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Mrs. Titzschkau (Litsun)

Mrs. Todenhagen Mrs. Tolle

Mrs. Toenjes

Mrs. Tordy (Tschanlo) Mrs. Torkewitz

Mrs. Toepper (Kiautschou)

Mrs. Träder Mrs. Trautmann Mrs. Trittel

Mrs. Troitzsch

Mrs. Trost

Mrs. Tuczeck

Miss. Tuczeck, E.

Miss. Tuczeck, M. Mrs. Vetter Miss. Voget Mrs. Vorläufer Mrs. Voskamp

Mrs. Voss Miss. Voss

Mrs. Walter

KIAOCHAU--TSINANFU

Mrs. Walther Mrs. Wassermann Mrs. Wassmann

Mrs. Weber, Auguste Vic-

toria Ufer

Mrs. Weber, Friedrichs-

trasse

Mrs. Weber,

trasse Mrs. Wedel

Mrs Wegener Miss Weick Mrs. Weigelt Mrs. Weinholtz Mrs. Weischer Mrs. Welkener Mrs. Welzel Mrs Werner Miss. Widzinski

Mrs. Wiegleb Miss. Wiegleb

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Mrs. Wieners (Hungschan)

Mrs. Wiesendt

Mrs. Wilhelm

Mrs. Wille

Mrs. Willems (Fangtse)

Mrs. Willuda

Mrs. Winchenbach

Friedrichs-

Mrs. Winter

Mrs. Witt

Miss. Wiegleb, E.

TSINANFU

Mrs. Wolf

Mrs. Wolter (Fangtse) Mrs. Wunderlich Mrs. Zeitschel

Mrs. Zimmermann, Fried-

richstrasse

Mrs. Zimmermann, Diede-

richsweg

marckkaserne

Mrs.

Zimmermann,

Bis-

Mrs. Zoll (Tsetschuan)

Miss. Zühlke

Mrs. Zoepke

Tsinan (or Chinan, as it is sometimes written), the capital of the province of Shantung, has the distinction of being the first city in the Chinese Empire in which a Foreign Commercial Settlement was voluntarily opened by the Government of China. The date of its inauguration was January 10th, 1906. The city of Tsinan lies at the foot of a range of hills (Lat. 36° 50′ N ; Long. 117° E), and has a gradual slope from south to north._Situated in the south-west suburb are magnificent springs giving forth many tons of water per minute, and the streams from these natural fountains flow through the city to a lake situated on the north side. This abundance of water tends to make Tsinan one of the cleanest as well as one of the healthiest cities in the Empire. The population is computed to number about 300,000, about one-twentieth of whom profess the Mohammedan faith. In an address delivered on

on the

occasion

of the inauguration of the Foreign Settlement, the Governor of Shantung described Tsinan as occupying a pivotal position with respect to northern and southern China and as being on the main route from Kaifeng Fu to the Yellow Sea. “An immense development," he declared, “must therefore await this Settlement, and though it may never equal the largest commercial centres of Europe and America, yet it may well hope to enter into rivalry with them." Quite a considerable number of foreigners and foreign institutions have already established themselves in the Settlement, while build- ing lots have been reserved for some of the principal German and Japanese shipping and banking concerns operating in the Far East. Many Chinese houses have been built and more are in course of erection in the Settlement. The Tientsin-Pukow Rail- way Co. has acquired a large piece of ground in the Settlement, and has built offices and dwelling-houses for members of the staff thereon.

Tsinanfu is connected by rail with Tsingtau (Kiaochau), distance 412 kilometres (Tientsin 340 kilometres), and by canal with Yang Chiao Kou, on the Gulf of Chihli, distance 146 miles, whence there are occasional steamers to Chefoo. Tsinan stands five miles south of the Huang-ho or Yellow River, and in spite of some difficulties of naviga- tion, 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. A daily train-taking some 12 hours-is run between Tsinan and Tientsin, and another between Tsinan and Soochowfu, connecting at the latter place with the trains on the Southern Section to Pukow, whereby Shanghai is brought within 48 hours' railway journey of Tsinan. With the opening of the Yellow River Bridge this time is likely to be accelerated.

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