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BANK OF CHOSEN
LUNGCHINGTSUN-HUNCHUN
CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS
DIRECTORY
Acting Commissioner-J. C. O'G An-
derson (and at Hunchun) Assistants N. Yamaguchi and Li
Tung-hwa
Acting Assist. Tidesurveyor-C. Love Tide waiters-L. F. Dullam, G. Iwa-
kuma and Yun Kiang Hua Local Watcher-Kim Shih Yeh
JAPANESE CONSULATE
Consul-General-Y. Suzuki
Vice-Consul-S. Kondo
Chancellors-S. Takeuchi, T. Tanaka,
S. Saito and T. Osakabe
Interpreter-J. Hayashi Police Supt.-K. Suyematsu
Chief of Police-M. Furuyama
HUNCHUN
春琿
Hunchun is derived from Manchu, meaning frontier, and is situated in lat. 24 deg. 25 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 net value of the trade in 1924 was Hk. Tls. 1,603,651, as compared with Hk. Tls. 1,581,568 in 1923, Hk. Tls. 1,517,131 in 1922, and Hk. Tls. 1,446,886 in 1921. The town (earthen walled) has a population of about 7,000, of whom 351 are Japanese and 779 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. Towards the end of 1921 an electric light plant was installed in the town by a Chinese concern.
In 1924 a Chinese match factory was started and a motor-car company was formed to assure a regular service between Hunchun and Keigen in Korea, and there are now two motor-cars running from Hunchun to the Tumen river bank.
With better roads, improved means of communication and greater security from brigands the trade of these districts will, no doubt, expand considerably.
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
DIRECTORY
Acting Commissioner-J. C. O'G. An-
derson (at Lungchingtsun) Assistant-J.P. Laucournet (in charge) Examiners-J. E. Jenkins and G. Ohta Messenger-I. Sonczek
JAPANESE CONSULATE
Consul-General-Y. Suzuki (at Lung-
chingtsun)
Vice-Consul-M. Tanaka Secretary-D. Kameda Interpreter-K. Tamura Chief of Police-S. Tanaka
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