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THE  CHINESE  EMPIRE

themselves  and  have  expended  their  assessments  through
a  headless  committee,  but  have  no  official  status  as  a  selfgoverning
  administrative  body  ;  and  Chefoo  represents
the  third  of  the  four  types  of  municipal  government  to  be
found  operating  at  the  treaty  ports,  of  which  the  first
is  seen  in  the  concession,”  as  at  Tientsin  already  described,
the  second  in  the  “  settlement,”  as  at  Shanghai,  and  the
fourth  in  a  special  form  of  government  which  will  be  described ­
  under  Yochow.  For  many  years,  until  about  ten
years  ago,  Chefoo  was  the  sole  summer  resort  available  in
hina,  and  is  still  frequented  by  many,  attracted  by  its
sea  bathing  and  sea  breezes,  and  by  the  summer  visits  of
many  of  the  foreign  war-ships  on  the  station.  The  resident
loieign  population  of  the  port  and  district  in  1905  was
1431,  including  433  British,  221  American,  and  547  Japanese.
or  trade  purposes  the  port  is  not  well  situated,  being  i n
t  e  middle  of  the  northern  side  of  the  mountainous  section,
an  connected  with  the  plain  country  only  by  such  routes  as
- ca  ^  r °ads  in  China,  or  by  junk  to  the  harborless  ports
?  nor th  coast  ;  and  yet,  as  an  outlet  and  supply  depot
0r  e  Province,  its  development  has  been  marked.  A
por  ion  of  its  trade  is  with  the  coast  of  eastern  Shengking
tying  opposite  across  the  Gulf  of  Pechihli.  The  value  of
1  s  trade  during  the  past  forty  years  has  been  as  follows»
treasure  not  included

Imports.  Exports.  Total.

Tls.  Tls.  Tls.
2,766,669  2,758,547  5,525,216
5,o5l,i59  1,960,402  7,811,561
5,922,202  4,138,314  10,060,516
&gt;208,938  6,569,738  14,778,676
21,569,021  12,686,154  34,255T75
2 7,I79,259  11,952,125  39,131,384

be  added  for  1905  the  value  of  the  junk
1  “-11,531,033,  exports  Tls.2,311,260,  total
mong  the  imports  the  principal  wef e

in  1904  Tls.3,420,000  for  foreign,  and