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Rev. Aug. Hénault

HANGCHOW-NINGPO

Rev. A. Asinelli (Kiashing) Rev. F. Radogna do. Rev. McArdle (Huchow) Rev. J. Conway do.

Rev. E. Lobry (Yenchow) Rev. J. Lamers do.

MAISON ST. VINCENT, CATHOLIC HOSPITAL & ORPHAN ASYLUM, Sisters of Charity

Sisters Calcagni (supèr.), Blanchin,

Leang, Piret, Ouang, Kou, Tsu

會 年 靑 Chin nyien wei

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

J. C. Oliver

D. K. Tong

Y. S. Chen

K. Y. Chu

C. Y. Wong

T. L. Chu

T. Y. Chen

會年青女敎督基

Chi tu chao nu chủng niên v

YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCN.

Miss P. C. Yuan

局理管務郵江浙

Chekiang yu wu kuan li chu

POST OFFICE-Tel. Ad; Postos

Commissioner-J. C. Parkin

District Deputy Commissioner (Act-

ing)-Sa Yik Wun

Deputy Commissioner (Acting)—P..

Baillie (district accountant).

Assistants-Yen Tsu Kong and Tong-

Kung-ta (in-charge, Secretariat)

路鐵甬杭滬

SHANGHAI-HANGCHOW-NINGPO RAILWAY

H S. Lee, managing director

Kalgan Shih, general secretary

P. H. Lo, chief English secretary

A. C. Clear, engineer-in-chief

L. P. Ridgway, personal assistant

to engineer-in-chief

Z. U. Kwauk, dist. engr. (Hangchow) T. C. Pu,

do. (Ningpo)

李美

Mei Fu

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK-Zahkou

Paxon Zhee, acting in-charge

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NINGPO

波響

Ning-po

Ningpo is situated on the river Yung, in the province of Chekiang, in lat. 29 deg. 55 min. N., and long. 121 deg. 22 min. E. It was one of the five ports thrown open to foreigners in 1842. Foreigners had, however, visited Ningpo at an early date. Portuguese traded there in 1522; a number of them settled in the place in that and succeeding years, and there was every prospect of a rising and successful settlement soon being established. But the lawless acts of the Portuguese soon attracted the attention of the Government, and in 1542 the Governor of Chekiang ordered the settle- ment to be destroyed and the population to be exterminated. A large force of Chinese troops soon besieged the place, destroying it entirely, and out of a population of 1,200 Portuguese 800 were massacred. No further attempt at trade with this port was made till towards the close of the 17th century, when the East India Company established a factory at the island of Chusan, some 40 miles from Ningpo. The attempt to found a trade mart there, however, proved unsatisfactory, and the factory was abandoned after a few years' trial. The port was deserted by foreigners for many years after that. When hostilities broke out between Great Britain and China in 1839, the fleet moved north from Canton, and on the 13th October, 1841, occupied Ningpo, and an English garrison was stationed there for some time. In March, 1842, an attempt was made by the Chinese to re-take the city, but the British artillery repulsed them with great slaughter. Ningpo was evacuated on May 7th, and, on the proclamation of peace in the following August, the port was thrown open to foreign trade.

Ningpo is built on a plain which stretches away to a considerable distance on either side. The walls of the city enclose a space of some five miles in circumference. They are built of brick, and are about 25 feet high, 15 feet wide at the summit, and 22 at the base. Access is obtained to the town by six gates. A large moat commences at the north gate and runs along the foot of the wall for about three miles