DAIREN (DALNY), the port of the Kwantung peninsula, on the Pe-Chih-Li strait, which is the southern end of the Liao tung peninsula, in southern Manchuria. The Kwantung penin sula is held by Japan on a lease, and is administered by a governor-general stationed at Dairen. The territory forms a customs district under the Chinese imperial customs, with the chief office for the district at Dairen. The port is free, and goods pay duty only at the frontier of the leased territory. The port has 36 ft. of water at the entrance, and 23 ft. minimum at low water (ordinary spring tides) at the wharves, and the depth at the wharves is now being increased. There are dry docks and special piers for coal and oil. The port has considerable storage accommodation for beans of various kinds and their products, which are its chief export. Trade is mostly with Japan and China, and in 1924 the exports valued over £37,000,000, and the imports nearly £25,000,000. The population (1925) of Dairen included 214,204 Chinese, 83,86o Japanese, and 6o3 Europeans. The port is largely engaged in fishing and in the production of salt. It is served by the South Manchuria railway, and that company's manager is in charge of the wharves.