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司公記太新

FOOCHOW—AMOY

SIN TAI KEE & Co.-General Importers,

Exporters, Store-keepers and Com- mission Agents

W. S. Young, manager

S. H. Eu-Young

SINGER'S SEWING MACHINE Co.

G. W. Dralleth

P. Cruz

Mei-hu

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK-Tel.

Ad: Socony

H. W. Livingston, local manager H. H. Pethick

H. W. Palmer

At Pagoda Anchorage

C. L. Dains, supt. of Installation

STAR GINSENG Co., THE-Tel. Ad: Bucknall

E. H. Bucknall

SUN LIFE Assurance Co., of Canada

Dodwell & Co., Ltd., agents

司公報電北大東大

Ta-tong-ta-pak teen-po kong-sze

TELEGRAPH COMPANY, EASTERN EXTENSION,

AUSTRALASIA AND CHINA TELEGRAPH CO.,

LIMITED

Superintendent-A. E. Spriggs Counter clerk-W. W. Byu

Sharp Peak

M. C. Ruddock, superintendent

H. S. Leggatt, acting electrician H. T. Begley

TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, FOOCHOW

Siemssen & Krohn, proprietors

TURNER & Co., Merchants

Geo. L. Greig

C. Skerritt-Rogers

A. M. d'Olieveira

局總報電國中

TELEGRAPHS, CHINESE ADMINISTRATION

Li Yoh, manager

K. B. Woo, line inspector

T. Y. Wei, clerk in-charge

D. Y. Ling, in-charge, Sharp Peak

T. S. Ching, in-charge, Pagoda Ar-

chorage

Y. D. Wei, clerk-in-charge (Santuao)

WESTPHAL, KING &RAMSAY,LTD., Merchants

J. W. Odell, manager

Agencies

Atlas Assurance Company, Ld. New Zealand Insurance Co., Ld. Assecuranz-Union von 1865, Hamburg Yang-tsze Insurance Assoc., Ld. Russian Volunteer Fleet

The Robert Dollar S. S. Co. The Bank Line, Ld.

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION--Tel

Ad: Flamingo

AMOY

14 Hiá-mun

Amoy was one of the five ports open to foreign trade before the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin. It is situated upon the island of Haimun, at the mouth of the Pei Chi or Dragon River, in lat. 24 deg. 40 min. N. and long. 118 deg. E. It was the scene of trade with Western nations at a very early date. The Portuguese went there in 1544, but in consequence of their cruelty towards the natives, the Chinese authorities forcibly expelled them and burned thirteen of their vessels. The English had commercial dealings there up to 1730, when the Chinese Government issued an edict prohibiting trade with foreigners at all ports except Canton. They made an exception Spanish ships, which were allowed to trade at Amoy.

as regards

In describing Amoy Dr. Williams says:- The island upon which Amoy is built is about forty miles in circumference, and contains scores of large villages besides the city. The scenery within the bay is picturesque, caused partly by the numerous islands which define it, surmounted by pagodas or temples, and partly by the high barrea hills behind the city. There is an outer and an inner city, as one approaches it seaward, divided by a high ridge of rocky hills having a fortified wall running along the top. A paved road connects the two. The entire circuit of the City and suburbs is

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