KIRIN
林吉 Chi-lin
(Kirin is the Manchu name of the city.)
Kirin, the capital of the province of the same name on the Sungari river, is 80 miles from Changchun, with which it is connected by railway. It is one of the most prosperous towns in Manchuria, and, having been rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1911, possesses many fine buildings. It is the distributing centre for the inexhaustible supplies of timber from the neighbouring regions.
BANK OF CHOSEN, HENANCHIEH
CONSULATES
BRITISH
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DIRECTORY
Consul-General F. E. Wilkinson,
C.M.G. (residing at Mukden)
JAPANESE
Consul General-K. Morita Chancellor T. Tanaka
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Do. -K. Ono
Do. -S. Kawaminami Interpreter-J. Sasamoto Police Inspector-Y. Ogawa
MISSIONS
IRISH PRESBYTERIAN MISSION
Rev. and Mrs. J. McWhirter
Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Greig
Miss E. C. McMordie (absent)
Dr. Emma M. Crooks
Rev. T. M. Barker
Miss M. Hilton
ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION
S.G. Mgr. Lalouyer, Evêque titulaire de Raphanée, Vic. Apostolique de la Mandchourie Septentriomale
S. G. Mgr. Gaspais, Evêque titulaire
de Canope, coadjutor
R. P.Cubizolles, pro-vicaire
Lacquois, directeurdu grand séminaire Y. Rouger, directeur du petit séminaire Levu Aloys
L. Gibert
POST OFFICES
CHINESE (First Class Office)
Postmaster-Lim Chiou-ying
JAPANESE
Postmaster-I. Tachibana
W. Takami
YOUNG MEN'S CHIRSTIAN ASSOCIATION
E. D. Verink and wife A. Waldie Holroyd
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
LUNGCHINGTSUN
村井龍 Lung chingtsun.
Lungchingtsun (Dragon Well Village), situated lat. 42 deg. 46 min. N. and long. 129 deg. 25 min. E. from Gr., is one of the trade marts opened on 1st January, 1910, under the Chino-Korean Frontier Agreement of 4th September, 1909. The mart has a population of about 9,000 inhabitants composed of about 6,000 Koreans, 2,500 Chinese, and 550 Japanese. Situated in a fertile plain, its exports are agricultural products: millet, kaoliang, maize, wheat, barley, and beans; also native spirits from local distilleries. There are promising mining possibilities (coal, copper, silver, and gold) waiting development. For several years copper has been exported from Che Tien Pao Shan mine. The trade-by carts and mules-is mainly via Huining and Seishin to and from Korea. The principal imports are kerosene oil, matches, cotton goods, and