The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-20

this foreign settlement Further IN the INFERIOR u
chief centre OF the trade Of Mandjuria with
China. The colony Of foreigners is yet but small:
Tmerican. two English and one German firm
established. The climate is healthy but the winters
very cold, the centigrade thermometer showing
teen degrees below Is the general maximum OF
winter temperature and three degrees below zero
is usually moderate. The country around Mn.
Chang is low and open, but well TILED and dotted
with villages and DWELLINGS Inc ch,ed pr0auS.s are
horns camel hair. In the winter, when field work
is Impossible, the people lorm into large caravans
and transport the fruit OF their summers toll on
carts further south, generally TO Yngtz.
x.-TA-KOw AND TAIwAN-Fo0.
mosa, and though at distance OF twenty-five miles
they are In fact but one port Tai-Wan-Foo Ii inc
principal city Of the department OF Formosa on ON the
habitants. 1t maintains very extensive tIauo ~
iunks but its open roads protect the shipping Only
at Ta-Kow further SOUTH which was opened IN 1854
The harbor good one, but small ana at us en-.
ebn tide In tine narbor itself the depth nom eight
TO nine fathoms. Ta-Kow Is but an lnslgnincant
place, and the foreign settlement Is also very small
but the Roman Catholics have mission there, con-
sistinQ OF MONKS Of the Dominican ORDER. sugar,
rice OIL hemp salt &C., constitute the principal pro:
ducts Oh the island. The climate Is very warm, but
Xii. AND xIn.--NANKTN AND RIuNo-cHow.
According to the treaties the cities Of NanKln.
on the river Yang Tse Kang, and OF klung Cnow, on
the island Of HaNan were also 70 pc opened 70 ior-
eign commerce, but the very limited commercial i'm
Kin. the former Capital Of China. was for over ten
years In the possession Of the Taepngs On the lstn
Of March, was stormed ana taken Dy rne ~
retake the city they did not succeed until July ~,
1894, when the Imperial vceroy, Tseng. Keu- Fang
drove the rebels out Since then tue imperial gov
| eminent made Nankin the capital OF the province
| OF Klang.Nin and the residence OF the ViceroY OF
both the Kiangs. Every effort was made to induce
no mn pf08Tes8
go slow that many years win pass before this city
once the chef OF all the cities Of China, can again
be- said 10 be on the road future prosperity and
greatness. The rebels have not only destroyed all
the suburbs and the city proper but they also tore
side Of the ciUy walls and two miles further they
destroyed another famed monument OF ancient
,Ss oanaer o Se Ming dynasty
| XIv-HONG KONG.
| The island which bears this name mas circuit OF
! from twenty-six to twenty-seven miles, IL very
| mountainous and contained In 1872 when 10 was
| ceded to England, only few villages OF Cnlnese
the northern shore opposite the Bay Hong
rises alphabetically along the MOUNTAINS inIo
the rocks Of which the sreets ay1 9se e~ n
Inc wonders OF the age and proves what the enter
prsing spirit and indOmitaDle perse OF tne
sn@er Is ys saye unnsa,thy During the months
July ana August the centrgrade thermometer oiTen
to s4 degrees ana ss az sea degrees Celsius
In the harbor the signs OF busy ie are always scn
steamers from Asia Europe and America are con
| tlnually arriving or departing. There are steam
lines Connecting with Few YORK ~ way q 6v San
| OF the Red Sea and the Isthmus OF Suez; with Aus
tralia, japan; with Canton, Macao Swatow, Annoy
| Fooctow Shanghae, Manila, and Win singapore
Calcutta and Bombay.
The population is q very mixed one. BY the las
census OF December 81, 1850, the following was as
cerained to be the composition OF the inhabitants
| the island of Hong kOng:- -
Europeans and Americans (white). :.......... I'll
ntners Of mixed blood ..................... l,23
r,hinaaa IL, the emnlOv of Europeans 6,65
Chinese tn the city OF Victoria .......... 65, go
Chinese in villages and OF Ken Lung ........ 9,61
Chinese IN noafInp houses IN harbor ...... 1885
| Chinese outsde of victoria 1900
| Floating poDulation OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. POI
Total population OF island ...............1 liz, 90