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司公船輪紹響

NINGPO-WENCHOW

Ning-shao-lung-sui-kung-sze

NINGPO SHAOSHING S. N. Co., LTD.

Ye Shun Chuen, manager

Wu Shih-feng

興永

OLIVIER & Co.

房捕巡 Shun Pou Fong

POLICE STATION

Magistrate-F. Koh

局務郵 國中

POST OFFICE

Postmaster-R. Michotte de Welle

所核稽務鹽

SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT

Inspector-C. H. Lin

Do. Umeo Tei

局路鐵甬杭滬

907

SHANGHAI-HANGCHOW-NINGPO RAILWAY

T. C. Pu, divisional engineer

P. H. Dzung, do. loco. supt.

M. P. Cheng, traffic inspr. in charge

T. F. Wong, depot storekeeper at

Paso depot

STANDARD OIL CO, OF NEW YORK

G. W. Hoffmann, in charge

A. E. Fitzsimmons

D. C. Sims

局報電國中

Chung-kuo-tien-pao-chu

TELEGRAPHS, CHINESE

Wong Van Ching, manager

Hsia Chen Shing

校學

三

TRINITY COLLEGE (C. M. S.)

Archdeacon W. S. Moule, M.A., presdt.

Rev. S. J. Delight, B.A., D.C.M.

Rev. A. W. Molony, M.A.

WENCHOW

州温 Wan-chau

Wênchow, one of the five ports opened to foreign trade by the Chefoo Convention, is the chief town in the department of Wênchow, occupying the south-east corner of Chekiang province. The city is situated on the south bank of the river Ou, about 20 miles from its mouth, in lat. 28 deg. 1 min. 30 sec. N., long. 120 deg. 38 min. 45 sec. E. The site is a well cultivated plain, bounded on all sides by lofty hills. The walls are said to have been first erected during the fourth century, and they have been enlarged and re-built at various times since. They are formed of stone, diagonally laid at the foundation, and partly also of brick, and measure about four miles in circumference. The streets are wider, straighter, and cleaner than those of most Chinese cities. They are, generally speaking, well paved with brick or stone and kept in careful repair by the householders. Many of them run side by side with small waterways, which in their turn communicate with navigable canals intersecting the whole city. There are numerous large nunneries and temples in Wênchow. The Customs-house, outside the North Gate, various Yamêns, other public cffices and the Foundling Hospital, are also among the chief buildings. The last-named institution, built in 1748, contains 100 apartments. The Roman Catholic Missionaries have a spacious and imposing church in the western part of the city. The English Methodist Mission has a church capable of seating about 1,000 people. In 1903 this Mission erected a fine college at a cost of $20,000, containing sleeping accommodation for over 100 students, and teaching accommodation for more than 200. Early in 1906 an extensive and substantially constructed Hospital was also completed by the Mission at a further outlay of fully $20,000. The building consists of a central block and two wings. after the style of Hunt's Block, Guy's Hospital, and can accommodate about 200 patients. Among the objects of greatest interest and curiosity are two pagodas situated on Conquest Island, abreast of the city. They are both of great antiquity, and the temples between them were for some time the retreat of Ti Ping, the

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