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TSINANFU

premises in the Settlement. Many Chinese houses have been built and more are in course of erection in the Settlement, but foreigners reside elsewhere. The Tientsin- Pukon Railway Co. has acquired a large piece of ground in the Settlement, and is building offices and dwelling-houses for members of the Staff thereon.

Tsinanfu is connected by rail with Tsingtau (Kiaochau), distance 412 kilometers, and by canal with Yang Chiao Kou, on the Gulf of Chihli, distance 146 miles, whence there are occasional steamers to Chefoo. The Shantung Railway in 1906 carried 846,840 passengers and 381,649 tons of goods as against 803,527 and 310,480- respectively in the previous year, and the income rose from $1,912,296 to 82,168,897 with an increase of less than $1,400 in expenses ($911,737 against $910,382). The line paid a dividend of 4 per cent. In 1907 it carried 896,027 passengers and 409,430 tons of goods; and the income rose to $2,359,185, of which $1,018,268 went in working ex- penses. A dividend of 43 per cent. was paid. Tsinan stands five miles south of the Huang-ho or Yellow River, and in spite of some difficulties of navigation, there is a considerable junk traffic between its river port of Lo-kou and the Grand Canal, which enters the river eighty miles higher up. This trade is almost if not quite, entirely with the south, to Chining-chou and beyond, since the canal from the Huangho northward to Lin-ching-chou has been unnavigable for several years. The high road from Tsinan to the north crosses the Huang-ho by ferry at Chi-ho Hsien, distant sixteen miles. When railway communication is established with Tientsin and with Pukon the commercial prospects of 'Tsinan will be brightened.

Tsinan is the head-quarters of the fifth division of the Chinese army, whose camp is a few miles south-west of the town. There has been an arsenal since 1874, north of the town, near Lok'ou on the Yellow River. There is also a military college. Since January, 1906, the main street of the city, the Governor's yamen, and some other public buildings have been lighted by electricity. Great activity has recently been evinced in building colleges and schools and among the interesting institutions of the town the Museum established by the English Baptist Mission should not be overlooked. The sacred mountian of China, Tai Shan (5,100ft.) is distant some 35 miles (60 by road) to the south. Küfu, the birthplace and the tomb of Confucius, and the residence of the Confucian duke are about 100 miles away in the same direction. The control of the Settlement is vested in a Bureau whose members are appointed by the Governor of the province.

DIRECTORY

ARNHOLD KARBERG & Co., Agents for Asiatic | DEUTSCH-ASIAtische Bank

Petroleum Co.

C. Zachariae

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO Co.

W. A. Lewis

CARLOWITZ & Co., Merchants C. Henzler, manager

CONSULATES

GERMANY

Consul-Dr. Betz Secretary-R. Prehl

GREAT BRITAIN

Consul-B. Giles (acting)

R. Willkomm, agent F. Gut

ELECTRIC LIGHT WORKS

A. Spindler

GUTEND & Co., R., Export & Import Mer-

chants

Baron R. von Seckendorff-Gutend

HOSPITAL

Dr. M. Kautzsch

JAPAN-CHINA Co., Apothecaries

M. Abe, manager

JUNKER, W., Merchant

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