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for over two-thirds of its length went bodily into the river owing to the action of the water coming from inland carrying away sand from beneath the stone work. The net value of the trade of the port coming under the cognizance of the Foreign Customs was Hk. Tls. 4,422,849 in 1917 as compared with Hk. Tls. 4,354,425 in 1916 and Hk. Tls. 4,541,442 in 1915. The bulk of the carrying trade is, however, carried on by junks, which do not come under the control of the Foreign Customs. In December, 1913, a contract was entered into between the Chinese Government and the British firm of Pauling & Co. for the construction of a railway from a point opposite Shasi to Singyifu in the province of Kweichow via Changteh and Kweiyang, with a branch from Changteh to Changsha. Good progress was made in the survey of this projected railway until the outbreak of the European war, and consequent necessity for a temporary cessation of operations led to the recall of the engineers. It is reported that so many lakes and morasses lie in the direct survey of the Shasi-Changteh section that a détour to the west, through more productive country, may be necessary.
亞細亞 A-82-a
A. St. J. Cursham
ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO., LTD., THE
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.
R. C. Short, manager
DIRECTORY
BULIN & Co., Exporters and Importers
I. Satoh
S. Imai
U. Yanazawa
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire &
Sons, Ltd.)
Agent-Sen Che Sing
CHINA MERCHANTS STEAM NAVIGATION CO
Y. Y. Shu, manager
CONSULATES
GREAT BRITAIN
Consul-J. L. Smith (resident at
Ichang)
JAPAN
關市沙 Shasi Kwan
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
Acting Tidesurveyor-M. B. Nilsen Tidewaiters-T. Hamada, E. M. E.
Gallo, V. Steensgaard
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.
MISSIONS
(For Protestant Missionaries see
separate Directory)
MITSUBISHI & Co., Exporters and Im-
porters
NISSIN & Co. (Japan Cotton Trading Co.)
NISSIN KISSEN KAISHA (Japan - China
Steamship Co, Ltd.)
POST OFFICE, CHINESE
Postmaster-Li Hong Chien
POST OFFICE, Japanese
Postmaster-M. Tejimna Assistant-M. Takahasi
SANHO Yoko, General Store
O. Arao
Standard OIL CO. OF NEW YORK
H. V. Devereux, manager
Commissioner-J. D. D. de la Touche YOSHIDA & Co., Exporters and Importers