HANKOW-ICHANG
房藥大氏臣屈
A Koong-sin
WATSON & Co., A. S., LD., "The Hongkong WELCH, LEWIS & Co., Merchants
Dispensary," Chemists and Druggists,
Aerated Waters Makers, Wine, Spirit and
Cigar Merchants
J. L. Geo. Laub, manager
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謙 Him-tai
WHITE, W.
163
WUCHANG
HUPEH GOVERNMENT BOARD OF MINES AND WORKS; Address, care of Local Post Office, Hankow
Tsai Taotai, managing director
P. Scheidtweiler, C.E., secretary: Tel.
Address, Shidewiler, Wuchang Hanyang Iron and Steel Works
L. C. Braive, C.E., M.E., manager C. Renson, C.E, assistant manager E. J. Freson, c.E., superdt. of works P. Bure, L.S.C., secretary T. de Hees, traffic manager R. White, foreman erector
E. P. Johnson, head draughtsman H. Pontus, overseer
Hanyang Arsenal
W. Meyer, manager Wuchang Cotton Mill
R. Morris, manager Wm. Morris, night overseer J. Binks, engineer
J. Curron, carding master D. Higgins, weaving master
J. Mellor, weaving master
Wm. Baron,
A. Young,
Wuchang College
do.
do.
Prof. й. H. Robinson, M.A., F.C.I. Tayeh Railway
P. Scheidtweiler, C.E., Wuchang,
engineer-in-chief
H. Hildebrand, c.E., Shih-hui-yao,
engineer
A. Preisser, Hsia-lu, assist. engineer O. Richter, Hsia-lu, loco. superdt. Wang Sau Shih Colliery
F. B. Parkinson, A.R.S.M., mining eng. W. Pattberg,
do.
F. G. Leiser, boring engineer S. Derda,
do.
Ma Ngan Shan Coal Mine
L. Moll, C.M.E.
H. Koehne, mining engineer A. Baumhögger, coke burner D. Schlinkmann, foreman erector Tieh Shan-pa, Iron Ore Mine
F. Schwarze, mining engineer
ICHANG
This is one of the four ports opened to foreign trade on the 1st April, 1997 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 tungtsze 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 showed, however, that Ichang was becoming a consider able distributing centre, but the opening of Chungking has diverted a large portion of the trade which had centred here, and the returns now show a considerable decline, The total value of the trade for 1892 amounted to Tls. 1,435,502, as compared with Tls. 3,939,331 in 1891, and Tls. 6,403,295 in 1890. No foreign Opium is imported at this port, 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.
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