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CHINWANGTAO NEWCHWANG

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C. Y. Wang, T. C. Tang, Miss

L. P. Donohue and Miss P. H. Yuan

POST OFFICE

Postmaster-Ċ. Y. Pi

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Products--Cable Ad: Texaco

YAO HUA MECHANICAL GLASS CO., LTD.-

(See Tientsin section)

NEWCHWANG

Niu-chwang

口營 * Ying-kou

Newchwang, in latitude 40 deg. 37 min. 37 séc. N., longitude 122 deg. 10 min. 23 sec. E., or 38 miles from the Newchwang Lightship was opened to foreign trade in May, 1964, and was for more than 40 years the only Treaty port in Manchuria, now known as Manchukuo, which comprises the five Pro- vinces of Fengtien, Kirin, Heilungkiang, Jehol and Hsingan and is common- ly called by the Chinese the "Tung San Sheng," or the Three Eastern Pro- vinces. Newchwang is situated in the most southern of these three provinces -Liao Ning-and lies about 13 miles from the mouth of the Liao River, which empties into the Gulf of Liaotung, a continuation of the Gulf of Pohai. The proper name of the port is Yingkou, and not Newchwang, which is actually situated 90 li (30 miles) further up the river. The old town of Newchwang was designed by Treaty to be opened to trade, but the first foreigners, finding Yingkow more conveniently situated and more adapted in very respect for the purposes of trade, quietly installed themselves there and got over the difficulty by the simple process of changing the name of Yingkow into that of New- chwang!

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The country in the immediate vicinity of the port is flat and unpictures- que in the oxtreme, and the town itself has nothing in the way of attractions for the traveller. The climate, from the foreigner's point of view, is one of the best in China, the summers being comparatively cool, while the winters are cold and bracing. The hottest summer temperature rarely exceeds 90° (Fahr), but cold blasts from the North pull down the "mercury" in winter months often to 6° and 10° below zero (Fahr.). The river is generally frozen over for three months of the year, but navigation is practically suspended for four months, from December to the following March. Formerly New- chwang was shut off from the rest of the world during winter, but the advent of railways has changed all this. The Manchukuo State Railways through their branch line from Konpangtzu, maintain daily communication with Tientsin, Peiping and Mukden; and the South Manchurian Railway, through its branch line from Tashilehiao, maintains daily communication with