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HANKOW-YOCHOW
明德
Teh-ming
WAGONS LITS TERMINUS HOTEL-Tel. Ad: YANGTZE ENGINEERING WORKS, LTD., THE
Terminus
準平 Ping-jun
WATSON, N. S. O., Official Sworn Measurer
-Paou-shun Buildings, British Con-
cession; Teleplı. 547
司公司
Wei-sze
WEEKS & Co., LTD., Drapers, Outfitters Milliners, Cabinet Makers, Complete
House Furnishers and Decorators-Tel.
Ad: Weeks; Codes: A.B.C. 5th and 6th edns.
P. Jenkins, manager
G. A. Falconer
司公羅惠 Weyloo Kung-sze
WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & Co., LTD., Drapers, Outfitters, Glass and China Merchants,
Importers of Boots and Shoes, etc.--
Russian Concession; Teleph. 1379; Tel. Ad: Warfield
W. Hawkins, manager
E. G. Vincent
C. E. Clarke | Miss Alexandrova
行銀金正濱橫
Heng-pin-cheng-chin-yin-hang
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK - 13,
Bund;
Telephs. 467, 105 and 299; Tel. Ad: Specie
T. Seki, manager
K. Takeoka, sub-manager
T. Hirose, per pro. manager
司公限有造製器機子揚
-General Office: rue d'Autremer (French
Concession). Works: Seven Mile Creek;
Teleplis. 170 and 728;Tel. Ad:Yangworks;
Codes used: A.B.C. 5th edn., Western
Union, Engineering 2nd edn., and Bentley's Complete Phrase
會年青教督基口漢
Ilankow Chitu-chiao Ch'ing-nien-hui
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WUHAN-Tel. Ad: Flamingo; Codes:
Missions C.I.M., Western Union
Secretaries-A. M. Guttery, E. L. Hall
C. C. Shedd, W. E. Frantz, W. P. Mills, W. R. Stewart, A. B. Davis
會年青敎督基昌武
Wuchang Chitu-chiao Ch'ing-nien-hui
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF
WUCHANG-54, Fu Yuen Kai, Wuchang; Teleph. 262
Secretary-W. R. Stewar
A4
Yu-ping-gung-tsze
ZEDELIUS, WESTPHAL & Co., General Im- porters and Exporters, Engineers and Insurance Agents-8, Russian Bund, Teleph. 292; Tel. Ad: Zedwest
YOCHOW
Yochow, with a population of 15,000 to 20,000, is situated in latitude 29° 26' 29" N. and longitude 113° 11' 6" E. (Greenwich), at the outlet of the Tungting Lake. Past it ebbs and flows practically the whole of the trade of Hunan, which, however, adds nothing to the prosperity of the place, as it simply passes by after having paid its inward and outward taxes. The city is the gateway of the province and nothing more. British, American, Japanese and Chinese firms maintain regular communication with Changteh, Yiyang and Chinshih, the trade centre of western Hunan. The opening of Changsha took away much of Yochow's transit trade; the Hankow-Canton Railway has, however, so far progressed towards completion that trains are now running be- tween Changsha and Wucharg (Hankow): the line is quite close to the city of Yochow, and the place may, in the near future, experience better times if the hope of permanent peace can only be realised.
The province of Hunan used to be to foreign commerce what Tibet has been to the explorer-a Forbidden Land-and it is relatively few years ago that foreigners were stoned out of Yochow. In 1904, the people were described as showing a "friendly attitude" to all foreigners, which attitude is now well maintained. The anti-foot-binding
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