KEWKIANG
Kiú-kiang
Kewkiang (now more generally written Kiukiang) is situated on the river Yangtsze near the outlet of the Poyang Lake, and is a prefectural city of the province of Kiang-si. It is distant about 187 geographical miles from Hankow and 445 miles from Shanghai, Kewkiang was, before the Rebellion, a busy and populous city; but it was occupied by the Taiping rebels in 1853, and before it was given up to the Imperial troops was almost entirely destroyed. When the foreign settlement was established there, how- ever, the population soon returned, and has continued to increase rapidly: it is now estimated at 55,000.
The city is built close to the river, the walls running along the banks of it for some 500 yards. Their circumference is about five miles, but a portion of the space enclosed is still unoccupied. The city contains no feature of interest. There are several large lakes to the north and west of it, and it is backed by a noble range of hills a few miles distant. The foreign settlement lies to the west of the city and is neatly laid out. It possesses a small bund lined with trees, a club, a small Protestant church, and a Roman Catholic cathedral-opened two years ago.
The idea which led to the opening of Kewkiang was, no doubt, its situation as regards communication by water with the districts where the Green Tea is produced. But the hopes entertained respecting the port have never been wholly realised. The total quantity of Tea exported in 1902 was 206,943 piculs, against 167,597 pículs in 1901, and 216,158 piculs in 1900. Kewkiang is the port from whence the ware made at the far-famed porcelain factories at Kin-tê-chên is shipped. The specimens sent to the Paris Exhibition in 1900 secured a silver medal, in competition with European porcelain. Chinaware shows a decrease in 1900 of 25,531 piculs on that in 1899, when 53,567 piculs were exported against 48,646 piculs in 1898. In 1902 54,513 piculs were exported. The net value of the trade of the port for 1902 was Tls. 19,916,543, against Tls. 16,863,211 in 1901.
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ANDERSON & Co., ROBT., Merchants
R. Anderson (absent)
C. Schlee
H. Schlee
E. White
Agencies
DIRECTORY
China Mutual Steam Navgn. Co., Ld. China Fire Insurance Company, Ld. China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld. Marine Insurance Company, Limited
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BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants F. E. Hodges, signs per pro. Hulk "Sultan'
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J. Kofod-Lind, in charge
Agencies
China Navigation Company, Limited China Mutual Steam Nvgtn. Co., Ld. Ocean Steamship Company, Limited Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld. British and Foreign Marine Insce. Co. London and Lancashire Fire Insce. Co. Equitable Life Assnce. Soc. of U.SA. Taikoo Sugar Refining Company, Ld.
CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION Co.
Cheng Yuet Ngain, manager
Luk Lai-ting, Fong Yun-king, ship-
ping clerks
Agency
China Merchants' Marine Insurance Co.
CONSULATES
FRANCE, Consular Agency
Consul-E. Ratard (Shanghai)
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JAPAN
Consul-K. Yamazaki (Hankow)
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RUSSIA
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