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ICHANG
market in the city and at Shasi. Ichang has increased in importance since the opening of Chungking. All cargo for the latter port is landed here and transferred to chartered junks. In the same way cargo brought down in chartered junks from Chungking and intended for the lower river and coast ports, is shipped here on river steamers, which make regular voyages to and from Hankow,
Native opium is largely grown from here westwards, and is increasing in quantity and improving in quality. The export in 1906 was nearly 50,000 cwts. The climate of Ichang is drier than that of the lower river ports summers very warm, winters dry and pleasant. The native population is estimated at some 40,000. The foreign residents are few in number, educated native agents representing the four or five foreign houses (three British) doing business here. Fine new Consular and Customs buildings and shipping offices have recently been erected and have improved the appearance of the settlement very much. A German Post Office was opened in 1903.
The net value of the trade of the port in 1908 was Tis. 7,613,218 as compared with Tls. 6,557,173 in 1907.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants
Wm. Alston Turnbull, agent
Agencies
DIRECTORY
"China Navigation Company, Limited North Borneo Trading Co., Ld.
Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld. Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld.
London and Lancashire Fire Ins. Co. Guardian Assurance Co., Ltd.
AIR Chau-song-nee-ch’euk
CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION Co.
Chu Moy-son, manager
Woo Yueh-chiao Wong Kwo Hsin
Ne-cheong.
COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE DES INDES ET DE L'EXTREME ORIENT, INDIA & EASTERN FRENCH TRADING CO.-Head Office: Paris, 19-19 bis Rue Richer; London Office: 19-20, Water Lane, E. C.
CONSULATES
FRANCE
★ Ta fa-ling-shih-fu
Acting Consul-G. Morisse (residing
at Hankow)
Acting Vice-Consul-Minard
GERMANY
Acting Consul--Baron von Muffling
(residing at Hankow)
Secretary-W. Frederking
府事領英大
# # * Tu Ying ling-shih-fu
GREAT BRITAIN
also
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
Consul--H. A. Little
JAPAN
門衙事領本日大
Acting Consul -I. Katayama, forShasi
and Ichang (residing at Shasi)
"*D*
Ta-me-kwoh ya-men
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Vice-Consul General in Charge-
Hubert G. Baugh (Hankow)
I-chang-kwan
CUSTOMS, IMPERIAL MARITIME
Commissioner-J. C. Johnston Assts-F. L. Bessell, E. A. MacDonald
and A. S. Campbell
Medical Officer A. Graham Harbour Master and Tidesurveyor-
D. M. Lennar
Examiners-J. McMahon, J. V. Jensen Asst. do. R. Olsen, R. Tismar Tidewaiters-W. H. Barley, J. Larkin, D. Verner, R. Bulldeath, P. H. M. McCarthy, J. Rasmussen
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Ltd., Merchants,
Andrew Ross
Agencies
Indo-China S. N. Company, Limited Canton Insurance Office, Limited Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld. Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co. Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
"Glen Line" of Steamers
Shire" Line of Steamers
隆茂
MACKENZIE & Co., Ld.
H. McAdam, resident agent Agencies
Kiang Pei Ting, Coal & Tin Mining Co. North China Insurance Co. Ld.
West China Transport Co.
China Mutual Life Assurance Co.