LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . Hai-k*<nv -^ p harbour. It is 93 feet above high-water level, and isvisible 10 miles; 2 Cape CamiovSwankUmwei^^^. It is 67 28^ SECTION IV. THE COAST-LINE OF CHINA. feet above high-water level, and visible 14 miles; 3 Laniko orLinkao^0\ lighthouse. It is 03 I feet above high-water level,and visible lo a distance of 13 h miles. Sea-ports. — The principal are : Swatow ov SJuint*eu\\]\^. — Population, GO,OOU port is situated at the mouth of the Han 4f ri
LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . Hai-k*<nv -^ p harbour. It is 93 feet above high-water level, and isvisible 10 miles; 2 Cape CamiovSwankUmwei^^^. It is 67 28^ SECTION IV. THE COAST-LINE OF CHINA. feet above high-water level, and visible 14 miles; 3 Laniko orLinkao^0\ lighthouse. It is 03 I feet above high-water level,and visible lo a distance of 13 h miles. Sea-ports. — The principal are : Swatow ov SJuint*eu\\]\^. — Population, GO,OOU port is situated at the mouth of the Han 4f river, yhipswith a draught of 20 feet can easily enter the bay. The rowsof posts laid by fishermen between Double island and the ancho-rage are alone to be guarded against, especially at night. Tradingvessels can find good holding ground with a depth of 30 lo 3bfeet opposite the town. The bay is in constant communicationwith Amoy, Foochow, Hongkong and Shanghai (*ee Section III. p. 210). Hongkong or Hsiangkixing ^^i^ (fragrant lagoon). — Hong-kong is an island at the Eastern entrance of the Canton river, and. ONGKONa HONGKONG ^ -^ includiug Kowloou and the New Temtory. THE COAST OF KWANGTUNG. 285 a Crown Colony of Great Britain. It is a mass of granite, schistand basalt, varied with hill and dale, woods, rocky creeks t^ndsandy beaches. The Peak upon which stands the signal-staffis 1,825 feet high. The island is 11 miles long and from to 2to 5 broad. The colony has been increased in 1898, by thelease for 99 years, of a tract of territory on the mainland. Thewhole of the Colony, now including Kowloon j[^ f| (acquired bythe Peking Convention of 1860),has an area of 400 square population, according to the census of November 20*^^% 1906,is ,400 inhabitants, of whom 294,426 are Chinese. The whiteresidents, exclusive of the army and navy, number 10,981. Thechief town is Victoria (population, 182,000), on the N. coast ofthe island, facing the mainland. When th
Size: 1876px × 1331px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidlrichardscompreh00rich
