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BANK OF CHOSEN
G. Ikeda, manager
R. Ito, p. p. manager
CONSULATES
JAPAN
LUNGCHINGTSUN-HUNCHUN
DIRECTORY
Acting Consul General-Yosakichi
Sakai Assistants-K. Yendo, S. Kawanami, Y. Yanagi, S. Kishima (at Yen- chi), M. Suwa, S. Takeuchi
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Police Inspectors-C. Kaneko, K.
Suyematsu, S. Nishimura
RUSSIA-Tel. Ad: Russolate
Vice-Consul-V. Nadarov (at Yenchi)
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
Assistant-in-charge-U. Marconi (at
Hunchun)
Assistants-A. H. Forbes (in charge),
M. Itoh Tidewaiters-W. Atkins, S. Rokugo, N.
Aoki (at Huohulikou Barrier)
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HUNCHUN
春暉
Hunchun is derived from Manchu, meaning frontier, and is situated lat. 42 deg. 52 min. 5 sec. N., long. 130 deg. 22 min. 10 sec. E. of Greenwich, on the right bank of the Hung Ch'i Ho, some 35 li from the Chino-Russian frontier and about 90 li distant from Novokiewsk. In 1714 a detachment of soldiers came here from Ninguta, and this may be regarded as the beginning of Hunchun, which was to be opened to trade, by treaty with Japan (Manchurian Convention), in 1905, but the Customs Staff did not arrive before December, 1909. The surrounding districts are fairly fertile, and the mining possibilities (coal, gold, and copper) may, when taken in hand, prove of considerable value. Trade, by carts or mules, is conducted with Korea, Japan via Seishin, Ungi, with Russia via Vladivostock, Possiet, Novokiewsk and also with Kirin via Yenchi. The total value of the trade in 1918 was Hk. Tls. 1,094,880 as compared with Hk. Tls. 891,013 in 1917 and Hk. Tls. 699,255 in 1916. The town (earthen walled) has a population of about 5,000, of which 136 are Japanese and 226 Koreans. The principal items of export are grain (millet, kaoliang), beans, bean-cake, bean-oil, medicines, ginseng, and timber, and of import, cotton goods, kerosene oil, and matches.
With better roads and improved means of communication the trade of these districts will, no doubt, expand considerably.
CONSULATES
JAPAN
DIRECTORY
Acting Consul General-Y. Suzuki
(at Lungchingtsun)
Vice-Consul-I. Akisu
Police Inspectors-K. Tokuyama and
T. Taguchi
Postal Clerk-S. Asakura Interpreter-M. Sunaga
RUSSIA
Vice-Consul-V. Nadarov (at Yenchi)
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
Assistant-in-charge-U. Marcon
(Hunchun and Lungchingtsun) Assistant-Wong Tsoo-bah Examiner A. Zanetti Tidewaiter A. J. Osolin
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Local Watchers-A. P. Bugaeff (at
Chang Lingtzu Barrier) Medical Officer-K. Abe