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formidable looking batteries commanding the river approaches. The foreign settlement occupies a tract of land extending from the mouth of the Canal along the bank of the river. The little settlement has a neat bund, is provided with a club, and has small Protestant and Catholic churches. It was the scene of a formidable riot on the 5th February, 1889, when about half the foreign houses and buildings were destroyed by a native mob. The population of Chinkiang is estimated at 140,000.
The net value of the foreign imports for 1898 was Tls. 12,650,707 as compared with Tls. 13,310,870 in 1897. The import of Opium into Chinkiang in 1898 was 2,953 piculs, against 2,950 piculs in 1897, and 10,900 piculs in 1884, the trade having declined owing to the competition of the lighter taxed native drug. The net value of the trade of the port for 1898 amounted to Tls. 23,143,548, in 1897, to Tls. 24,145,341, and in
1896 to Tls. 22,950,209.
DIRECTORY
BAVIER & CO., L., Merchants and Commis-
sion Agents
J. B. Roche
A. Schreiber
運寶 Pou-ying
BOWERN, T. W., Merchant and Comn. Agent
古太 Taikoo
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants
T. Weatherston
Agencies
China Navigation Co.: Hulk "Cadiz' Ocean Steamship Company
Union Insurance Society of Canton
Royal Insurance Society
London & Lancashire Fire Insce. Co.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Committee E. Starkey (chairman),
A. E. Allen, F. Gregson (hon. secty.)
局鎮商招
Chau-shang-cihin-kuk
CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGN. Co.;
Hulk "Express"
Chu Seting, agent
Agency
China Merchants' Insurance Company
CHINKIANG CLUB
Committee-Wm. Martin (chairman),
A. E. Allen, C. H. Palmer (hon. sec.)
CONSULATES
門衙事領英大
Ta-ying ling-sze ya-mun
GREAT BRITAIN
Acting Consul-R. Willis
Constable-Wm. Clayton
官事領國美大
Ta-mei-kwoh ling-sze-kwan
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Consul-Wm. Martin
Interpreter-Wan Bi
Chin-kiang-kwan
CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME Commissioner-E. Faragó
Assistant J. H. M. Moorhead
Do. -E. K. Bull
Do. -A. M. J. Keble
Medical Officer-J. A. Lynch, M.D. Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-
C. H. Palmer
Acting Boat Officer-J. J. C. Lorentzen Assistant Examiners-J. E. Harris, N. J. B. Galetti, J. M. Collaço, J. G. Grape Tidewaiters-P. H. Martin, E. C. Williams, W. O. Pegge, J. Lorentzen J. H. Gwynne
Salt Searchers-J. W. Mesny, H. L.
Hamlyn
Light Tender "Hsin Chiao Shan"
康裕 U-cong
DAVID, D. M., Merchant and Comn. Agt.
E. Starkey, agent
VE THE Chang-yuen
DE LAET & Co., F. J., Merchants
Wadleigh & Emery, agents
Sin-shun-chang
Durr & Co., Shipping and Comn. Agents
F. Gregson
Agencies
"Geo. McBain's Line of Steamers
Hulk "Georgietta"
North China Insurance Company
Northern Assurance Company
THU Fung-ho
GEARING & Co., Merchants and Commis-
sion Agents, 5, The Bund
E. Starkey
Agencies
Imperial Insurance Company, Ld.
Yangtsze Insurance Association, Ld. Imperial Marine Insurance Co., Tokyo New York Life Insurance Co.