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NINGPO-WENCHOW

PETIT SÉMINAIRE ST. VINCENT-

Rev. Fr. J. Tchao, c.M.

Rev. Fr. P. Sou

Rev. Fr. T. Fang

Rev. Fr. J. B. Wang

Rev. Fr. Shu, C.M. Rev. Fr. Chow

Rev. Fr. T. Tcheng

SAINT PAUL'S CATHOLIC SEMINARY-

Rev. Fr. Denis Nugent, C.M. Rev. Fr. Leon Marquis, c.M. Rev. Fr. Peter Vonken, c.M.

Rev. Fr. William O'Hara, C.M.

Rev. Fr. Michael Tcheng

Rev. Fr. Henry Brossard, c.M.

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-

W. A. Willis, warden

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 and Wife

Miss K. Coombs

司公船輪紹響

Ning shao lung sui kung sze

NINGPO-SHAOHSINGS.N. CO., LTD., THE-

Ye Shun Chuen, manager

Wu Shih-feng, chief clerk

局務 郵

POST OFFICE-

First Class Postmaster-Lin Si Nan

STANDARD-VACUUM OIL Co. - Cable Ad :

Standvac

T. Y. Li, in-charge

WENCHOW

州

溫

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 apartments. The Roman Catholic Missionaries have a spacious and imposing church in the western part of the city. The English Methodist Mission has a church capable of seating about 1,000 people. In 1903 this Mission erected a fine college at a cost of $20,000, containing sleeping accommodation for over 100 students, and teaching accommodation for more than 200. Early in 1906 an extensive and substantially constructed Hospital was also completed by the Mission at a further outlay of fully $20,000. The building consists of a central block and two wings after the style of Hunt's Block, Guy's Hospital, and can accommodate about 200 patients. Among the objects of greatest interest and curiosity are two pagodas situated on Conquest Island, abreast of the city. They are both of great antiquity, and the temples between them were for some time the retreat of Ti Ping, the last Emperor of the Sung dynasty, when seeking to escape from the Mongols under Kublai Khan. His Majesty Ti Ping has left behind him autographs preserved to this day in one of the temples. A few members of the Customs staff occupy for- eignbuilt houses on the island. There were Boxer troubles in the Pingyany district several Christians being murdered, in 1900, and all the missionaries left Wênchow, where, however, the officials were able to maintain order. During the summer