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most Chinese buildings in this section were removed the Legation quarter presents the appearance of a European settlement of about half a square mile in extent. There are several large stores, which sell all kinds of foreign goods. The Peking Club is much larger and more convenient than it was before; there is a Catholic Church for the Legation Guards, and several hospitals-Rockefeller Foundation (a handsome and splendidly equipped institution, the opening of which marked an epoch in the history of Peking), Dojin (Japanese, completed in 1917), Central, German, St. Michael's and the Methodist Episcopal John L. Hopkins Memorial- which are provided with accommoda- tion for both Chinese and European patients. There are many foreign banks, and numerous Chinese banks. In addition to a number of smaller hotels, there are two large splendidly-equipped hotels the Hotel des Wagons-Lits and the Hotel de Pekin. The latter is a magnificent structure capable of accommodating 1,000 guests.
The streets of Peking are macadamized, and two electric light companies have been organized which will furnish light wherever wanted in the city. Outside the Legation quarter there are many foreign buildings, the number of which is growing yearly, changing to some extent the appearance of the business localities adjacent to the Glacis.
Since the revolution many changes, which would have been unthinkable under the Manchu régime, have taken place. In addition to opening all available gates, the authorities have constructed several new streets at considerable cost, and are giving better access to certain localities which were formerly badly served. The Imperial City Wall is now pierced in over a dozen places, and three new thoroughfares have been opened, viz., the Nan Ch'ih Tzu, the Nan Fu K'ou, and the Fu Yu Chieh, the last-mentioned providing a well-made road alongside the western wall of the Imperial City. Peking has a population of 1,375,634 (figures of the Ministry of the Interior.)
CENTRAL (PEKING) GOVERNMENT
TAYUANSHUAI (GENERALISSIMO's) GOVERNMENT Premier-Pan Fu
Foreign Affairs-Minister Wang Yin-T'ai; Vice Minister Wu Chin Interior-Minister Shen Jui-lin; Vice Minister Ch'i Yao-ch'eng
Military Affairs-Minister Ho Feng-lin; Vice Ministers Yang Yü-hsün (Army), Yü
Kuo-han (General Staff), Wen Shu-te (Navy) and Chao Yen-hsü (Aviation) Finance--Minister Yen Tse-p'u; Vice Ministers Chu Yu-chi (Finance), Tuan Yung-pin
(Salt), and Tung Shih-en (Wine and Tobacco)
Industry-Minister Chang Ching-hui; Vice Minister Tien Pu-ch'an
Agriculture and Commerce-Minister Mo Te hui; Vice Minister Liu Ching-i Communication-Minister P'an Fu; Vice Minister Ch'ang Yin-huai Justice-Minister Yao Chen; Vice Minister Shan Yü-sheng Education-Minister Liu Che; Vice Minister Lin Hsiu-chu
Revenue Council-Minister Yen Tse-p'u; Vice Minister T'an Kuo-huan Chief Secretary to the Cabinet-Hsia Jen-lu
FOREIGN ADVISERS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA
TAYUANSHUAI'S OFFICE
Tashihaitsuro Banzai (Japanese)
John C. Ferguson (American)
Seiya Giga, Shigeo Korenaga, Takema Makino and Nanao Matsui (Japanese)
B. Lenox Simpson (British)
THE CABINET
W. H. Donald (British), Co-director,
Chinese Government Bureau
Economic Information
Andre d'Hormon (French)
BOARD OF Audit
M. Konovaloff (Russian)
G. Padoux (French)
of
T. Tsuchiya (Japanese), Co-director,
Foreign Loans Dept.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
C. L. L. William (American), Associate Director of the Wine and Tobacco Administration
F. Shefersce (American)
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY (GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY)
J. G. Anderssen (Swedish)
A. Grabau (American)
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
A. H. Erikson (Danish)
R. Nakayama (Japanese) F. H. Clark (American) H. Van der Veen (Dutch)
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