HAIPHONG
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The appearance of this city, agreeably disposed among trees and tropical vegetation, appeals to the eye of the traveller arriving by sea on a sunny day.
The city, originally comprised within the Cua-Cam and Song-Tam Bac rivers and the Bonnal canal, soon spread beyond these narrow limits owing to the development of its commerce and industry, foreign and indigenous. The principal industrial concerns are cement works (whose products are known all over the Far East), cotton mills, rice mills, brick, tile and ceramic factories, foundries, shipbuilding yards, and an important factory (opened in the beginning of 1922) for the making of all sorts of chemical products. The total population is about 80,000.
Haiphong is connected with Hanoi by rail, passenger-trains running five times a day each way, and is in communication by landline with Saigon and by radio with Hongkong. Haiphong is also connected by a macadamised road of 22 Km. (about 14 miles) with the nice beach of Doson (Dâù-Són in native language), where come to rest, during the hot season, numerous European families of the Protectorate and, too, rich native people.
Haiphong, at last, is the point of starting for all trips in the neighbouring coal regions of Hongay and, by sea as well as by overland, throw the famous "Along Bay".
It must be noticed that the town of Haiphong has been given up to France in whole property by the King of Annam and that, therefore, the city is administrated, like in France, by a French Mayor assisted by a "municipal council" the only difference being that the Mayor is an "Administrator of Civil service" of a high grade, designated by the General Governor, instead of being an "elected citizen”.
MAIRIE DE HAIPHONG
DIRECTORY
Administrateur-Maire-J. Massimi Administrateur-Chef du Secretariat de la
Mairie P. Tuyaaa
Controleur des Contributions Directes-
M. Gaultier
Commissaire de Police Municipale-
Arnaud Max
Commissaire de Police Speciale-Sabatier
ADMINISTRATION MUNICIPALE Administrateur Maire-J. Massimi Chef du Secrétariat-R. Tuyaa
Chef des Travaux Municipaux-Bertin,
ingenieur
Commissaire de Police-Arnaud
Payeur Receveur Municipal-Verges
Commissaire Special-Sabattier
CONSEIL MUNICIPAL
Administrateur Resident-Maire.
Massimi
J.
lere Adjoint-Le D. Fesquet 2eme Adjoint-Lavergne Conseillers Municipaux-Godelu, Dr. Forest, Gicquel, Javouray, Boé, Bouch- ard, Brun Buisson, Lagauzère, Rochat et Gavard
;
Président de la Chambre de Commerce-
Chenu
Ingénieur Chef du Service Maritime-
Gauthier
S. Directeur des Douanes et Régies--
Calendini
Directeur du Port Autonome-Meunier Consulat d'Angleterre Thomas Christie
Landale
Bureau des Factures Consulaires de
Chine-Liu Kiu Kieu
President de la Chambre de Commerce
Chinoise- Kung Sung De
POSTES ET TÉLÉGRAPHES Bureau d'IIaiphong
Receveur-Andrieu
Contrôleurs-Beck, Goudemant
Commis Principaux--Urbain, Hoareau Commis-Nguyen Duc Hung, Nguyen Khac Kien, Pham Van Bao, Truong Tuan Phat
Per-
Mécanicien-Aubouy Monteur-Colonna D'Istria Dames Téléphonistes - Muller,
rin, Miannay, Curiol, Martin, Ha- melle, Brihaye, Gervais, Puylagar- de, Denis, Genot, Carlos, Perretti, Babou, Souloumiac
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