ICHANG
This is one of the four ports opened to foreign trade on the 1st April, 1887, according to the provisions of Clause I. of Section III. of the Chefoo Convention. Ichang is a prefectural city, of considerable official importance, in the province of Hupeh. It is situated on the river Yangtsze, about 363 miles above Hankow. The navigation of the river up to this port is easy for vessels of light draught, and there is good anchorage at and near the city. The port is the centre of a fairly rich country. Besides the common productions of the great plain of Hupeh, the cultivation of the tungtaze tree, from which the tung oil is expressed, begins on the hills near Ichang and extends west- ward into Szechuen. Opium is grown in considerable quantities in the district. Ichang is conveniently situated as a mart for the tea districts of Hoh-fung-chow, the produce of which might, it was at one time thought, be made suitable for foreign use. It was generally supposed that, as Ichang is situated at the head of steamer navigation on the Yangtsze and occupies a good position for trade, the port would speedily become an important commercial centre. For the first three years these anticipations appeared little likely to be realised: the port cut a miserable figure the first year of its existence as a treaty port. Later returns show, however, that Ichang is becoming a considerable distributing centre, and its inward transit trade is now only second to that of Hankow. The total value of the trade for 1890 amounted to Tls. 6,403,295 as compared with Tls. 4,747,316 in 1889, and Tls. 2,550,648 in 1883. No foreign Opium was imported at this port for some years, and only 1 picul in 1889, the native drug being generally used. The estimated population of the port is 34,000. The foreign concession was attacked by a native mob on the 2nd September, 1891, and nearly all the buildings on it destroyed.
DIRECTORY
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AMERICAN CHURCH MISSION
Rev. H. and Mrs. Sowerby
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants
CHINA INLAND MISSION
G. and Mrs. Nicoll
CHINA MERCHANTS S. N. Co.
Pie Chun-chuen, manager
CHURCH OF Scotland MISSION
Rev. George and Mrs. Cockburn Rev. Wm. Deans
Wm. Pirie, L.R.C.P. and S.EDINE.
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CONSULATE GREAT BRITAIN
Consul-C. W. Everard
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CONSULATE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Consul-H. W. Andrews, res. Hankow
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CUSTOMS IMPERIAL MARITIME
Commissioner--
Assistant-E. A. Aldridge
Do. J. J. H. Ferguson
Medical Officer-E. A. Aldridge Tidesurveyor-W. Stebbins Assist. Examiner-J. H. Nightengale Tidewaiters-M. Hellstrand, A. Bal- harry, T. J. Edwards, J. Ferguson, F. S. Jobst, E. Siden Revenue Cruiser "Ling Fêng" Captain-W. H. Thompson Chief Officer-H. G. Myhre Second Officer-C. H. Chapell
Third Officer-M. Concheron-Aamot Chief Engineer-R. W. Wolfenden Second Engineer-D. W. Wymer Gunner-F. J. Goodall
Hertz, Henry, Merchant
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Merchants
Agencies
Indo China S. N. Company, Limited Canton Insurance Office, Limited Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.
JENKINS, M. A., Merchant
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LITTLE ARCHD. J., Merchant; Owner Str.
Agency
North China Insurance Co.