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KOWLOON FRONTIER – LAPPA

DIRECTORY

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關龍九

Kow-loon-kuan

CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS-Hongkong Address Third-floor, York Buildings, Chater Road; Teleph. 206

Commissioner- U. Thorne

Deputy Commissioner-F. L. Bessell Chinese Assistants - Chiu Ho-ping,

Wong Iu-on, Ng Shiu-hung Medical Officers-G. M. Hurston, O.

Marriott, G. D. R. Black Chief Tidesurveyor-A. Morrison Chief Examiner-R. Whitemore Examiners-M. J. Barreira, H. S.

Markham, H. A. Keane Tidewaiters--G. Lamport, E. Hansen, F. L. Ramsay, G. J. Walters, S. Dallow, O. Smith, O. W. van Assche, P. J. Austin, G. Flynn, S. V. Heley, W. G. Jarvis, W. J. Brigham, B. |

Ashurst, C. A. Stirling, S. Hankin, G. W. Poulter, G. W. Davis, A. T. Powell, W. Neville, L. A. Hurlow, F. A. Bloomfield, J. Davidson, J. Muir

Revenue Launches:-

Yeungshing Officer-in-charge-G. J. Walters Launch Officer-W. J. Brigham

Cheongkeng

Officer-in-charge--O. W. van Assche Launch Officer-G. W. Davis

Kwanlui

Officer-in-charge-P. J. Austin

Kwanfung

Officer-in-charge-E. Hansen Launch Officer-G. W. Poulter Launch Inspector-G. J. Harman

LAPPA

Lappa, also called by the Chinese "Kung Pak," is an island directly opposite the inner harbour of Macao, the distance across being from 1 to 15 miles. Four of the stations of the Chinese Maritime Customs are located here, and another on an islet called Malowchow. Beyond the Barrier Gate of Macao there are several more Customs stations. Under the Lappa Customs' control there are also Tungho and Naiwanmoon stations. Lappa is under the jurisdiction of the Heungshan Magistrates. It possesses no features of interest beyond the fact that it is the principal Customs station in the neighbourhood of Macao. The net value of the trade passing through the Lappa Customs stations in 1921 was Hk. Tls. 30,854,147, as compared with Hk. Tls. 17,983,235 in 1920. The diversion of the course of trade to and from the Luichow Prefecture oper- ates against Lappa. Much of the cargo which formerly came thence in junks to Macao and reported at Malowchow now avails itself of the more convenient and doubtless safer direct steamer carriage between the French port of Kwangchowwan and Macao. There is also a tendency for a portion of the west coast produce to go via Kongmoon, whether destined for Hongkong or Canton, and the old junk trade of this region wiht the foreign colonies is gradually disappearing.

DIRECTORY

#⇓⇓ Kung-pah-sun-kwan

CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS (Lappa

District)-2, rua dos Prazeres, Macao

Commissiner--E. G. Lebas

Foreign Assistants-A. J. da S. Basto,

G. Thiessen

Chinese Assistants-CheungYuk-tong,

Leung Cum Chiu

Tidesurveyor-W. C. A. Prahl

Examiners-W. Moore, F. Benoist

Tidewaiters-A. do Espirito Santo, C. Mose, A. Skoberg, H. J. Corbon, F. G. Kemsley, J. J. Lovelock, H. Abbott, W. H. Bird, A. D. Antonio, W. H. Edmunds

Cruising Launches:

Paktou

Officer-in-charge-H. Abbott Launch Officer-J. J. Lovelock

Lungtsing

Officer-in-charge-W. H. Bird

Launch Officer--A. Skol erg