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Directories & Chronicles 香港指南 All

PEI-TAI-HO AND CHIN WANGTAO

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The Port of Chinwangtao, unlike Tongku, Tientsin, and other ports in the neigh- bourhood, is accessible throughout the year. While Tientsin is ice-bound the sea- borne trade of that city and of the territory which it serves passes via Chinwangtao. As a trade distributing centre, its position as an open port on the main line of the Peking-Mukden Railway gives it a great advantage.

Apart from its importance as a port Chinwangtao is noted as a seaside resort. For this its bracing climate, its sandy beach and its mountain scenery render it well suited, and the "Bluff" is a delightful site for summer residences, on which the Administration is prepared to lease plots for building purposes on liberal terms.

The Administration owns large areas of land in the vicinity of the port. A good harbour, good water, electric light, and cheap coal offer exceptional inducements for industrial enterprises, and it is expected that there will be a great development in this direction in the near future.

As a seaside health resort Chinwangtao is almost without rival in China. It is easily accessible, has a dry and bracing climate, offers safe bathing from a sandy beach, has good golf links, and is situated amidst magnificent scenery, while a hotel under experienced management and numerous summer bungalows afford the visitor every comfort. The great increase of trade year by year has induced the Chinese Maritime Customs to erect a fine Customs house at Chinwangtao, with a deputy commissioner in charge, and to open a Hai Kwan Bank for the convenience of local consignees. The total value of the trade for 1921 was Hk. Tls. 22,447,055, as compared with Hk. Tls. 17,180,516 in 1920, Hk. Tls. 15,700,440 in 1919, and Hk. Tls. 12,234,400 in 1918. The total number of vessels entered and cleared during 1921 was 1,774 with a total tonnage of 2,191,260.

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