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NINGPO WENCHOW

會敎英大 Ta ying chao wei

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Right Rev. J. Curtis, D.D. and wife

(Hangchow)

Miss E. J. Clark

Miss M. M. Clark

Rev. Father Peter Vonken, C.M.

Rev. Father William O'Hara,

C.M.

Rev. Joseph Chen, C.M.

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH

Miss E. Green

Miss A. Megson

W. A. Willis, Warden

Rev. A. W. Molony and wife

Dr. E. G. Sugg and wife

Miss A. Rogerson

堂主天波響

Ning po Tien tsu tang

MISSION CATHOLIQUE DU NINGPO

Rt. Rev. A. Defebvre

A. Buch

D. Nugent

C. Pruvost

L. Marques

C. Delafosse

McKiernan

Givry Vonken

Boucherie

Engels

Dontan

O'Hara

Corcuff

會公道循

METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Rev. A. A. Conibear and wife

(chairman)

H. S. Redfern. M.Sc., and wife

Rev. H. Tomlinson and wife

Miss D. V. Coombs, B.A.

Rev. P. E. Slater

Miss K. Coombs

L. Pech

J. Prost

PETIT SÉMINAIRE ST. VINCENT

Rev. Fr. J. Tchao, C.M.

Rev. Fr. P. Sou

Rev. Fr. T. Tcheng Rev. Fr. J. B. Wang Rev. Fr. Shu, C.M. Rev. Fr. Chow

SAINT PAUL'S CATHOLIC SEMINARY

Rev. Father Denis Nugent, C.M.

Rev. Father Leon Marquis, c.M.

司公船輪紹響

Ning shao lung sui kung sze

NINGPO-SHAOHSING S. N. Co., LTD., THE

Ye Shun Chuen, manager

Wu Shih-feng, chief clerk

POST OFFICE

局務 郵

Lin Si Nan, acting deputy

commissioner in charge

STANDARD-VACUUM OIL COMPANY

T. Y. Li, in-charge

WENCHOW

州温

Wan-chau

Wênchow, one of the five ports opened to foreign trade by the Chefoo Convention, is the chief town in the department of Wênchow, occupying the south-east corner of Chekiang province. The city is situated on the south bank of the river Ou, about 20 miles from its mouth, in lat. 28 deg. 1 min. 30 sec. N., long, 120 deg. 38 min. 45 sec. E. The site is a well cultivated plain, bounded on all sides by lofty hills. The walls are said to have been first erected during the fourth century, and they have been enlarged and re-built at various times since. They are formed of stone, diagonally laid at the foundation, and partly also of brick, and measure about four miles in circumference. The streets generally are paved with brick or stone and kept in careful repair by the householders. Many of them run side by side with small waterways, which in their turn communicate with navigable canals intersecting the whole city.

There are numerous large nunneries and temples in Wênchow. The Custom House, outside the North Gate, various Yamêns, other public offices and the Foundling Hospital, are also among the chief buildings. The last-named institution, built in 1748, contains 100

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