The Archive · 1901

The Two Customs Buildings

are now completed and occupied. Tie Commissioner's house is a two-storey, eight~ roomed building, and for health and scenery is the most desirable jon on the river.

Mr. J. C, Hansen, formerly of is duties of this ple. house after havin hulk.

The other building has the business departnient and post office below, and accomniodation for six or eight of the staff above. Between Chenglin settlement and the village is a new wall on which " former Taotai is said to have spent 10,000 taels. Judging from its length and height, the bricks must have been very expensive.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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