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trade in 1917 was Hk. Tls. 33,592,533 as compared with Hk. Tls. 32,869,774 in 1916, Hk. T18. 35,006,336 in 1915, and Hk. Tls. 37,632,208 in 1914. Trade,
Trade, since the revolution, has been affected by brigandage in the interior. Bands of robbers haunt the roads throughout the province, especially in the mountainous regions, and merchants fear to transport cargo. The European War, also, has made its effects felt. A rising, started in 1904 by a man who said he was commissioned by Heaven to wipe out the missionaries, was ruthlessly suppressed. One church was burned, and a few con- verts were killed, and then "the Chinese officials caused shell to be fired into the mob until all (several hundred) were killed!" A local police force has been created.
The Yangtsze is navigable for steamers from Ichang, not only to Chungking, but as far as Sui-fu, where the Min river joins the Yangtsze, and during high water in summer the Min river is also navigable as far as Kiating. By the Japanese Treaty of 1894, the right of steam navigation to Chungking was secured, and in the spring of 1898 the voyage was successfully accomplished by Mr. A. Little, with the small steamer Leechuen, which, however, being of limited power, had to be tracked up the rapids in the same way as junks. On 6th May, 1900, the two light-draught British gunboats Woodcock and Woodlark arrived from Ichang, having left that port on 5th April. The return journey occupied 25 steaming hours. On 12th June, the Yangtze Trading Company's steamer, the Pioneer, commenced her maiden voyage and arrived at Chungking on 20th June. This steamer was afterwards purchased by the Britist Government. The great increase in the number of steamers on the upper Yang- tsze during secent years has made aids to navigation through the gorges and rapids. between Ichang and Chungking imperative. Captain A. C. Plant, River Inspector of the Upper Yangtsze for the Chinese Maritime Customs, has charge of his work and has erected a system of signals and buoys.
AMERICAN-CHINESE DRUG Co.
DIRECTORY
J. H. McCartney, M.D., managing dir.
V. Butts, accountant
利安 An Lee
ARNHOLD BROS. & Co., LTD.-Tel. Ad:
Harchi
L. A. Anderson
ASIATIC PETROLUEM CO., LTD.
Dr. S. Keogh, manager
J. J. L. Hamilton, instal. mgr.
G. W. Shipway, constr. mangr.
BANK OF CHINA
BARRY & DODWELL, LTD., Tel. Ad: Enter-
prise
B. M. Barry, managing director
H. A. J. Macray (Shanghai)
F. H. Rawlinson, secretary
W. J. Moyhing
Agents
The Commercial Union Assurance Co.,
Ltd.
Union Insurance Society of Canton
Ltd.
A Taze-yen-kon-sze BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co., Ltd.
HAHAP Po-na-men Kung-sz
BRUNNER MOND & Co., LTD., Alkali and
Soap Manufacturers-Tel. Ad: Alkali
W. Shepard-Graham, actg. dir. mgr.
for West China
古太
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire &
Sons, Ltd.)
Wu Tze Chuen, manager
局渝商招
Chau Shang-yu-chuk
CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION CO.
Yu Hao-Chuan, agent
Chin Hsiao Shan, clerk
CHIRIS, ANTOINE, Exporter and Importer
-Tel. Ad: Chiris
A. Coffiney, agent general
E. S. Charrier
CONSULATES
FRANCE
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Chengtu
A. Lordereau
A. Bodard, consul-general J. Leurquin, chancelier Dr. Poupelain
Dr. Jouveau-Dubreuil Chungking
M. Baudez, vice-Consul Dr. Vallet
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