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KIAOCHAU (TSINGTAO)—TSINANFU

SHANTUNG RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION- Tel. Ad: Santetsu; Codes: A. B. C. 5th ed. and Al

Dr. M. Akiyama, president

T. Uchida, supt., general affairs

K.Nakamura, supt.,engineering section

H. Saketi, supt. of accountants J. Kosuda, supt., sales section Y. Funada, traffic manager

K. Mori, manager, wharf office

J. Sato, principal, railway training

school

S. Sasijima, supt., railway workshops

M. Handa, supt., mining section

部泊船鐵滿

S. M. R. SHIPPING OFFICE

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK-Teleph.

*507; Tel. Ad: Socony

H. R. Everall, manager

S. S. Corbett

R. C. Hall

Mrs. I. H. Gholson

K. Yokomori.

C. F. Harrs, installation

店商木鈴

SUZUKI & Co.

TOWA & Co., Groundnut Oil Mill Impor-

20, Peking-machi; Teleplis: 123, 137, 569;

ters, Exporters and Shipping Agents-

Tel. Ad: Towa; A.B.C. 5th edition

店支島青行銀金正濱橫

Whang-ping-cheng-ching-ing-hong tsing-tao-tsu-chang-sou

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD., THE--9,

Tokorozawa-cho; Tel. Ad: Speciebank

D. Nohara, manager

N. Fijimaki, sub.-manager

S. Kawamoto,

T. Tanahashi,

S. Sawahara

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K. Ohyake, accountant

M. Shimada

H. Hirano

T. Irie

M. Ushikubo T. Sakurai

H. Fujitani H. Ishikawa

S. Izawa

Y. Nakajima

S. Miwo

F. Kawada

H. Imura

S. Makita

N. Shinnemura

YOSHIZAWA Yoко, Importer and Exporter -Telephs: 146, 455 and 64; Tel. Ad: Yoshizawa

T. Yoshizawa, director

O. S. Watase, per pro.

TSINANFU

Tsinan (or Chinan, as it is sometimes written), the capital of the province of Shantung has the distinction of being the first city in the Chinese Empire in which & Foreign Commercial Settlement was voluntarily opened by the Government of China. The date of its inauguration was January 10th, 1906. The city of Tsinan lies at the foot of a range of hills (Lat. 36° 50' N ; Long. 117° É), and has a gradual slope from south to north. Situated in the south-west suburb are magnificent springs giving forth many tons of water per minute, and the streams from these natural fountains flow through the city to a lake situated on the north side. This abundance of water tends to make Tsinan one of the cleanest as well as one of the healthiest cities in the Republic. The population is computed to number about 300,000, about one-twentieth of whom profess the Mohammedan faith. In an address delivered on the occasion of the inauguration of the Foreign Settlement, the Governor of Shantung described Tsinan as occupying a pivotal position with respect to northern and southern China and as being on the main route from Kaifeng Fu to the Yellow Sea. "An immense development," he declared, "must, therefore, await this Settlement, and though it may never equal the largest commercial centres of Europe and America, yet it may well hope to enter into rivalry with them." Quite a considerable number of foreigners and foreign institutions have already established themselves in the Settlement, and during the last few years several large and imposing buildings have been erected. The chief of these are the new British Consulate, the Japanese Consulate, Japanese hospital and the Chinese Post Office. There is also quite a boom in the building of small houses, which are occupied by Chinese and large numbers of Japanese who have flocked into Tsinan since the seizure of Tsingtao by Japan. In addition to these, large buildings