NEWCHWANG
Niu-chwang
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Ying-kou
(JAPANESE: Eikō)
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Newchwang, in latitude 40 deg. 37 min. 37 sec. N., longitude 122 deg. 10 min. 23 sec. E., or 38 miles from the Newchwang Lightship was opened to foreign trade in May, 1864, and was for more than 40 years the only Treaty port in Manchuria, now known as Manchoúkuo, which comprises the four, Pro- vinces formerly known as Fengtien, Kirin, Heilungkiang and Jehol Man- churia was commonly called by the Chinese the "Tung San Sheng, or the Three Eastern Provinces. Manchoukuo is now divided into the provinces of Heiho, Lungkiang, Sankiang,, Pinkiang, Chientao, Kirin, Fengtien, Antung, Chinchow, Jehol, and North, South, East and West Hsingan. Newchwang is situated in the south of Fengtien province and lies about 13 miles from the mouth of the Liao River, which empties into the Gulf of Liaotung, а continuation of the Gulf of Polai. The proper name of the port is Yingkou, and not Newchwang, which is actually situated 90 i (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 difficuity 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 Koupangtzu, maintain daily communication with Tientsin, Peiping and Mukden; and the South Manchurian Railway, through its branch line from Tashihchiao, maintains daily communication with Dairen, Port Arthur, Mukden, Tiehling, Hsinking and Harbin where a connection can be made with the Trans-Siberian Railway to Europe
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The principal trade of Newchwang is the export of beans and bean- cakes, but this is at present far from flourishing. The town contains many factories-textiles, matches, paper, etc.
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The foreign (non-Japanese) population is now very small.
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