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deal of building has been going on during recent years.
years. Actually miles of new houses-good-looking red-bricks structures are springing up, and the Railway Settlement is fast being linked up with the Chinese business quarter. At two points of junction of three main streets, and therefore not quite in the middle of the city, are placed two towers called the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower, respectively. The street between these towers is the principal business street of Mukden, and in it are situated all the most important shops and banks. The whole of the main streets were reconstructed and re-metalled during 1907-08. The streets and many shops are lighted by electricity, the use of which has spread with remarkable rapidity. According to the census taken by the Japanese Consular police the population in November, 1915, was 177,957, comprising 175,491 Chinese, 2083 Japanese, 206 Koreans and 177 foreigners. There are now about 12,000 Japanese in the city, suburbs and Japanese Settlement.
Nurhachu, the founder of the Manchu dynasty, established himself at Mukden in 1625, and his tomb (the Tungling, Eastern tomb), about seven miles east of the city, is an object of great interest. The great mound and funeral hall are enclosed within a high wall pierced by one large gateway which holds three arched portals, and the avenue of approach is spanned by two lofty stone arches elaborately sculptured. Two massive couchant lions guard the portal. Nurhachu's son is buried at the Peiling (Northern tomb), about 4 miles to the north of the city. The tomb is similar in arrangement to the Tungling. There are many other objects of Manchu historical interest in the town and its vicinity. Accommodation for foreign visitors is at present somewhat limited. There are, however, two fairly good hotels in the Japanese Settlement-the Yamato Hotel, run by the South Manchuria Railway Company; and the Miyako Hotel. Mukden has long been a centre of missionary activity, and is now becoming an important commercial and industrial centre as well.
DIRECTORY
ALLIANCE TOBACCO Co. OF CHINA, LTD.- Tel. Ad: Havanna; Codes: A.B.C. 5th ed., Pantelegraphy Tybo
Directors-P. H. Millard (chairman),
E. A. Lopato, E. A. Shishman, E. F. Bolitho, U. E. Harber (sccretary)
W. E. G. Beer
F. A. King
R. C. Revill
J. V. Webb
昌愼
F. J. Drakeford
F. C. Radwan
S. Lanien
Ko Wen Ko
Sun-cheong
ANDERSEN, MEYER & Co., LTD., Engineers and Contractors, Exporters and Im- porters, Manufacturers, Insurance Agents-Tel. Ad: Danica
W. A. Mitchell, manager
T. P. Thompson
J. D. Huffines
R. E. Gilleland
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (N. CHINA), LTD.
-Head Office: Newchwang
R. M. Sandbach
BANK OF ANTUNG
BANK OF CHOSEN-Shoseikwan, outside Little West Gate; Tel. Ad: Chosenbank
E. Tsotsumi, manager
D. Sakai, p. p. manager T. Iguchi,
A. Ono,
S. Ito,
do.
do.
do.
M. Teranishi, do.
行銀業實法中
Chung-fa-shih-yeh-yin-hang
BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE-Telephs-
(Jap.) 653, (Ch.) 362, 264, 190; Tel. Ad:
Chibankind
A. Dumont, manager
A. Muller,
L. Barberat,
T. Gordeef
signs per pro.
do.
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO Co., LTD.--
Manchurian Head Office: Mukden; Tel. Ad: Powhattan
V. L. A. Fairley, director
J. E. Brooks, Manchurian div. mgr.
A. S. Kent, asst. do.
G. F. Boulton
W. S. Bungey
do.
Miss Lilian Broad
A. C. Carter
A.E.L. Burgoyne | E. Cummings
G. J. Burbidge
F. Lammert
Geo. Heath
R. E. Borden
P. W. Cotton
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