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(Also officiating Norwegian Interests)
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S. Miyata, chancellor
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N. H. Schregardus
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Tze Heng
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Examiners-R. J. Chard, H. K. Köhler Tidewaiters-A. Mitchell, H. F. O. Dettmar, P. R. Kabbert, C. C. Canavarro, E. Leopold
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K. Ariyasu, agent Agencies
Nippon Fire Insurance Co., Ld. Meiji Fire Insurance Co., Ld. Tokio Fire Insurance Co., Ld. Kyodo Fire Insurance Co., L. Dai Nippon Brewery Co., Ld.
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H. E. M. Bourke, managing director
Frank C. Crush, agent
NISSHIN KISEN KAISHA
S. Satow, agent
POST OFFICE, CHINESE
Acting Postal Commissioner-E. F. S.
Newinan
District Accountant-W. Berends Assistant-Liu Yao Ting
POST OFFICE, JAPANESE
Postmaster- M. Miyasita Clerk-M. Komo
SCHWARZ, GAUMER & Co.
R. Schnabel
E. Kiesslich B. Sieber
STANDARD OIL CO.
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J. H. Morgan, manager
A. C. Cornish A. B. Meyer
J. W. Anderson
J. W. Laidlaw, installation supt.
COLLEGE OF YALE IN CHINA, THE
Brownell Gage, B.D., M.A., dean of
college
W. J. Hail, M.A., B.D., dean of prepar-
tory dept.
E. D. Harvey, M.A., B.D. D. H. Leavens, M.A. J. D. Robbs, B.A.
HUNAN YALE HOSPITAL THE
E. H. Hume, M.D., physician in charge F. C. Yen, M.D.
J. R. B. Branch, M.D.
D. H. Davidson, M.D.
Nina D. Gage, Elizabeth M. Morton,
supervising nurses
ICHANG
昌宜 I-Chang
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Ichang is one of the four ports opened to foreign trade on the 1st April, 1877, accordance with Clause 1, Section 3, of the Chefoo Convention. It is situated in lat. 30° 44′ 25′′ N., long. 111° 18′ 34" E., on the north bank of the river Yangtsze, about 333 miles above Hankow, and some ten miles below the entrance to the great Ichang Gorge, or just about a thousand miles from the coast. The navigation of the river to this port is comparatively easy for vessels of light draught, but great care is necessary for all vessels when in the neighbourhood of Sunday Island, owing to the shiftings and banks. The anchorage is off the left bank, opposite the foreign residences, and is good, except in freshets, when the anchors should be sighted every two or three days. The port is the centre of a hilly country, the productions of which are rice in the valleys, cotton on the higher grounds, winter wheat, barley, and also the tungtzu trees, from which the ordi- nary wood oil is obtained by pressing the nuts gathered from the trees. In the sheltered valleys, amongst the mountain ranges west of the city, oranges, lemons, pomeloes, pears, plums, and a very superior quality of persimmons are grown, and find a ready market in the city and at Shasi. The importance of Ichang is chiefly that of an