LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . i\ •^. — The bay of Kwangchow issituated in Kwangtung Province, to the E. of the Leichow ^ >)]] 1!» 290 SECTION IV. THE COAST-LINE OF CHINA. peninsula, and was leased to France by China on April the 22!1898, for 99 years, together with the adjoining islands andterritory. The Chinese population of the territory is about190,000 inhabitants, and its area 84,244 hectares or 325 KWANGCHOW-WAN The two islands of Nanchow ]^ j^ and Tunghai y^ :f^, lyingat the e
LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . i\ •^. — The bay of Kwangchow issituated in Kwangtung Province, to the E. of the Leichow ^ >)]] 1!» 290 SECTION IV. THE COAST-LINE OF CHINA. peninsula, and was leased to France by China on April the 22!1898, for 99 years, together with the adjoining islands andterritory. The Chinese population of the territory is about190,000 inhabitants, and its area 84,244 hectares or 325 KWANGCHOW-WAN The two islands of Nanchow ]^ j^ and Tunghai y^ :f^, lyingat the entrance of the bay, make an excellent land-bound port, intowhich ships can enter by two narrow passes, the N. one beingthe deepest. The bay is from 18 to 22 miles in length, and from6 to 7 broad, and has depths ranging from 3 to 11 fathoms. Itis formed by the mouth of a river, and by several islands, thelargest of which are Amphitrite or Tunghai ^ ^ island andla Rigaudière. A new town is being built at Nivet Point. Severalsteamboats connect it on the S. with Pakhoi and Haiphong(Tongking), and on the N. with Hongkong. Kwangchow-wanis a free port. The territory is divided into 3 circumscriptions. THE COAST OF KWANfiTUNG. 291 The superior administration is performed by a first-class adminis-trator, under the control of the Governor-General of tidal stream is very strong at the mouth of the entrance from the high sea is effected through a narrowand shallow channel, which runs through a
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