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capital of See also:Tongking and of See also:French Indo-See also:China, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Song-koi or Red See also:river, about 8o m. from its mouth in the Gulf of Tongking. Taking in the suburban See also:population the inhabitants numbered in 1905 about iio,000, including 103,000 Annamese, 2289 See also:Chinese and 2665 French, exclusive of troops. Hanoi resembles a See also:European See also:city in the See also:possession of wide well-paved streets and promenades, systems of electric See also:light and drainage and a See also:good See also:water-See also:supply. A crowded native See also:quarter built See also:round a picturesque See also:lake lies See also:close to the river with the European quarter to the See also:south of it. The public buildings include the See also:palace of the See also:governor-See also:general, situated in a spacious botanical and zoological See also:garden, the large military See also:hospital, the See also:cathedral of St See also:Joseph, the See also:Paul See also:Bert See also:college, and the See also:theatre. The See also:barracks and other military buildings occupy the site of the old citadel, an See also:area of over 300 acres, to the See also:west of the native See also:town. The so-called See also:pagoda of the See also:Great See also:Buddha is the See also:chief native See also:building. The river is embanked and is crossed by the See also:Pont See also:Doumer, a See also:fine railway See also:bridge over i m. See also:long. Vessels See also:drawing 8 or 9 ft. can reach the town. Hanoi is 1 For others of the name see See also:CARTHAGE; See also:HANNIBAL; PUNIC See also:WARS. See also:Smith's Classical See also:Dictionary has notices of some See also:thirty of the name. the seat of the general See also:government of Indo-China, of the See also:resident-See also:superior of Tongking, and of a See also:bishop, who is See also:vicar-apostolic of central Tongking.

It is administered by an elective municipal See also:

council with a See also:civil service See also:administrator as See also:mayor. It has a chamber of See also:commerce, the See also:president of which has a seat on the superior council of Indo-China; a chamber of the See also:court of See also:appeal of Indo-China, a civil tribunal of the first See also:order, and is the seat of the chamber of See also:agriculture of Tongking. Its See also:industries include See also:cotton-See also:spinning, See also:brewing, distilling, and the manufacture of See also:tobacco, earthenware and matches; native See also:industry produces carved and inlaid See also:furniture, bronzes and See also:artistic See also:metal-See also:work, See also:silk See also:embroidery, &c. Hanoi is the junction of See also:railways to See also:Hai-Phong, its seaport, Lao-See also:Kay, Vinh, and the Chinese frontier via See also:Lang-Son. It is in frequent communication with Hai-Phong by steamboat. See C. Madrolle, Tonkin du sud: Hanoi (See also:Paris, 1907).

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