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HANOI—HAIPHONG

SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE TRANSPORTS, Con- struction et Location de pousse pousse

Avenue Général Bichot; Tel. Ad: Pousse; Codes: Lieber et A.B.C. 5th Edition

SOCIÉTÉ IMMOBILIERE DE HANOI (Ste. Anonyme au Capital de 800,000 francs)-- Siège Social: 33 boulevard Dong-Rhanh

Administrateur-Délégué-G. Ellies

SOCIÉTÉ

INDOCHINOISE

D'ELECTRICITÉ

—Hanoi-Haiphong

Trombert, directeur général

a Hanoi

Delaune, agent commercial id.

Beaud, chef de station

Taix, chef mécanicien

Bonnet, électricien

Walser,

id.

Vallet, agent commercial id.

Perrin, chef électricien

id.

Masse, chef mécanicien

id.

Dubien, électricien

id.

Laeroix, fontainier

id.

id.

id.

id.

Chateau, directeur (Haiphong)

Guilhot, mécanicien (HuongBy)

SOCIÉTÉ INDUSTRIELLE ET COMMERCIALE

D'ANNAM-55, boulevard Gambetta

R. Piot, administrateur délégué L. Boyaval

id.

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK - Digue

des Travaux Publics

H. H. Young, accountant

1149

SOCIÉTÉ PHILHARMONIQUE D'HANOI-bou-

levard Francis Garnier

Président-Péralle Secrétaire-Denobili Trésorier-Quenin

Tanneries d'Indo-Chine Societé

Anonyme au capital de frs. 625,000

Ch. Grawitz, administrateur délégué

J. Gibaux, directeur technique

TAUPIN ET CIE., Imprimeurs Editeurs, Librairie, Papeterie-rue Paul Bert, rue Boissière, rue de l'Intendance; Tel. Ad: Taupin

G. Taupin, associé Delpech,

id.

TAVERNE STRASBOURGEOISE, Café Restau-

rant--49, rue Vieille des Tasses

P. Joly, propriétaire

TRANCHESSET, Wine Merchant-2-6-8, bou-

levard Gia-Long

USINE DES EAUX, Entreprise Bédat

Beneyton, ingénieur, directeur et fondé

pouvoirs

Bruneau, chef mécanicien Estieu, agent de l'extérieur Ribeiro, comptable

WEIL, Boucher-1, rue Borgnis-Desbordes

HAIPHONG

This is the shipping port for Hanoi, Hai-duong, and Namdinh, the commercial centres of Tonkin. It is situated in lat. 20 deg. 51 min. N., and long. 106 deg. 42 min. E. on the two rivers Cua Cam and Song Tam Bac, which are connected by two or more channels or creeks with that great river connecting Yunnan with the Tonkin Gulf, called the Song-koi. The town of Haiphong is about sixteen and a half miles from the lighthouse. The light- house at the entrance of the river Cua Cam on the island of Hon-Do is visible at a distance of about six miles. The entrance to the port is obstructed by two bars; the outer one sand, the inner one mud. Haiphong is accessible, however, by vessels drawing from 17 to 18 feet and after the completion of the "Coupure de Dinh-ve" for vessels drawing up to 24 feet. There is plenty of water in the river. Vessels anchor about a quarter of a mile from the shore in from 40 to 60 feet of water. The banks of the river are low and consist of alluvial mud, from which the present town has with great labour and expense been reclaimed.

Haiphong proper is situated on the Cua Cam and on both sides of the Song Tam Bac, and is in the midst of an extensive rice swamp with low-lying swampy land all around it for miles, having in the distance the monotony relieved by rugged ranges of low limestone hills, and beyond these to the northward, at a distance of some sixteen miles, is a range of mountains, the loftiest, known as the Grand Summit, being about 5,000 feet high. Most of the native buildings are wretchedly constructed of mud, bamboo, and matting, but a