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PROVINCES DE L'ANNAM
of Quang-nam and Quang-ngai is carried on. The town, which is well built, extends for a length of nearly two miles along the left bank of the river. It possesses many public buildings, including the French Residency, a fine Military Hospital, spacious and well-ventilated Barracks, the Custom-housc, the Treasury, the Post Office, and the Municipal Offices, also a number of well-appointed business establishments, amongst which may be mentioned the Bank de l'Indo-Chine, the Messageries Maritimes offices, the Hotel Morin, etc. The Markets, built of brick and stone, are large and contain several hundred stalls. On the right bank of the river, also, there are a few buildings which are included in the French concession. A silk filature has been established there. A quarter of an hour's walk from this district is the village of My-khé, which has given its name to a magnificent beach much frequented by the European popula- tion. The trade of Tourane is considerable, and several steamers a month arrive from Hongkong, taking full return cargoes of sugar, rattan, bamboo, areca nuts, silk, cassia, etc. The Messageries Maritimes and the Compagnie Chargeurs Réunis have agencies at Tourane, and the vessels of these Companies, together with those arriving from Hongkong, give a total of about a dozen entering the port every month in normal times. Besides these vessels a large number of large sea-going junks from China, Hainan, and the ports of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin-China carry on an active and considerable trade in the products of the country, Tea, coffee, and the mulberry tree are cultivated on a large scale in the neighbourhood, and there are several plantations owned by Europeans. Less than an hour's journey by boat from the town are the Marble Mountains, an object of interest for travellers, who should not pass through Tourane without paying them a visit. The population of Tourane is about 14,000, of whom 235 are Europeans.
DIRECTORY
VILLE DE TOURANE
CIRCONSCRIPTION SANITAIRE DE TOURANE Esteve, médecin de 2ème
l'assistance médicale
Lemasson, administrateur de 3ème class Esteve,
resident-maire
GARDE INDIGÈNE
Contant, garde principal de lère classe,
chef de detachement à Tourane
ENREGISTREMENT
Trousset, receveur de 2e classe
COMMISSION MUNICIPALE
Lemasson, résident-maire, président Fourré, vice-président
Morin, Fiard, Mellét, Douiller, membres
VOIRIE DE TOURANE
M. Blondel, ingénieur adjoint de 2nd classe,
Travaux publics
TRÉSORERIE
Ancel, payeur de lère classe dele Trésorerie
de l'Indo-chine
SERVICE MÉDICAL
2ème classe de
DOUANES ET RÉGIES
Sous Direction de l'Annam
Bardet, inspecteur de lère classe,
sous-directeur
Sélsis, contrôleur de 2e classe, chef du
bureau central et du personnel
JUSTICE
Tribunal de Paix de Tourane
Languellier, juge de paix et compétence
etendue
Affonço, greffier notaire Mailhol, commis-greffier
POSTES, TÉLÉGRAPHES ET TELEPHONES Difurne, sous-directeur
ENSEIGNEMENT
Mdme. Maze, directrice de l'école française L. Maze, directeur de l'école deplein
exercise des garcons
Esteve, médecin de 2ère classe, de Mdme. Casanova, directrice de l'école
l'assistance médicale
deplein exercice des filles.
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