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TISNGTAO (KIAOCHAU) TSINAN

"TSINGTAO TIMES," Daily Newspaper

(English and Chinese Editions)-1, Hsin

Tai Road; Cable Ad Times

C. Stockwell, manager and editor

利 亨 Hang li

ULF-HANSEN & Co., Import, Export, Insurance, Machinery and Commission

Agents 20, Kuan Tau Road; Teleph. 1006 Cable Ad: Ulfhausen.

VACUUM OIL Co.-(See Socony Vacuum

Corporation)

VENUS DRUG Co., Wholesale and Re- tail Druggists, Importers and Manufacturers 35, Chung Shan

Road

S. F. Lew, general manager H. Y. Hsiu, manager

Vitama Co., Ltd., The 61, Feihsiem

PO Box 267

Road Teleph. 327; P.O

L. Engelter, manager

寰震 ·Djin Hwan

WALTER, DAVID LANE & Co., General.

Importers and Exporters--Teleph.

3538; Cable Ad: Wende

吉澤 Chi. Giải

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YOSHIZAWA, T., Importer, Exporter and

Mill Owner-3, Chang Lb Road;. Telephs. 2084; 2146, 2930 and 3101; Cable Ad: Yoshizawa; Codes: All Standard

T. Yoshizawa, principal

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J. S. Amano, signs per pro.

YUE CHONG COAL CO-30, Kuan Tau Road

C. C. Wong

TSINAN

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Tsinan, the capital of the province of Shantung, has the distinction of being the first city in the Chinese Empire in which a Foreign Commercial Settlement was voluntarily opened by the Government of China. The date of its inauguration was January 10th, 1906. Within the area of this Settle- ment, which lies outside the West Gate of Tsinan city, foreign merchants are allowed to reside and trade and lease land; the leases are for terms of thirty years, renewable for a similar term. The control of the Settlement is vested in a Municipal Administration presided over by a Mayor appointed by the Nationalist Government. The city of Tsinan lies to the South of a range of hills (Lat. 36 deg. 50 min. N.; Long. 117 deg. E.), and slopes gradually upwards from North to South. Situated in the south-west suburb are magnificent springs giving forth many tons of

giving forth many tons of water per minute, and the streams from these natural fountains flow through the city to a lake situated on the north side. This abundance of water' tends to make Tsinan one of the cleanest as well as one of the healthiest cities in the Republic. The population was computed by the chief of Police at the end of May, 1933, to be about 428,011, about one-twentieth of whom profess the Mohammedan faith. In an address delivered on the occasion of the inauguration of the Foreign Settlement, the Governor of Shantung described Tsinan as occupying a pivotal position with respect to Northern and Southern China as being on the main route from Kaifeng Fu to the Yellow Sea. Quite a considerable number of foreigners and foreign institutions have established themselves in the Settlement, and several large and imposing buildings have been erected. The chief of these are· the British Consulate-General, the Japanese Consulate-General, Japanese hospital and the Chinese Post Office. Residential buildings are also rapidly being constructed. There is quite a boom in the building of small houses which are occupied by Chinese and numbers of Japanese (1,646-

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