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YOCHOW-SHASI
Steam launches and steamers run through from Hankow to Changsha with cargo and passengers, under River passes; and from Yochow to Inland places under Inland Steam Navigation Rules.
The city of Yochow is perched on a bluff in a very picturesque way. Its site_is, however, not adapted for a transit trade, and it offers no shelter for small craft. The port has, therefore, been opened at Chenglin, five miles to the north and only a mile from the Yangtsze, where a small creek provides the needed shelter for cargo-boats, and a good anchorage is found for steamers. Here the Chinese Government has set aside a place for a cosmopolitan settlement, for which they themselves will provide roads, police, etc.; the site contains level ground for business purposes, well raised, but not too high, above flood limits, while higher ground gives good and healthy sites for foreign houses. Work on the formation of the settlement and bunding operations were commenced in 1900, and a new Custom-house and quarters have been built. Yochow is described by the Customs Commissioner as “doubtless the healthiest town in the Yangtse Valley, considering the insanitary conditions." In 1900, really the first open year of the port, the net value of the trade was Tls. 143,827. In 1993 it amounted to Tis. 3,473,241, but in 1995 the value was Tls. 490,05s only, and in 1910 the returns show a net value of Tls. 1,941,869 as compared with Tls. 3,015,913 in 1909. The noticeable decline since 1904 was the result of the opening of Changsha as a Treaty Port.
The noteworthy feature of 1907 was the connection of Changteh by steamer during the high water season - June to October-the resulting trade being valued at Tls. 617,000. Buoys and lights were established to mark the channel across the lake. The difficulties and risks of this route are considerable, and it is probable that it will be found advisable to adopt the somewhat longer route via Lolintan, though, on account of the sharp bends of the River Yuan in its lower reaches, specially adapted steamers will probably have to be used.
DIRECTORY
AUGUSTINIAN MISSION OF NORTHERN HUNAN
Rt. Rev. Bishop Juvencio Hospital, į
vicaire apost., Lichow
Rev. Fr. A. Martinez (Taoyuen)
E. Fernandez (Shenchow)
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V Andrés(Chang Shou Kai) N. Puras (Hwajung) A. Gonzalez (Changteh) L. Ramirez (Lioulintcha)
Rev. Fr. B. Yheas (Ansiang)
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10.
V. Martinez (Pin Kiang) A. Diego (Tsinshe)
S. de la Torre, (Yochow) A. Fernandez (Wichiashih) F. Bernardo (Hofu)
Rev. Fr. J. Pons, Procurador
Do.
Do.
Do.
(Hankow)
B. Fernandez (Kaiki Kiao) P. Pelaz (Yochow)
H. Martinez (Wanchow)
Rev. Fr. B. Pinedo (Changteh)
A. de la Calle (Changteh) L. Mendiluce (Yuen Kiang) V Avedillo (Lungyang) P. Cerezal (Anfu)
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G. Herrero (Shehinen)
Do.
E. Rodriguz (Yalan)
CHINESE POST OFFICE (Changsha Sub-
District)
Sub-District Postmaster-V. Smith
(Changsha)
Clerk in Charge-Ho Tun Chili
州岳
CUSTOMS-MARITIME
Acting Commissioner-R. A. Currie Assistant--A. Casati
Tidesurveyor-C. A. Meyer
Tidewaiters-H. Storrs, W. Eberhard,
D. J. Anthony
POLICE
T. H. Gwynne
REFORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES
Dr. Wm. E. Hoy and wife Prof. Horace Lequear Rev. W Reimert and wife Dr. W. Adams and wife Miss A. Traub
Miss Hannah Kanne Miss Emma Kræger Rev. E. A. Beck and wife
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