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TIENTSIN-TAKU

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羅 華

Hua lo

WOLOSCHOOK & Co., Exporters and Im-

porters-Tel. Ad: Wolco

房藥濟頁 Liang chi ya fong

WOOLLEN, VOSY & Co., LTD., Pharmaceutical Chemists and Wholesale Druggists- 86, Rue de France; Telepl. 1273 (South); Tel. Ad: Woollen

J. J. Woollen, M.P.S. (Eng.), mang. dir. F. J. Knowles, M.P.S. (Eng.), director

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Ta fu

WRUBEL & Co., Importers and Exporters

-1, Victoria Road; Tel. Ad: Dafuhang

司公璃玻造製器機華耀

Yao hua chi chi chin tsao po li Trung sau YAO HUA MECHANICAL GLASS CO., LTD.-

Consular Road (National Ind. Bank Building); Teleph. 31090; Tel. Ad: Chinglass

Kailan Mining Adininistration, gen-

eral managers

:

Board of Directors - Kung Hsien Chou (chairman), P. C. Young, C.B.E. (deputy chairman), Wang Shao Pu, Chao Chun Ta, Li Shi Ming, A. Docquier and J. Hers

C. C. Kuo, secretary

Factory-Chinwangtao

E. Herman, chief engineer

G. Gilson, cutting shop manager

K. G. E. Rassart, asst. workshops mgr.

Dr. D. D. Muir, medical officer

Drawing Machine Mechanics

L. Divers

L. Quinet | F. A. Vaes

YOUNG MEN'S OPTICAL

Building

James Pan, manager

Co.-Y.M.C.A.

YU TSIN TANNERY, Ltd.-64, Ex-German

Bund

S. C. Sze, general manager

YU YUEN COTTON SPINNING AND WEAVING

Co., LTD.-Siao-liu-chwang

YUE MAN YUNG, General Merchants--306

Victoria Road

ZIMMERMAN & Co., D. I. (Representatives

of W. I. Zimmerman Co., of Shanghai)- 15, Victoria Terrace; Tel. Ad: Zimme

ZIMMERMAN Co., H. J., Import, Export and Commission Merchants; Furs and Skins-45, Cours Joffre; Tel. Ad: Zim-

merman

TAKU

浩大

Ta-ku

This village is situated at the mouth of the Pei-ho, on the southern bank of the river about 36 miles from Tientsin by water. The surrounding country is so flat and uninteresting that it is difficult for a stranger to detect the entrance to the river. Beyond the mouth of the river a large mud bank, clearly visible at low tide, stretches out to sea for some miles. It is through this bank and about 4 miles from the real mouth of the river that the bar extends with a width of 150 feet.

There are no clearly defined anchorages but steamers arriving off the bar at low tide must anchor outside the bar while steamers from Tientsin proceeding to sea may anchor anywhere in the river clear of the shipping channel.

The village of Taku is of inconsiderable size and contains few shops and no buildings of interest. About a mile below the village in a direct line lie the Old Southern and Central Fort, while on the northern bank of the river lies the Northern Fort. All are completely demolished and now present the appearance of mounds of earth, though periodical whitewashing of the surface facing seaward makes them serve a useful modern purpose-an aid to navigation. The railway from the neighbouring town of Tangku, on the Northern Bank of the river, to Tientsin was completed in 1888.