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deal of building has been going on during recent years. The new buildings are nearly
always in semi foreign style, and hardly a street retains a purely Chinese appearance.
At two points of junction of three main streets, and therefore not quite in the middle of
the city, are placed two towers called the Bell Tower anil the Drum Tower respectively.
The street between these towers is the principal business street of Mukden, and in it
are situated all the most important shops and banks. The whole of the main streets
were reconstructed and re-metalled 'during 1907-08. The streets and many shops are
lighted by electricity, the use of which has spread with remarkable rapidity. According
to the census taken by the Japanese Consular police the population in November, 1915,
was 177,957, comprising 175,491 Chinese, 2083 Japanese, 206 Koreans and 177 foreigners.
Nurhachu, the founder of the Manchu dynasty, established himself at Mukden in 1625,
and his tomb (the Tungling, Eastern tomb), about seven miles east of the city, is an
object of great interest. The great mound and funeral hall are enclosed within a high
wall pierced by one large gateway which holds three arched portals, and the avenue of
approach is spanned by two lofty stone arches elaborately sculptured. Two massive
couchant lions guard the portal. Nurhachu’s son is buried at the Peiling (Northern
tomb), about 2 miles to the north of the city. The tomb is similar in arrangement
to the Tungling. There are many other objects of Manchu histor ical interest in the
town and its vicinity. Accommodation for foreign visitors is at present very limited.
There are one or two small hotels in semi-foreign style inside the city ; and the
South Manchuria Railway Company have a first-class hotel in European style at their
new railway station.
Mukden has long been an important centre of missionary activity.
DIRECTORY
Asiatic Petkoleum Co.
Bank of Chosen—Shoseikwan, outside
Little Westgate; Tel. Ad: Chosenbank
H. Konishi, manager
G. Suzuki, p. p. manager
T. Hayashi, do.
S. Kosoyegawa, do.
British American Tobacco Co., Ltd.-
Manchurian Head Office: Mukden; Tel.
Ad: Powhattan
J. E. Brooks, Manchurian div. mgr.
A. S. Kent, asst. do. do.
E. Arney
F. Boulton
G. F. Boulton
W. S. Bungey
G. S. Barker
O. Lammert
A. E.L. Burgoyne
G. J. Burbidge
W. P. Smith
Lee Parker
E. Cummings
W. R. Coleman
B. S. Jenkins
S. W. Glass
F. Stunger
J. P. Hall
W. R. Harvey
Rud. Just
P. J. McCabe
British Chamber of Commerce
S. F. Drakeford, hon. secy.
British Cigarette Co., Ltd.
H. E. Morton
CONSULATES
America
Con.-Gen.—E. Carleton Baker
Vice-Consul—M. G. Faulkner
British Empire—Tel. Ad: Britain
Consul-Genl.—P. E. O’Brien-Butler
France
Consulate (w ith jurisdiction over the
three provinces of Manchuria); Tel.
Ad: Fransulat
Acting Consul—A. Hauchecorne
Vice-Coni. Interprete—
Attache de Chancellerie—
Interprete—Han Che-pin
Lettre—Wang Tsen-tsono
Japan
Consul-General—(Acting) S. Akatsuka
Vice-Consul and 7 assistants
Russia
Consul-General—S. A. Kolokolov
Secretary—T. A. Bobrovnikov
Interpreter—G. J. Dolia
Customs, Chinese Maritime
Commissioner—C. H. Brewitt-Taylor
M. Cupelli | K. Hirano