LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . 30 milesfrom all points of the leased territory, the total is about 2,750square miles. The interior of the bay is not very deep, but itsentrance has 16 to 24 fathoms of water. It affords good shelterto ships, and is not icebound. Tsingtao has a foreign populationof 1,110 persons, and 120,000 Chinese. The entrance to the bay is I of a mile across. A lighthouse,108 feet above high-water level, stands on the end of theheadland, and is visible to a distance of 10 miles
LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . 30 milesfrom all points of the leased territory, the total is about 2,750square miles. The interior of the bay is not very deep, but itsentrance has 16 to 24 fathoms of water. It affords good shelterto ships, and is not icebound. Tsingtao has a foreign populationof 1,110 persons, and 120,000 Chinese. The entrance to the bay is I of a mile across. A lighthouse,108 feet above high-water level, stands on the end of theheadland, and is visible to a distance of 10 miles. Another,92 feet high, and visible 4 miles, is erected within the harbour is rapidly developing. A pier, 4 miles in length,encloses the inner wharf. The area of the latter is about 1 ^square miles, and it has been dredged to a depth of 6 second wharf will be soon completed. A floating dock, capableof taking in vessels of 16,000 tons capacity, commenced worktowards the close of 1905. From January 1906, the free-portarea has been reduced to the harbour. Henceforward all mer- THE COAST OF SHANTWNft. 259. Sand. KIAOCHOW BAY 0 >}\\. Depth in metres (1 metre = 1,093 yard), Height in metres (100 metres = 328 feet), 260 SECTION IV. THE COAST-LINE OF CHINA. chandise pays import duty according to the general treaty tariff,and then travels to the hinteiiand without further restriction. The surrounding towns and villages are rapidlj^ developing, and their populationis also increasing. Thej enjoy like Tsingtao the great advantage of being connectedwith the interior by railwaj. The port of Tsingtao can be easily fortified, owing to hills which surround iton the W. and E., and rise respectively to 1,600 and 5,000 feet. In the vicinity areimportant coal-beds, and the coal extracted will soon become the staple export articleof the port. Trade increases every year, but is still however far behind that of Chefoo. TheImperial Maritime Customs report the tota
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