NINGPO
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on the landward side, until it stops at what is called the Bridge Gate. The main street runs from east to west. Several of the streets are spanned by arches erected in memory of distinguished natives. Ningpo has been celebrated as possessing the fourth library of Chinese works, in point of numbers, which existed in the empire. It was owned by a family who resided near the south gate. The site occupied by the foreign residences is on the north bank of the river. The population of Ningpo is estimated at 255,000. The city will eventually be connected with Shanghai and Hangchow by rail, but at present the line is completed only as far as Pakuan, east of Shaohsing.
There are a cotton mill, a match factory, an electric light company, and a local telephone company. The tea trade has fallen off owing to a deviation of the Foochow teas, which formerly passed through Ningpo but are now forwarded to Shanghai vid Hangchow. The net value of the trade of the port in 1927 was Hk. Tls. 52,298,466, as compared with Hk. Tls. 50,566,405 in 1926, Hk. Tls. 46,946,041 in 1925, and Hk. Tls. 44,876,694 in 1924.
DIRECTORY
亞細亞
Ah si ah
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (NORTH CHINA),
LTD.-Tel. Ad: Doric. (In Shanghai)
A. H. H. Rees, acting manager
司公煙美英
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co., LTD.
I. L. Berthet
古太
Ta koo
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire &
Sons, Ltd.)
W. A. Willis, signs per pro.
Agencies
China Navigation Co., Ld.
Ocean Steamship Co., Ld.
China Mutual Steam Nav. Co., Ld.
Canadian Govt. Merchant Marine, Ld. Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld.
Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co.
of Hongkong, Ld.
London and Lancs. Fire Insce. Co. Royal Exchange Assurance Corpn. Guardian Assurance Co., Ld. British Traders' Insurance Co., Ld.
Union Insce. Society of Canton, Ld.
British and Foreign Marine Ins. Co.,Ld.
Standard Marine Insurance Co., Ld. Sea Insurance Co., Ld.
Guardian Assurance Co., Ld.
局甬商招 Chau Shang Yung chuk
CHINA MERCHANTS STEAM NAVIGATION CO.
Chia-yu Ho, manager
門衙事領國英大
· Da Ing kok Ling ze ya men
CONSULATE GREAT BRITAIN
Consul-G. A. Combe, C.B.E.
關海浙
Chê Hai lan
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
Commissioner-J. H. Cubbon
Assistants- A. M. Maltchenko, R. M. Poinsot, Hya Song-van, Tong Ziao-han and Ying Hsin Tsi Medical Officer-H. Thomas, M.D.
Chief Tidesurveyor-E. Koosache
Assistant Boat Officer-P. Moreland
Chief Examiner J. Nergaard
Examiners-A. A. dos Remedios, R.
Zuccarini, T. Narahayashi and G. D. Nelson
Tidewaiter--S. Takamasu
院醫美華波甯
HOSPITAL, HWA-MEI
Dr. C. H. Barlow, M.D.
Dr. Harold Thomas, M.D.
Miss Willie P. Harris, R.N.
昌遜
Suny chong
HUDSON & Co., General Merchants-Tel.
Ad: Hudson; Codes: A.B.C. 5th, Bentley's
A. Hudson
Agencies
New Zealand Insurance Co.
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
Agency
Hongkong Fire Insurance Co.
MISSIONS & CHURCHES
會差會禮浸國美大
AMERICAN BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION
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