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FOOCHOW-AMOY
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TAI CHI CO., Flour Importers-Tel. Ad: THEODER & RAWLINS, Merchants
Hilco
Ch'en Ping-chin, propr. and mgr
Agency
H. S. Groat & Co.
局總報電國中
TELEGRAPHS, CHINESE ADMINISTRATION
Wong Tin Shu, dist. dir. and mgr.
T. Y. Wei, clerk-in-charge
D. Y. Ling, in-charge (Sharp Peak) Y. D. Wei, clerk-in-charge (Santuat)
TIENSINFOO & Co., H., Import and Export Merchants, Timber Merchants, Ship Brokers and Commission Agents- Teleph. 39; (Nantai) Tel. Ad: Tiensinfoo; Codes: A.B.C. 4th and 5th edns.
H. Tiensinfoo, manager
TURNER & Co., Merchants C. Skerrett-Rogers
A. M. d'Oliveira
Tung-cheong
WILKINSON & Co., T. M., Importers Exporters, Government Contractors, Shipping and Insurance-Telephs. 241 and 221; Tel. Ad: Wilco; Codes: A.B.C. 5th, Bentley's, Lieber's and Private
L. A. Wilkinson, president H. Y. B. Lee, manager
A. C. F. Lee, assist. manager D. G. Ling, engineering dept. S. D. Yang, accounting dept. Y. C. Yen, sales dept.
L. F. Wang, shipping dept.
Ágencies
American Express Co.
Dollar Steamship Line
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION-Tel. Ad: Flamingo. Nantai Branch: Teleph. (Nantai) 130. Walled City Branch: Teleph. 41
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Amoy was one of the five ports open to foreign trade before the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin. It is situated upon the island of Haimun, at the mouth of the Pe- Chi or Dragon River, in lat. 24 deg. 40 min. N. and long. 118 deg. E. It was the scene of trade with Western nations at a very early date. The Portuguese went there in 1544, but, in consequence of their cruelty towards the natives, the Chinese authorities forcibly expelled them and burned thirteen of their vessels. The English had com- mercial dealings there up to 1730, when the Chinese Government issued an edict prohibiting trade with foreigners at all ports except Canton. They made an exception as regards Spanish ships, which were allowed to trade at Amoy.
In describing Amoy, Dr. Williams says:-"The island upon which Amoy is built is about forty miles in circumference, and contains scores of large villages (now 136) besides the city. The scenery within the bay is picturesque, caused partly by the numerous islands which define it, surmounted by pagodas or temples, and partly by the high barren hills behind the city. There is an outer and an inner city, as one approaches it seaward, divided by a high ridge of rocky hills having a fortified wall running along the top. A paved road connects the two. The entire circuit of the City and suburbs is about eight miles, containing a population of 300,000, while that of the island is estimated at 100,000 more. The harbour is one of the best on the coast; there is good holding ground in the outer harbour, and vessels can anchor in the inner, with- in a short distance of the beach, and be perfectly secure; the tide rises and falls from fourteen to sixteen feet. The western side of the harbour, here from six hundred and seventy-five to eight hundred and forty yards wide, is formed by the island of Kulangsu. It is a picturesque little spot.
Eastward of Amoy is the island of Quemoy or Kinmun (Golden Harbour), presenting a striking contrast in the low foreground on its south shore to the high land on Amoy." The population of the city is now estimated at 96,000.
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