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NINGPO-WENCHOW

局程工波甯

Ning-po-kung-ching-chuk

NINGPO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

Commissioners of Customs, chairman

(ex-officio)

J. Palmer, secretary

司公船輪紹響

Ning-shao-lung-sui-kung-sze

NINGPO SHAOHSING S. N. Co., LTD., THE

Ye Shun Chuen, manager

Wu Shih-feng, chief clerk

Tu Tze Tsing, assistant clerk

Hong Kee-lai

Koh Pun Dzin

房捕巡 Shun Pou Fong

POLICE STATION

辰務郵國中

POST OFFICE

Postmaster-C. M. Ricard

所核稽鹽務

SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT

局路鐵甬杭滬

SHANGHAI-HANGCHOW-NINGPO RAILWAY

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK

G. W. Hoffmann, in charge

H. W. Daniels

Miss Bethell

局報電國中

Chung-kuo-tien-pao-chu

TELEGRAPHS, CHINESE

Wong Van Ching, manager

校學-

TRINITY COLLEGE (C. M. S.)

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

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

WENCHOW

州温 Wan-chau

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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 Cliekiang 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. numerous large nunneries and temples in Wênchow. The Custom House, outside the North Gate, various Yamêns, other public offices 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 last Emperor of the Sung dynasty, when seeking to escape from the Mongols under Kublai Khan. His Majesty Ti Ping has left behind him autographs preserved to