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At Kiungchow

HOIHOW-LUNGCHOW

Rev. and Mrs. D. S. Tappan. Miss Alice H. Skinner

Miss Mae Chapin

Rev. O. E, Mirtz..

At Kachek

Miss M. M. Moninger

Rev. and Mrs. D. H. Thomas Miss Esther M. Morse, M.D. Rev. and Mrs. A. E. French Miss M. Burk wall, R.N.

At Nodoa

Rev. and Mrs. P. C. Melrose Miss Mary H. Taylor

Dr. and Mrs. S. P. Seaton

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

At Hoiliow

Rev. Father P. Julliotte, sup.

Rev. Father D. Desperben

At Bangcao

Rev. Father C. Bernard

At Tingan

Rev. Father E. Morvan

At Seangto

Rev. Father F. Manac'h

At Limku

Rev. Father F. Jeyer

POST OFFICE

Postmaster-Chung Chik-chi

A517

SOCONY VACUUM CORPORATION- Cable Ad:

Socony

Cheung Ngai Man, manager

WING FAT HONG, Merchants, Importers and Exporters, Shipping and Insurance Agents Chungshan Rd; Code: Bentley's

Chau Sing Mui, manager

Wong Siu Shek, assist. manager Assistants-Chau King Wei, Chau

King Shiang & Chau Sing Kiu

Agents for:

Cheong Wing Steamship Co.

Po On Marine & Fire Insurance Co.

Wo Fat Sing Steamship Co.

Williamson & Co.

司公利發源口海

YUEN FAT LEE Co., General Merchants

Shipping & Insurance Agents-Chung-

shan Road

Chau Sing Mui, manager

Wong Siu Shek, assist. manager Assistants-Chau King Wei, Chau King Shiang & Chau Sing Kiu

Agents for:

China Navigation Co., Ltd.

B. & S. Marine & Fire Co., Ltd.

LUNGCHOW

州龍 Lung-chow

This city is situated at the junction of the Sung-chi and Kao-ping rivers in lat. 22 deg. 21 min. N., and long. 106 deg. 45 min. E., near the South-western border of the province of Kwangsi, and was selected as the seat of the frontier trade of that province with Tonkin. The continuation of the above-named two rivers is known as the Tso- chiang or left branch of the West River, and it enters the main stream some 30 miles above Nanning. The town is prettily situated amongst the mountains, having exits by the rivers mainly, and lies at an elevation of some 300 feet above sea level. Thẹ city wall, last repaired in 1887, is being demolished rapidly to make a circular road round the city proper. A census taken in 1929 showed the Lungchow population as consisting of 3,500 families, in all 14,796 persons, there being no foreign residents in 1931. From a military point of view Lungchow is considered to be a place of importance, Troops are stationed there and at the three frontier stations of Namkuan, Pingerh, and Shuikou, all roughly thirty miles distant in a westerly direction. The port was opened to Franco-Annamese trade on the 1st June, 1889, and has proved a valuable back door into China when strikes obstruct trade elsewhere; 1926 being a record year. Without however an extension of the Hanoi-Langson railway, any marked development of Lungchow is likely to be slow, though the line now runs through to Nasham, where

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