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DAIREN- CHEFOO

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, Ltd., THE

Y. Suitsu, manager

H. Kishi, sub-manager

O. Shinoda, per pro. manager

J. Yoshinochi

S. Kuribara

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

淺湯 Tan-chien

YUASA TRADING CO., LTD., Import and

Export Merchants-Yamagata-dori

S. Mochizuki

CHEFOO

罘之 Chi-fu 臺烟 Yen-tai

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Chefoo, in the Province of Shantung, is the name used by foreigners to denote this Treaty Port; the Chinese name of the place is Yentai, and Chefoo proper is on the opposite side of the harbour. Chefoo is situated in latitude 37° 33′ 20′′ N. and longi- tude 121° 25′ 02′′ E. The port was opened to foreign trade in 1863. The number of foreigners on the books of the various Consulates is about 400, but more than half of them-missionaries-live inland. Chefoo has no Settlement or Concessions, but a recognized Foreign Quarter, which is well kept and has good clean roads, and is well lighted. An International Committee consisting of six foreigners and six Chinese looks after the interests of the Foreign Quarter and derives the revenue at its disposal from voluntary contributions by residents. The natives are most orderly and civil to foreigners. There are two good hotels and several excellent boarding - houses, all of which are full of visitors from July to the end of September. The climate is bracing. The winter, which is severe, lasts from the beginning of December to the end of March; April, May and June are lovely months and not hot; July and August are hot and rainy months; and September, October and November form a most perfect autumn, with warm days, cool winds and cold nights. Strong northerly gales are experienced in the late autumn and through the winter, and the roadstead gives but an uncomfortable, though safe, anchorage for steamers. In 1909, nearly two months were lost to trade through stress of weather, but the Netherlands Harbour Works started the construction of a breakwater in 1915 which is now completed. Further harbour improvement works are in progress. It was always intended that the Chefoo-Huanghsien- Weihsien railway should

should proceed

proceed pari passu with the breakwater. The outbreak of war brought negotiations to a standstill, but it is hoped that now attention will be again given to the project. Another pressing need in Chefoo is a good water supply. There is a good club. The races take place towards the end of September. Chefoo is two days' journey from Shanghai, and communication is maintained by the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, the China Merchants' S. N. Company, and the China Navigation Company. In 1876 the Chefoo Convention was concluded at Chefoo by the late Sir Thomas Wade and the former Viceroy of Chilli, Li Hung-chang. An enterprise was established a few years ago by a wine company of substantial standing; the soil of the locality lends itself to such an industry, and the future success of the proprietors of the first Far Eastern wine growing concern is a matter of considerable interest. Chcfoo is noted for its large and increasing fruit growing industry, supplying Shanghai, Vladivostock, Kobe and other Eastern ports with foreign fruits, which grow well with care and attention in that part of Shantung-the native fruit growers having received foreign instruction-so that which was at first a hobby is now a paying industry. Other very important industries are the manufacture of foreign silk and hand-made silk laces, which in the hands of foreigners promise to assume large proportions. Silk thread and silk twist are largely made and exported from here to France and America. Chefoo uses a large percentage of the cocoons from Corea and Manchuria which come to China. There is now a large trade in hair net making. English firms send out the hair, which is sent into the interior of the province and made into nets by children.