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CHUNGKINGHANGCHOW

Hôpital Derouin (aumônier); Gu- illemet (médecin); Emérentienne (supérieure); Lorenza, Felix, Fran- çoise, Concorde, Berthe, Césaire, (sœurs hospital ières)

Ecole Française- Alexis, directeur;

Amateur, Anicet, professeurs Séminaires - Claval, Bourgeois,

Poitout, Gibergues, Palafre

Imprimerie- Gourdon, Lamonnerie

Shen-sieou-t'ang

VICARIAT APOSTOLIQUE DU SU'TCHUEN

OCCIDENTAL (CHENTU)

Evêché-Dunand, évêque Pontvianne, pro vicaire Couderc, procureur Cathédrale-Rouchouse, curé Hôpital - Chrysostome, Zaccharie, Transfiguration, Blaise, Celine, Misericordia, soeurs hospitalières

Ecole Française-Louis-Eraste, dir.

Paul Xavier, Joseph Claudius, profs. Séminaires-Perrodin, Caluraud

館公生永

* Yun-sen-kong-kouan

VICARIAT APOSTOLIQUE DU SU'TCHUEN MERIDIONAL(SUIFU)Tel.Ad: Adexteros Evêché-Chatagnon, évêque vicaire

apostolique

P. Fayolle, evêque coadjuteur

Moutot, provicaire

Puech, B. procureur

Cathédrale Garrel curé

Hôpital --Bénézet, aumônier; mère

Félicie, supérieure: Gabriel, Sa-

muel, Longin, Anizia, Visition, Thècle

Séminaire Scherrier, supérieur;

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Brotte, Boissière, professeurs

Probatorium-Tarrisse, supérieur

司公船輪清日

NISSHIN KISEN KAISHA

Y. Nakagawa

PLANT, CAPT. S. C., Upper Yangtze

POST OFFICE, IMPERIAL CHINESE

Acting sub-district Postmaster--G. E.

Osland Hil

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE Co., oF CANADA Mackenzie & Co., L., agents

THE DR. WILLIAMS MEDICINE CO.

J. B. Pillow, local manager C. Bowen, assist.

TELEGRAPH, ADMINISTRATION,

IMPERIAL

Do.

Ling Fûh He, manager

CHINESE

L. C. Sun, controller of Szechuen Twanmo Pang-Fan, clerk-in-charge

CHENGTU

District PoSTMASTER-- W. W. Ritchie

ACCOUNTANT A. St. W. Cursham ASST. POSTAL OFFICER- - T. Poletti

HANGCHOW

i đi Hong-chu

Hangehow, the capital of the province of Chekiang, is situated 120 miles south west of Shanghai, and 110 miles south of Soochow, on the Chien-tang River, at the apex of a bay which is too shallow for the navigation of steamers. The mouth of the river is, moreover, periodically visited by a bore, or tidal wave, which further endangers navigation. Haining is the best place for observing this famous bore, which is formed by the north-east trade wind heaping up the water of the Pacific on the China coast and causing enormous tides. Hangehow Bay is shaped like a funnel, and the mass of water rushing up, more and more concentrated as it advances, is sud- denly confronted by the current of the river. The momentary cheek causes the water to assume a wall-like formation; then, growing to a height of 15ft. at spring tides and gathering momentum with the immense pressure behind, forcing its volume into the comparatively narrow waterway, it tears past the sen-wall with a roar like thunder at a rate sometimes reaching 12 miles an hour. Before the Taiping rebellion Hangchow shared with Soochow the reputation of being one of the finest cities in the Empire on account of its wealth and splendour, but it was almost destroyed by the rebels. It has since rapidly recovered and is once more populous and flourishing, though it