Once the boat was alongside passports were expeditiously dealt with by Japanese officials who had come aboard for the purpose, and disembarkation cards given to each There was no medical but one had to produce for inspection both the inoculation certificate and the landing permit obtained in Shanghai.
After a cursory examination of baggage at the Customs barrier one is free to enter the town, And now dollars a day seems to be the average price charged at the better-class boarding-houses; and for this one can get quite a good room with a verandah overlooking the sea, good service and often excellent food,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.