During the past three years Chefoo has unquestionably advanced commercially, though chiefly in the line of Chinese enter-Silk Glature seems to be the fad most in evidence, and it must be a proftable budness, judging from the way Chinese invested. A dozen of with thole long, low buildings and innumerable chimneys, now mingle their smoke with the black cloud that hangs over the harbour. This commercial boom has its disadvantages to the foreign residents, for the Chinese town is rapidly extending in all directions, and that without any system or sanitary visions. From present appearances it ins that ere long the foreign r-sidents will find themselves separated, ty the compact and uninviting native town, into four distinct localities, the Settlement on North Hill, the summer hotels and mission houses on the East at Tangshan, the few residences on the West under the forts, and the American Presbyterian plant on Temple Hill. Year by year intercourse between these widely separated places is becoming more and more dificult, and it would be a happy solution of the problem, were some foreign Power to occupy the port and, by a wise expenditure of money, put the place into habitable cond The long-talked-of bund should be constructed from the West beach to the Settlement, and then continued eastward beyond the Settlement to the farthest limits of the occupied area. This would afford easy access from the ral {foreign centres to the Settlement arbour. Your correspondent does 6 a spy and revolutionist, little hope of any improve: ment ao long as the port is under Chinese jurisdiction. Two or three wide streets North and South and "nother through the chinese town East and West would also work wonders as a sanitary mensure. If this port is to hold its own against, Teingtao as a summer resort, some Tadical step must bg soon taken, or the case will be hopel
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