和昌廣
PAKHOI-HOIHOW
FRENCH SCHOOLS-Pakhoi
Teacher-H. Q. Ott
949
KWONG CHEONG WO
Agency
China Navigation Co., Ld.
生利
LEE SANG & Co., Shipping and Commis
sion Agents
Agents
S. S. "Kaiping" (Pannier & Co., Hai-
phong)
MISSIONS
堂主天
FRENCH CATHOLIC MISSION (MISSIONS
ETRANGÈRES DE PARIS)
FRENCH HOSPITAL
Dr. Bachimont, in charge
FRENCH ORPHANS' ASYLUM
Sœur Marie, in charge
局郵等一海北
POST OFFICE, CHINESE
Postmaster-Chung Chik-chi
POST OFFICE, FRENCH
Truong Van Chinh, in charge
生晉
SINGER SEWING MACHINE Co.
Tsun Sang, agent
SIU CHEONG
祥兆
Agents
King On S. S. Co., of Hongkong
Roses S. S. Co., of Haiphong (S. S.
"Pierre Michel")
Standard Oil Co., of New York
HOIHOW (IN HAINAN)
州瓊 Kiung-chau
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 Lei-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 people; 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, erected in 1895, the American Presbyterian Mission Hospital and doctor's residence, and the Customs Indoor Staff, the French Post Office, the French School for Chinese, the French doctor's residence, the French Hospital, the houses occupied by the foreign residents are Chinese converted into European habitations by alterations and improvements. H.B.M. Consulate obtained a site after fourteen years' negotiations, and a Consulate building was in 1899 erected to the south-west of the Hospital; towards the end of 1897 a piece of land was granted, and a French Consulate has been built on the Northern side of the river and facing Hoihow town. The buildings of
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