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CHOLON

This town, distant four miles from Saigon, with which it is connected by two steam tramways, is the seat of most of the Chinese trade of the Colony. Cholon may be said to be the granary of Cochin-China, and is the centre of much commercial activity. Most of the rice mills are located in this place, there being no less than six worked by Muni- eipal Council, composed partly of French, partly of Annamites, and partly of Chinese. The population is about 70,000. The principal buildings are the Mairie (Town Hall), the Inspection (Provincial Government), the Maternité, and the Hospital. There are also a fair number of gorgeous Chinese pagodas in the city.

DIRECTORY

Maire et Président de la Commission Municipale-M. L'HELGOUALCH

Rimaud, lère Adjoint

COMMISSION MUNICIPALE

Sinner, Counseiller Municipal

Bonnefoy

do.

Huynh-cao-Kê, 2e Adjoint

Khuông thanh nguyen, Conseiller

Nguyễy Chiêu Thong,

Nhut Phung,

Lâm Khanh,

Quach Dam,

do.

do.

do.

do.

ADMINISTRATION MUNICIPALE

Secrétariat de la Mairie M. Bernay,

secrétaire général

Etat Civil-M. de Fontaine Goubert, chef

de bureau

Comptabilité-M. Norre, chef de bureau Voirie M. Rochelle, chef de service

Police Municipale--M. Mariot, commissaire

de police

Police de Sureté M. Poillot, commissaire

de police

Recette Municipale M. Rocca, payeur Contrôle des Contributions directes-M.

Loupy, contrôleur

Service Médical-Docteurs Lalung, Boun-

aire et Biaille de Langibandière Epizotie-Fabre, vétérinaire

Enseignement- M. Cimetière, directeur

d'école

莊布隆春萬

BAN CHUM LEONG, Piece-Goods Merchant

and Commission Agent-19, rue des Jardins (Cochinchine)

Hua-Nhan, manager and proprietor

CAMBODGE

Cambodia, the kingdom of the Khmer, extends from 101 deg. 30 min. to 104 deg. 30 min. longitude E. of Paris, and from 10 deg. 30 min. to 14 deg. latitude. It was reduced to its present proportions in 1860 by the annexation of its two richest provinces, Angkor and Battambang, to Siam. Its area is about 62,000 square miles. It is bounded on the south-west by the Gulf of Siam, on the south-east by French Cochin-China, on the north by the French Laos, and on the north-west and west by Angkor and Battambang. The noble river Mekong flows through the kingdom, and after passing through French Cochin-China, empties itself, by a number of mouths, into the sea. The Mekong is the grand waterway of Cambodia, and, like the Nile in Egypt, lays the greater part of the country under water annually, greatly increasing its fertility. The soil of Cambodia is rich and productive, and rice, pepper, indigo, cotton, tobaceo, sugar, maize and cardarnoms are cultivated. Coffee

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