTRAL EXperimental STATION K. Keimatsu, director.

DAIREN

Dairen (Dalny), the Southern terminus of the South Manchuria Railway which connects with the whole Siberian system, is a commercial port in the Southern corner of the Liaotung Peninsula, Lat 38° 55′ 44′′ N. and Long. 121° 37′ 7′′ E.

When Russia leased the place in 1898, it was only a small village. With remarkable push and energy the Russians laid out and built up in less than three years one of the finest towns in the Far East, with cathedrals and mansions, parks and roa is, wharves and warehouses. Almost at the outset of the late war the town was occupied by the Japanese army and served as the principal base of supply. The climate being temperate, and sanitary arrangements such as drainage, waterworks, etc., being rapidly completed, the health of the locality is exceptionally good. The hottest temperature registered in summer is 30° C., and the cold winter season is short and invigorating,

Being the terminus of the railway the port is designed to accommodate the largest ocean steamers alongside the granite wharves, which have a vertical face with 28 feet depth at low water and a length of 3,150 lineal feet. There are likewise other wharves of concrete blocks faced with granite to accommodate ships of various draughts up to 22 feet, these being in length 3,920 lin. feet. The narrowest of these wharves is 350 feet wide, and the railway lines are brought right alongside the ship-