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NINGPO
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English garrison was stationed there for some time. In March, 1842, an attempt was made by the Chinese to re-take the city, but the British artillery repulsed them with great slaughter. Ningpo was evacuated on May 7th, and, on the proclamation of peace in the following August, the port was thrown open to foreign trade.
Ningpo is built on a plain which stretches away to a considerable distance on either side. It is a walled city, the walls enclosing a space of some five miles in circumference. The walls are built of brick, and are about 25 feet high. They are 15 feet wide at the summit, and 22 at the base. Access is obtained to the town by six gates. A large moat commences at the north gate and runs along the foot of the wall for about three miles on the landward side, until it stops at what is called the Bridge Gate. The main street runs from east to west. Several of the streets are spanned by arches erected in memory of distinguished natives. Ningpo has been celebrated as possessing the fourth library of Chinese works, in point of numbers, which existed in the empire. It was owned by a family who resided near the south gate. The site occupied by the foreign residences is on the north bank of the river. The population of Ningpo is estimated at 255,000. The city will eventually be con- nected with Shanghai and Hangchow by rail, but at present the line is completed only as far as Pakuan, east of Shaohsing.
Two cotton mills are established in Ningpo, one of which started in 1896 and the other in 1907. There are also a match factory, an electric light company, and a local telephone company. The tea trade has fallen off owing to a deviation of the Fychow teas, which formerly passed through Ningpo but are now forwarded to Shanghai vid Hangchow. The net value of the trade of the port in 1922 was Hk. Tls. 37,468,611, as compared with Hk. Tls. 34,416,836 in 1921, and Hk. Tls. 28,407,884 in 1920.
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DIRECTORY
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (NORTH CHINA),
LTD.-Tel. Ad: Doric ·
A. H. Hopkyn Rees, manager
R. V. Buckley
A. P. H. Squires
Miss Palmer
J. S. Shearer, installation manager
行銀國中
BANK OF CHINA
司公煙美英
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co., LTD.
W. Scott, local manager
古太 Ta.koo
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire &
Sons, Ld.)
A. Laing, signs per pro.
Agencies
China Navigation Co., Ld.
Ocean Steamship Co., Ld.
China Mutual Steam Nav. Co., Ld.
Canadian Govt. Merchant Marine, Ld. Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld. Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co.
of Hongkong, Ld.
London and Lancs. Fire Insce. Co. Royal Exchange Assurance Corpn. Guardian Assurance Co., Ld.
British Traders' Insurance Co., Ld. Union Insce. Society of Canton, Ld. British and Foreign Marine Ins. Co., Ld.
Standard Marine Insurance Co., Ld.
Sea Insurance Co., Ld.
Guardian Assurance Co., Ld.
會地內
CHINA ISLAND MISSON
J. and Mrs. Palmer
A Chau Shang Yung-chuk
CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION Co.
Y. P. Yen Tsze King, manager
Li Ching-lin,
clerk
Wong Sing Tsar, do
Ba ông H Chê Hai-hwan
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
Commissioner-F. W. Carey
Assistants-M. F. Hubert, G. W. F. Haslehust, S. C. MacNaugher, Hya
Song-van, Cheu Tze Heng, Ying Hsin Tsi, Wang Shih Sze
Medical Officer-H. Thomas, A.B., M.D. Chief Tidesurveyor-D. MacLennan Boat Officer-J. Ross
Chief Examiner-G. High
Examiners-F. A. Gabb, E. J. Che- shire, H. Garwood, Y. Wakabayashi Tidewaiters--W. E. Toy, P. T. Doody
W. H. Fairbrother
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