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Directories & Chronicles 香港指南 All

TENGYUEH (MOMEIN)

A505

telegrams. The old route via Manwyne is now seldon used. Here it was that A. R. Margary, of H. B. M. Consular Service in China, was murdered. His memorial stands in the Bund Gardens in Shanghai. Pack animals and porters constitute the sole means of transport, but freights are fairly cheap between May 1, and the November 1, when travelling is delightful, and expensive during the monsoon season, when some 70 inches of rain fall. Mails always travel by train from Rangoon tó Myitkyina and from thence they go through Sadon and Niuchuanho to Tengyueh. The total time taken being only six days. It is easy to travel over this route, but camping gear is essential owing to the lack of inus. Namkhan, a town some twelve days south of Tengyueh,,is now joined to Lashio (a rail-head in Burma) by motor road and will be connected with Bhamo later. The road between Tengyueh and Yunnanfu is in a very poor state indeed. The journey by caravan takes some twenty-four days, the last part being done by bus. The mail couriers take only twelve days. Owing to the prohibitive cost, there can never be any question of building a railway between the two towns, though it would be a comparatively easy matter to build either a road or a railway between Tengyueh and Bhaino. The climate of Tengyueh is for the most part excellent. The temperature hardly ever rises above 80° or falls below freezing point. The climate of the valleys to the south of the town, however, is very malarial. Travellers without adequate money are not permitted to enter Burma and, they would do well not to make the journey from Yunnanfu.

Letters from Tengyueh should be marked. Via Rangoon & Myitkyina, Burma (foreign postage).

Telegrams should be sent Via Madras.

Parcels can only be sent as far as Bhamo, from which town they could be sent on by caravan by an agent (eg. Messrs. Nanak Chand, Bhamo), or they could be sent via Yunnanfu, but by that route they take several inonths.

TRADE IN 1933

Conditions were peaceful throughout the year and bandits were entirely absent However, the adverse Rupee exchange, the depression in Burma and the closing of many Chinese firms in Rangoon, and the high import tariff all forced down trade. and the total value of imported goods fell from Gold Units 2,815,000 in 1932 to G. U. 1,284,000 in 1933. Staple imports in this district are Cotton Coatings, Raw Cotton, Cotton Yarn, Kerosene Oil and Matches. Exports also fell considerably. The value of exported goods in 1932 being about St. $2,000,000 and in 1933 St. $1,262,000. The only article worth mentioning is Raw Yellow Silk, most of which comes originally from Szechuan Province on pack animals.

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