PAKHOI --HOIHOW
1035
成捷
JEBSEN & Co.
FRENCH SCHOOLS-Pakhoi and Kaotak
G. Géraud, director
Ching Tye & Co., agents
Misses Chouguet, teachers
KRONE & BÉBELMANN
POST OFFICE, CHINESE
W. Krone (Pakhoi)
G. Bébelmann (Haiphong)
J. Terron
L. Legru
Agents
North China Insurance Co., Ld.
MARTY, A. R., Merchant and General
Commission Agent
MISSIONS
堂主天
FRENCH CATHOLIC MISSION (MISSIONS
ETRANGÈRES DE PARIS)
Rev. Père Kammerer, Pakhoi
Rev. Père Marqué, Weichao Island Rev. Père Lemaire,
do.
Rev. Père Richard, Tung-hing
Rev. Père Hermann,
do.
Rev. Pere Veyres, Tsap How
French Orphans' Asylum
Sisters-Candide, Agnès, Adrien
FRENCH HOspital
Director- Dr. Sibiril
Nur-e-Sœur Adrien
Act. Sub-Dist. Postmaster-A. Bottu
POST OFFICE, FRENCH
Clerk-in-charge—M. Tranguê
寶淼
Sum.bo
SCHOMBURG & Co., A., Merchants and Com-
mission Agents (in liquidation)
Aug. Schomburg
L. Jüdell (absent)
W. Krone
Agencies
Canton Insurance Co., Limited
Deutsche Transport Vers. Ges.,in Berlin Badische Schiffahrts Assecuranz Ges. Badische Rück und Mitvers. Ges. Prussian National Vers. Ges.
South British Insce. Co., New Zealand
Deutscher Lloyd Transp. Vers. Act. Co.
London and Lancashire Fire Insce. Ges.
China Navigation Co., Limited
刺機士
SEQUEIRA & Co., Merchants and General
Commission Agents
Chun Cho Fun, agent
HOIHOW (IN
Kiung-chau
HAINAN)
口海 Hoi-hau
Hoihow is the seaport of the city of Kiung-chow (the seat of government in the island of Hainan, and distant from its port about three and a half miles) which was opened to foreign trade on the 1st April, 1876, but 18 years passed before there were any signs of foreign commerce. The position of the port, though geographically favourable, is topographically unsuitable for the development of any extensive com. mercial transactions, vessels being compelled to anchor some two miles from the entrance of the creek or branch of the main river upon which Hoihow is situated. The tides are extremely irregular, and the anchorage is liable to the visitation of very severe typhoons, being, moreover, entirely unprotected from the north. The width of the Hainan Straits, between Hoihow and the mainland-the Lien-chau peninsula—is about twelve miles. As regards health Hoihow compares favourably with other parts of Hainan. The port is badly supplied with water.
The approaches to the shore are extremely shallow, so that loading and unloading can only be carried on at certain states of the tide. Despite this disadvantage, however, the advent of foreign steamers has given a considerable impulse to trade. The town itself contains about 30,000 souls, and is governed since the declaration of the Republic of China by a Civil Commissioner; the population of Kiungchow is 50,000. The native mercantile population, though respectable, is by no means rich. No foreign settle- ment has as yet been formed, and with the exception of the Roman Catholic Orphanage,
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