Some time ago your correspondent took
making the native port of Ngantungwei occasion to touch upon the Pome of. a port of call for coast steamers running south of the Shantung Promontory. about one hundred miles south-west of the mouth of the Kiaochou Bay and is protected from the north winds by bold hills running out into the sea. We ventured to mention the matter to our intelligent prefect Ting Li-chun, He scorned to be interested and recurred to the subject upon a subsequent interview. In the latter part of March he borrowed your correspondent's field-glass and went in person to visit Negantungwei. He asked numerous questions, had the roadstead sounded, and raised the hopes of the local merchants to the highest pitch. It remains to be seen
of ital. whether anything practical will come out 4th May.
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