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DAIREN

The town of Dairen, which has been expanding rapidly owing to business»! prosperity and increase of population, is lighted by electricity and gas and has ample telephone facilities. The electric power-house, when completed in 1911, had a capa-q city of 4,500 kilowatts. This was increased in 1921 to 6,750 kws., and a second house u with 5,000 kws. power was added in June, 1923, the total now being 11,750 kws. The [] town has macadamized lined roads with rows of shady trees, and is well equipped e with waterworks, drainage and sewage systems. With the growth of trade, more ro particularly in Manchurian beans, a number of influential business houses, Japanese, a Chinese and foreign, have established themselves at the port. The foreign and Japanese e communities in April, 1909, organized and opened the Dairen Club. A Gun Club, Golf Club, and Marine Association are among the other institutions of the port. Of places for public amusement, the so-called Electric Park, designed on an up-to-date plan and con- taining all devices for recreation, forms the chief attraction. The Chinese quarter, situated on the western fringe of the city, has also grown considerably. There is a Railway Hospital affording accommodation for 200 patients. The Railway Co. have a new five-storeyed reinforced concrete, fire-proof hospital, equipped with every modern appliance. Another hospital has recently been constructed on a large scale, accommodating over 500 patients, and is one of the finest and most up-to-date hospitals in the Far East.

A direct steamship service is maintained twice a week by the South Manchuria Railway Company between Dairen and Shanghai, one outward bound steamer and one homeward bound steamer calling at Tsingtao each week, by which means communication is obtained between Shanghai and the trans-Siberian route to Europe.. Regular and "half-regular" steamship services are maintained to and from all the important ports of Japan, U.S.A., China and Chosen (Korea). Shanghai can be reached in 42 hours, Chemulpo in 24 hours, and Moji and Nagasaki in about 50 hours.

In 1924 the net value of the trade of Dairen was Hk. Tls. 240,672,562, as compared with Hk. Tls. 230,549,253 in 1923, Hk. Tls. 220,010,135 in 1922, and Hk. Tls. 210,431,265 in 1921. According to the latest returns (1924), the Japanese population of the town and suburbs was 63,988 persons and the Korean 578 persons. Chinese numbered 179,867 and other nationals totalled 415.

DIRECTORY

ANGLO-CHINESE EASTERN TRADING Co., LTD., Exporters of Grains, Seeds, Oils

and Beancakes--Terauchi-dori; Telepli. 6th edn. and

4404; Codes: A.B.C.

Bentley's. Head Office: London

M. Oseroff, manager

司公船輪督提

De-tuh-lung-shien-kung-sze

ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINE, THE

Thompson, Hannam & Co., agents

BANK OF CHOSEN-Telephs. 8101, 8100,

8108 and 8109; Tel. Ad: Chosenbank

BEERBRAYER, J., Shipping, Forwarding and Commission Agent-13-17, Yama- gata-dori; Tel. Ad: Beerbrayer

J. Beerbrayer

BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Chairman W. H. Winning

Hon. Secy, and Treas.-T. W. Riddell

Yuen-lai

Bardens, F. J., General Import Mer- chant, Commission and Forwarding Agent, Correspondent of the Board of Underwriters of New York-109, Yama- gata-dori, and at Tokyo; Teleph. 352; P.O. Box A. 15; Codes: A.B. C. 5th edn.,. Western Union 5-letter, and Bentley's.. Branches: Harbin

F. J. Bardens

S. J. Bardens F. C. Bardens

Agencies

T. Kawakami P. T. Chang

Eagle,Star& Brit. Dominions Ins. Co.,Ld. Yorkshire Insurance Co., Ld. New Zealand Insurance Co., Ld. Queensland State Government Insce. Robert Dollar S.S. Co.

Standard Ins. Co. of New Zealand, Ld.

A** Ying-mei-yen-kung-sze BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co. (CHINA), LTD.-Teleph. 5819; Tel. Ad: Powhattan Cornabe, Eckford & Winning, agents.