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NANNING-KOUANG-TCHEOU-WAN

DIRECTORY

ASIATIC PETROLEUM COMPANY (SOUTH

CHINA), LTD. --Cable Ad: Petrosilex

Yeong Yin Seng

BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co. –

Lam Kwok Kon

CUSTOMS, CHINESE

MARITIME-Cable

Ad: Custos

Deputy Commissioner - in Charge-

Chen Shao

-

Assistant Tseng Chao Hua

Examiner Chung Chak Nam

府 事 領國法大

FRENCH CONSULATE-

Consul-J. Royere (Resides at Lung-

chow)

MISSIONS

EMMANUEL HOSPITAL, Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society, Nanning-Cable Ad: Bichmisso. London Office: 14, Victoria Street, S.W.I.

MISSIONS ETRANGÈRES-

Mgr. Albouy, évêque (Nanning) Rev. Pere Costenoble, provicaire

(Nanning)

Rev. Pere Labully (Liuchow)

Rev. Pere Cuenot (Nanning)

Rev. Pere Dalle (Nanning) Rev. J. M. Epalle (Silin) Rev. L. Crocq (Kweihsien) Rev. Teissier (Siang Chow) Rev. Seosse (Kweihsien) Rev. Courant (Silin) Rev. Seguret (Silung) Rev. Rigal (Siangchow) Rev. Caysac (Lungchow) Rev. Heraud (Kweihsien) Rev. Peyrat (Liuchow) Rev. Madèore (Liuchow) Rev. Maillot (Tai Ping) Rev. Billaud (Tai Ping)

Rev. Kerouanton (Liukiang, Kiang-

chow)

Rev. Bacon (Kweihsien)

Rev. Mamet (Nanning)

Rev. P. Leblanc (Nanning)

KWANGSI MISSION OF SEVENTH DAY

ADVENTISTS, THE-

E. G. Annofsky, director

D. D. Coffin, M.D., medical secretary H. S. Lei, assist. treasurer

V. M. Hansen, evangelist (Wuchow)

POST OFFICE-Yungning (Nanning)

To Im Kien, director

STANDARD-VACUUM OIL Co.-Cable

Ad: Standvac

Shek Chung Wah, inspector Leung Fung Lam, manager

KOUANG-TCHEOU-WAN

灣州廣

Kwáng-chau-wan

The bay of Kwangchau (or according to the French official spelling, Kouang-Tcheou Wan), situated in the province of Kwangtung, was ceded on lease with the surrounding territories by a Convention between France and China, and occupied by the French on the 22nd of April, 1898. It is situated between 20 deg. 45 min. and 21 deg. 17 min. north latitude, and 107 deg. 55 min. and 108 deg. 16 min. east longitude at a distance more or less 230 miles west-south-west of Hongkong. The two- islands of Nao-tcheou and Tang-hai placed at the entrance of the bay make an excellent closed port into which entrance is by two narrow passages. The port measures about 15 miles long, and for about half of its length it is three or four miles in breadth. The depth of anchorage of 20 metres extends over a length of more than 10 miles and borders on the extremity of the junk port of Tchekam, an important commercial centre in constant communication with Macao, Hongkong, Hainan and Pakhoi. The neighbouring districts are well cultivated, and it is believed mineral beds will be found. The new French territory is only separated from the valley of the West River by chains of hills. Following the Convention of delimitation signed on the

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