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HOIHOW LUNGCHOW

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BERTHELOT, C. A., Merchant

Agencies

Indo-China S. N. Co., Ld. Compagnie de Navigu. Indo-Chinoise Canadian Pacific Stearnships, Ld. Admiral Oriental Line

BRITISH CONSULATE(Kiungchow & Pakhoi),

also in charge of United States interests

Consul-H. H. Bristow

CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME

Commissioner-P. B. de Rautenfeld Assistants -- Woo Chien Son and

Hsieh Te-jun

Medical Officer-Major Esserteau Tidesurveyor and Harbour-master-

N. B. Nilsen

Examiners-I. Kirisawa, K. Murakami Boat Officer-G. H. White Tide waiters-A. Lane, H. J. Ferris, J. L. Stewart and D. A. Morozoff

Lights

Hoihow Harbour Light-V. Simon Lamko Light-N. E. Nelssen Cape Cami Light—J. E. Fox

Relieving Lightkeeper-P. Baronovsky

FRENCH CONSULATE

Consul Jules Leurquin

Medical Officer-Major Esserteau

處務船古代司公新潟口海

HUNG SAN & Co.

POST OFFICE

Postmaster-W. Martins de Oliveira

堂主天

Tien-tsu-tong

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK

YUEN FAT LEE, Merchants, Shipping and

Insurance Agents-Code: A.B.C. 5th edn.

Chau Yue Teng (Hongkong)

Chau Sing Mui | Wong Siu Shek Agencies

Butterfield & Swire (Shipping and

Insurance)

Pacific Mail S.S. Co.

Cheong Yue S.S. Co., Ld. Cebu Portland Cement Co. Po On Insurance Co., Ld.

LUNGCHOW

州龍 Lung-chow

was

This city is situated at the junction of the Sung-chi and Kao-ping rivers in lat. 22 deg. 21 min. N., and long. 106 deg. 45 min. E., near the South-western border of the province of Kwangsi, and was selected as the seat of the frontier trade of that province with Tonkin. The continuation of the above-named two rivers is known as Tso-chiang or left branch of the West River, and it enters the main stream some 30 miles above Nanning. The town is prettily situated amongst the mountains, having exits only by the rivers, and lies at an elevation of some 300 feet above sea level. It has a new wall which was completed in 1887. The population is estimated at some 20,000, and from a military point of view Lungchow is considered to be a place of importance. Troops are stationed there and near the frontier. The port opened to Franco-Annamese trade on the 1st June, 1889, but so far the little trade may be said to have been but insignificant. It is likely to continue so until the Haiphong- Hanoi-Langson railway, which after twelve years' assiduous labour was completed early in 1902, is extended to Lungchow, or until another contemplated extension of the line enables merchandise to be rail-borne to within easier access of water communication with Kwangsi. An extension of the Tonkin Railway line from Dong-dang to Nasham, a Tonkin mart on the Sung-chi river not very far from the Kwangsi border, has been already opened to traffic and it is hoped that frontiers trade may benefit thereby. The railway line from Hanoi-previous to this extension-ended abruptly in the hills a few hundred yards from the "Porte de Chine" (Namkwan) from which spot Lungchow is distant 54 kilometres by road. This frontier highway, part of which runs over rough and mountainous country of great beauty, was thrown open to motor traffic on February 16th, 1923. The road is being metalled and work is nearing completion.

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