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berths. The inner harbour is protected by a stone and concrete breakwater, the height of which is 10 feet above highest tide. The deep water area of the harbour inside the breakwater is 500 acres. The wharves are lighted electrically and the channels by gas buoys. The entrance being very open, viz. 1,050 feet wide, shipping can enter the port at any time of day or state of tide. On the island of San-shantau, at the entrance to Dairen Bay, stands a lighthouse. There is a granite dry dock 380 feet long, 50 feet wide at entrance, and 18 feet on the sill, with extensive repair shops attached, leased to and managed by the Dairen Branch of the Kawasaki Dockyard. Vessels of 700 or 800 tons can be built there, and repairs of any magnitude and demanding the highest skill can be undertaken.
What was described by the Russians as the "European town" is situated along- side the waterfront of the port and runs inland up a slope towards the hills on an undulating stretch of rocky country. The town is of the radial or spider web design, the centres being on high points on which the more important buildings are fast springing up. The Railway Hospital is equipped with every modern appointment and can accommodate 200 patients. It is ably conducted by a competent staff of medical experts. The roads are macadamized, the town is lighted by electricity and gas, and there are ample telephone facilities. A new electric tram-car system, under contem- plation, involves initially the operation of 10 miles of line along the principal streets.
A regular direct weekly service lately opened between Dairen and Shanghai by the South Manchuria Railway Company connects with the railway and the Trans-Siberian Route (International Train de Luxe), making it possible to travel from Shanghai to London in little over 16 days,
Besides, there exist regular steamship services to and from all the other important ports of Japan, China, and Korea. Moji, Nagasaki, and Shanghai can all be reached in less than 48 hours.
The trade between Dairen and Japan in 1907 amounted to yen 25,634,266, while the trade with China was represented by yen 7,787,333. Imports from Europe and America mostly consisting of railway materials ran up to yen 42,433,717 during the same year. The Japanese population of the town, according to the census taken on March 31, 1908, was 17,592. Chinese numbered 40,499, and othern ationalities totalled 56.
DIRECTORY
來遠 Yuen-lai
BUSH BROS, Merchants and Commission
Agents, 215, Oku-machi, Nichome
H. A. Bush (Newchwang)
F. J. Bardens, signs per pro.
Agencies
S. Manchuria Ry. Co., Booking Agents International Sleeping Car Co. Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. Central Fire Insurance Co., Ld.
New Zealand Insce. Co. (fire & Marine) National General Insurance Co., Ld. Great Trans Siberian Route
Cathay Mining Syndicate
Green Island Cement Co., Ltd.
Sun Life Assurance Co., of Canada
CENTRAL LABORATORY
Dr. K. Keimatsu, director
CHINESE GUILD
Liu Tzu Heng, president Lee Pau Chan vice-president
CHINESE IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS
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Acting Commissioner.-M. Tachibana Assistant-M. Kitadai
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-S. Kaneko
-Leung Joo Wong
-T. Imai
Do. -E. Miyamura
Customs Sergeon-Dr. C. Ichinose Examiner T. Kai
Assist. Examiners-S. Kamimura, N. Nakagawa, S. Saiki, E. Shigenobu Tidewaiters-K. Asaina, S. Ayabe. S. Hori, J. Kirisawa, M. Kobayashi, B. Okamoto, S. Sekita, S. Shibata, R. Yada, S. Ishii, Y. Sugawara, G. Ohte Probationary Tidewaters.-K. Kikuta, R. Mizutani, M. Masuda, Y. Kido- koro, K. Koga
Watchers K. Maejima, J. Ono, Y. Mori
COMMUNICATION BUREAU
J. Kato, director
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