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PORT ARTHUR-DAIREN

RIOJUN HIGHER TECHNICAL SCHOOL T. Shirani, director

GOVERNMENTMIDDLE SCHOOL T. Katsuura, chief

RIOJUN GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL

T. Katsuura, chief

OBSERVATORY

S. Mizuuchi, chief

ELECTRIC AND WATER WORKS OFFICE

T. Royama, chief

T. Ishio, chief of Dairen Branch

GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE

M. Ogawa, acting chief

GOVERNMENT MARINE PRODUCT INSTITUTE

T. Ogata, chief

LOCAL CIVIL ADMINISTRATION T. Aiga, Dairen Prefecture T. Yoshida, Riojun Prefecture M. Endo, Kinshu Branch Office of

Dairen Prefecture

General Communication Bureau J. Kato, director

HIGH COURT-U. Hiraishi, president

DISTRICT COURT-K. Huzita, chief judge

PRISON--J. Kurihara, governor

RIOJUN PUBLIC HOSPITAL Surgeon Colonel H. Yamaguchi, director

MARITIME OFFICE

I. Narasaki, director

I. Sakurai, chief of the Riojun branch

POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL T. Sato, chief

DAIREN

Dairen (Dalny), the Southern terminus of the South Manchuria Railway, is a commercial port in the Southern corner of Liaotung Peninsula, Lat 38° 55′ 44′′ Ñ, 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 roads, 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 health of the locality is exceptionally good. The hottest temperature registered in summer is 30° C. (86°F.), and the cold winter season is short and invigorating. The harbour works, which were planned and partially completed by the Russians, are designed on a fairly extensive scale. They comprise, in the main, the main wharf, the east wharf, the north breakwater and the east breakwater. The combined length of the breakwaters is 3,000 ft., and they are 4 ft. above the highest tide. The deep water area inside the breakwater is about 500 acres. The entrance being very open, viz., 1,200 ft. wide, the harbour is accessible to vessels of deep draught at any time of day or state of tide. The total sea-frontage of the two wharves is 5,542 ft., of which 2,134 ft. on the sea end has a depth of 28ft. at low water and 3,408ft. on the shore end 20ft. The wharves are lighted by electricity and are furnished with extensive closed sheds and railway sidings, together with every up-to-date appliance for the handling of cargo. In view of the phenomenal development of the import and export trade of the port, plans are in course of execution for the further improvement and extension of the existing harbour, including the north breakwater, so as to give more effective protection to the wharves, when the water will be deepened to 30 ft. At the East end of the shore, a new pier, 1,750 ft. long with 28 ft. of water and intended for the discharging of inflammable goods, will be completed in September, 1913. On the island of Sanshantao at the entrance to Dairen Bay stands a lighthouse. A wireless telegraph station will be established shortly on the hill at the east of the wharves. There is granite dry dock 380ft. long, 50ft. wide at entrance and 20ft. on the sill, with extensive repair shops attached to and leased and managed by the Dairen branch of

the Kawasaki Dock Yard Co., Ltd., of Kobe. Digitized by oogle