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acres.

DAIREN

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berths. Everything possible is being done to give facilities for working cargo unsurpassed by those of any other port in the Far East. 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 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 20 feet on the sill, with extensive repair shops attached, leased to and managed by the Dairen Branch of the Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd., of Kobe. Vessels of 700 or 800 tons can be built there, and repairs of any magnitude and demanding the highest skill for vessels up to 3,000 tons can be undertaken.

Electric tramways run along the principal streets. The town is lighted by electricity and gas and has ample telephone facilities, and a new electric power-house of 3,000 kilowatts has just been completed. The town has macadamized roads lined up with rows of shady trees, and is well provided with drainage and sewage equipment. With the growth of trade, more particularly in Manchurian beans, a number of busi- ness houses of influence have established themselves at the port, and the foreign and Japanese communities in April, 1909, organized and opened the Dairen Club. The Dairen Golfing Association and a "Sailors' Home" are among other institutions that have been established. The Chinese quarter, situated on the western fringe of the city, has also grown considerably. The Railway Hospital is equipped with every modern appointment and can accommodate 200 patients. It is ably conducted by a competent staff of medical officers.

A direct tri weekly service is regularly maintained between Dairen and Shanghai by the South Manchuria Railway Company and connects with the tri- weekly express train service and the Trans-Siberian Route, making it possible to travel from Shanghai to London in a little over 16 days.

Regular steamship services are maintained to and from all the important ports of Japan, China and Korea, and Moji and Nagasaki can be reached in about 50 hours. For 1908, the trade of Dairen with Japan amounted to yen 41,364,533, and that with China, aggregated yen 14,810,215. Europe and America are represented by a total of yen 4,424,750, and other places with yen 1,761,594. According to the census taken on March 31, 1909, the Japanese population of the town was 22,039. Chinese numbered 40,499 and other nationals totalled 54.

DIRECTORY

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co., Merchants:

Tel. Ad: Karberg

E. Goetz (London)

Ph. Arnhold (London)

M. Niclassen (Berlin)

H. E. Arnhold (Shanghai)

A. E. Dowler (New York)

H. H. Richter, manager

Agencies

Hamburg-Amerika Linie

South British Fire and Marine Ins.

Co. (Marine Dept.)

Commercial Union Assurance Co.

來遠 Yuen-lai

BUSH BROS, Merchants and Commission

Agents-215, Oku-machi, Nichome

B. H. Betts (Newchwang)

F. J. Bardens, signs per pro.

R. Schofield

G. R. Bardens

Agencies

S. Manchuria Ry. Co., Booking Agents International Sleeping Car Co. Great Trans-Siberian Route

Cathay Mining Syndicate

Sun Life Assurance Co., of Canada British Dominions Marine Insurance

Co., Ltd.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants

W. T. Alway, signs per pro. S. Morii

Agencies

China Navigation Co., Ld. Ocean Steamship Co., Ld.

China Mutual Steam Navgn. Co., Ld. Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld.

Royal Exchange Assurance Cropn. Guardian Assurance Co.

Union Insurance Socy. of Canton, Ld. British & Foreign Marine Ins. Co. Standard Marine Insurance Co.

CENTRAL LABORATORY

Dr. K. Keimatsu, director

CHINESE IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS

(Dairen)

Acting Commissioner-M. Tachibana