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HOIHOW-LUNGCHOW
Hoihow Harbour-N. J. Domansky Lamko-V. Simon Cape Cami-T. Clark
Relieving Lightkeeper-J. R. Foster
FRENCH CONSULATE
Acting Consul-Dr. J. Esserteau
Medical Officer-Major Esserteau
處務船古太理代司公新潟口海
HUNG SAN & Co.
POST OFFICE
Postmaster-Chung Chik Chi
Tien-tsu-tong
ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION
At Hoihow
Rev. Fr. Julliotte
931
At Wenchow
Rev. Fr. Suignard
At Tingan
Rev. Fr. Savina
Rev. Fr. Geyer
STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK
J. Bulmer, manager
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
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 im- portance. Troops are stationed there and near the frontier. The port was 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 opened to traffic. 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. It is now possible to reach Lungchow from Langson in less than three hours by car. A French motor car company maintains a regular service on this road. Telegraphic communication exists with Canton and other places on the West River, with Mengtsz in Yunnan, via Po-sê, and with places in Tonkin. The Chinese Post Office sends daily couriers to Langson in Tonkin and couriers every second day to Nanning overland, with connections to Canton and Pakhoi. An establishment of the Chinese Maritime Customs is maintained at the port, where
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