YOCHOW-SHASI
DIRECTORY
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Vice Con'.-M. Thara (residing at
Changsha)
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V. Martinez (Huayong)
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關州岳
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CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME
Acting Commissioner--E. O. Reis
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Assistant E. Moran
B. Gonzalez (Changteh) B. Yheas (Long-yang) J. Hospital Yuenkiang) V. Ferrero (Yuenkiang)
A. Diego (Nanchow)
S. dela Torre, V.c. Prov.
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A. de Paz (Yochow)
A. Fernandez (Yalan)
Acting Tidesurveyor-T. H. Gwynne
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F. Bernardo (Niekiasé)
Do. Examiner M. Feller
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L. Alvarez (Sa-t'an)
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Tidewaiter-H. P. Singer
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J. Pons, Procurador
Postal Officer--G. P. Périer
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POST OFFICE
POLICE
Superintendent-T. H. Gwynne
AUGUSTINIAN MISSION OF NORTHERN HUNAN Rt. Rev. Bishop Luis Perez y Perez,
vicaire apost., Litchow Rev. Fr. A. Martinez (Lichow)
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E. Fernandez (Kai Ki Kiao) Do. A. Arroyo (Sesueitien) V. Andrés (Sesueit'ien) T. Tosé (Semonsien)
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N. Puras (Tselisien)
A. Gonzalez (Senchow)
L. Ramirez (Senchow)
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V. Perez (Taoyuen)
S. Palomino (Hankow)
Postal Officer-G. Périer Clerks--Feng Nien Tang, Tsang Tze Ching, Chi Chin Tsen, Sun Hua Hau, Chen Tsai Chen, Tung Chih, Wang Shih An
Linguist Clerk, Changteh-Liu Sheng
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Linguist Clerk, Siangtan-Zung Loh-
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Linguist Clerk, Pinghsiang-Jên Si
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Linguist Clerk, Kweiyang-Ju Kem
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SHASI
市沙 Sha-si
Shasi (the "market on the sands") is one of the ports opened to foreign trade under the Japanese treaty of 1895, the official declaration of the opening being dated the 1st October, 1896. The port is about 85 miles below Ichang and is situated at the crossing point of two most important routes of commerce in Central China, namely, from east to west and from north to south and vice versa. It is reclaimed from the river and the sea by a magnificent system of dykes and canals, and is “a monument of ancient commerce, and a witness to native perseverance and engineering skill." The population, according to a census taken-in-1896, amounted to 73,400, and the floating population, of which no account is kept, may be estimated at 10,000 more. Formerly Shasi was an important distributing centre, but the opening of Ichang to foreign trade diverted much of the traffic to the last-named port. It was hoped that when Shasi itself was opened it would regain its importance as a point of distribution, but the experience now gained shows that the development is likely to be slow. On the 9th and 10th May, 1898, a serious anti-foreign riot occurred at Shasi. The Customs Office and the residence of the Commissioner, the Customs boats, the premises of the China Merchants' Company and their hulk, the office of the Foreign Board, the Japanese Consulate, the premises occupied by the Native agents of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire and Messrs. Jardine, Matheson
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