See also:

• HARBIN, or KHARBIN

HARBIN, or KHARBIN  , See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• MANCHURIA

Manchuria, on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river Sungari . Pop. about 20,000 . Till 1896 there was only a small See also:

• VILLAGE

village here, but in that See also:

• YEAR

year the town was founded. in connexion with surveys for the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese Eastern railway See also:

• COMPANY

company, at a point which subsequently became the junction of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• LINE

line of the Manchurian railway with the See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch line southward to See also:

• PORT

Port See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur . Occupying such a position, See also:

• HARBIN, or KHARBIN

Harbin became an important See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian military centre during the Russo-See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . The portion of the town founded in 1896 is called Old Harbin, but the centre has shifted to New Harbin, where the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief public buildings and offices of the railway See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration are situated . The river-port forms See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

HARBOUR 935 a third See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the town, industrially the most important; here are railway workshops, factories and See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile establishments . See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade is chiefly in the hands of the Chinese .