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HOKOW

Hokow was opened to foreign trade by the Supplementary Convention between <China and France of 20th June, 1895. A French vice-consulate was established in August, 1896, which is subordinate to the Mengtsz Consulate, and an office of the Customs under the control of the Mengtsz Customs was opened at Hokow on 1st July, 1897. Hokow is picturesquely situated on the left bank of the Red River, at its junction with the Nanhsi River, and is immediately opposite Laokay, an important garrison town in Tonkin. An iron railway bridge across the Nanhsi River, completed in 1902, connects Laokay and Hokow. Hokow is about 420 li from Mengtsz by land. The value of the trade is not separately stated in the Mengtsz Customs reports.

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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

President-Tung-Chi

CHINESE FIRST CLASS POST

(Yunnan Postal District)

DIRECTORY

VICE-CONSULAT D'ITALIE

Agent Consulaire-Ch. Dupont

關分口河

Hokow-fên-kwan

OFFICE CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME (Branch

First Class Postmaster-A. L. John

,CONSULATES

VICE-CONSULAT DE FRANCE

Gérant du Vice Consulat Ch.

Dupont

Office of Mengtsz Customs)

Assistant in Charge--A. J. Commijs

Examiner J. V. Murphy

Tide waiters

U. Burke Close, E.

Barbé, G. Poletti

Surgeon-Viala

MILITARY HOSPITAL

Surgeon Dr. Wang Mei-pan

TENGYUEH (MOMEIN)

Teng-yueh

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The trade mart Tengyueh-situated near the south-western frontier of Yunnan, in flat. 24 deg. 45 min. N., and long. 98 deg. 30 min. E.-was opened to foreign trade under the Burmah Agreement of 1897 modifying the Convention of 1894 relative to Burmah and Thibet, and the Chinese Customs-house was opened on the 8th May, 1902. It is a walled town built in a rice valley and watered by the Tieh Shui river, a small tributary of the Tai Ping which flows into the Irrawaddy a few miles above Bhamo, which latter place has been the principal emporium of Chinese trade in Upper Burmah for many years past. The distance from Tengyueh to Bhamo by road is some 140 miles, and little more than half that distance as the crow flies. There are two recognised trade routes known as the "old" and "new" roads-the former via Nam- poung and Manwyne (where Margary was murdered), and the latter via Kulikha and Man-hsien. The "new" road ends at Man-hsien, from whence the journey to Tengyueh is made over the old tracks. Pack animals and porters constitute the only form of