Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 21. Tientsin Branch of the Bank of Chosen iMUmu-yii\*-M>y,)- The cilv of TientsinCfiW-) (l)]). S()(),()0()) istlie most llourisliint,^ tren-typort of North , corre-siranding in importnnee toCanton (l5t>|C) in the eity is built on tliesilt deposits formed hy theIeiho (flinl) and the (.randCanal whieh earries a partof the muddy waters <jtthe Iluangho (^M). Theeity, with the native andsettlement cjuartcrs, is lo-cated on both banks ofthese rivers and is the natu-ral gateway of 1ekingQtii-) from whieh it isseparated by a distance ofabout 8

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Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 21. Tientsin Branch of the Bank of Chosen iMUmu-yii\*-M>y,)- The cilv of TientsinCfiW-) (l)]). S()(),()0()) istlie most llourisliint,^ tren-typort of North , corre-siranding in importnnee toCanton (l5t>|C) in the eity is built on tliesilt deposits formed hy theIeiho (flinl) and the (.randCanal whieh earries a partof the muddy waters <jtthe Iluangho (^M). Theeity, with the native andsettlement cjuartcrs, is lo-cated on both banks ofthese rivers and is the natu-ral gateway of 1ekingQtii-) from whieh it isseparated by a distance ofabout 8G miles by rail. The origin of the eitymay Ix; traced back , in the Ming Ieriod(W^). when a frontiergarrison was establishedhere. It gradually grewowhigto the uni{|uc geogra-phical position it enjoys,and with its occupationby the British forces in1858 was thrown ojien toforeign 22. Japanese Settlement in Tientsin (.;>C?lt). - 3U - 23. Commercial Museumand Normal Schoolviewed from Hopei(M-fb) Park.

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