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HANOIHAIPHONG

SOCIETE ANONYME DES

DES CHARBONNAGES DE NUYEN QUANG (Capital: 2,000,000 frs.) -Siege Social: Nuyen Quang. Bureaux: 15, Rue des Teintueriers

SOCIÉTÉ

D'APPLICATION DES PROCÉDÉS "FIT" (E. le Bougnec & Cie.), Ré- caoutchoutage et Réparation de Pneus et Chambres à Air par Cure de Vapeur Sèche (Breveté en France et à l'Etranger) -21, Boulevard Rollandes; Teleph. 466; Cable Ad: Pneufit

SOCIÉTÉ D'ENSEIGNEMENT

TONKIN

MUTUEL DU

SOCIÉTÉ FRANCAISE DES DISTILLERIES DE L'INDOCHINE (Anciens Etablissements: A. R. Fontaine & Cie.)-Usines à Hanoi, Nam-Dinh, Haiduong Cholon et Pnom- Penh. Siège Social: 10, Rue la Boétie, Paris. Direction pour le Tonkin et le Nord-Annam: 55, Boulevard Gambetta; Cable Ad: Distamy

SOCIÉTÉ FINANCIERE FRANCAISE DE Colo- NIAL-51, Rue d'Anjou (Paris) Agences à Saigon: 32 rue Lamme. Agences à Hanoi: 89 Boulevard Francis Farrier

SOCIÉTÉ INDUSTRIELLE ET COMMERCIALE

D'ANNAM 55, Boulevard Gambetta

SOCIÉTÉ INDUSTRIELLE... ET FORESTIÈRE D'EXTRÊME ORIENT--Société Anonyme: 135, Route Mandarine; Téléph. 78; Cable Ad: Indusfores

TAUPIN & Co., G., Librairie, Papeterie Messageries de Journaux Imprimerie- 50, Rue Paul Bert; Cable Ad: Taupin

HAIPHONG

Haiphong, the commercial capital of Tonkin, is built on the right bank of the river Cua Cam, one of the numerous divisions of the Song Khoi (Red River), which connects Yunnan with the Tonkin Gulf. Its geographical situation is 20 deg. 51 min. lat. N.,. 106 deg. 42 min. long. E. Although the river is somewhat obstructed by a bar, the entrance to the harbour is as accessible by night as it is by day, thanks to an up-to- date system of lights. The channel, constantly dredged and supervised by the Dept.. of Public Works, allows the biggest liners of the Messageries Maritimes to call at Hai- phong. The lighthouse on the island of Hondau shows a light visible 20 naval miles distant, while that on the Norway islands, indicating the entrance to Hongay, the coaling station, is visible at 25 miles. Vessels anchor in front of the city, in the middle of the river, a quarter-of-a-mile from the shore, while a wharf of 2,000 feet gives ample space for the accommodation of five big ocean-going liners at one time. This wharf is equipped with all modern appliances-2-ton electric cranes, 10-and 20-ton steam cranes, rail track, and electric light. Ships arriving alongside may be immediately connected with the telephone and thus get in touch with any point in the city. Large ware- houses, covering an area of 9 acres and having a storage capacity of 100,000 tons, have been erected on the water-front and are connected by rail with the Central Station of the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'Indo-Chine et du Yunnan. There is thus every facility for the quick handling of goods destined for the different centres of Tonkin and the Chinese province of Yunnan, to which Haiphong is the gateway, by means of the railway line. These godowns and the wharf are the property of the Port Autonome, which owns also the s.s. Amiral de Beaumont, a powerful sea-going tug ready to give assistance to any vessel, whether at sea or in the harbour.

A floating dock, capable of lifting vessels up to 330 feet in length and 2,500 tons displacement, is attached to a modern shipbuilding and repairing yard, where the most extensive repairs can be undertaken.

Haiphong proper is in the midst of an extensive rice swamp with low-lying swampy land all around it for miles, having in the distance the monotony relieved by rugged ranges of low limestone hills, and beyond these to the northward, at a distance of some 16 miles, is a range of mountains, the loftiest, known as the Grand