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會德路道音福
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN MISSION Elmer H. Thode and wife
R. J. Muehl and wife
堂主天
Tien choo tang
ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION
ICHANG
Rt. Rev. N. Gubbels, apost. vic. Rev. Fathers M. Vlaminck, A
Timmers, H. Adons, R. Van Voorden, Fr. X Corbisier, A. Van den Bosch, Th Hesseling, Ch. Goethals, F. Mevis, V. Stolle, M. Perlot, F. Vrydaghs, E. Adons, U. Van Sever, P. Ver. cauteren E. Delaporte, G. Van Nieywenhyuse, M. Van Steen. winckel, C. Van der Borght, D. Put. G. Hugelier, F. Libens, Th. Uyttenbroeck, P. Diricken. D. Engelen, F. Van Mosseke, G. Boutsen, L. Adams, G. Van Weert, L. Lyupaert, V. Gyse. linck, A. Moerman, E. Peirs. man, C. Goossens, A. Van de Veegaete, L. Stas, S. Decock, L. Callebant, R. Daniels, M. Smeets and J. Mestdagh
SWEDISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Miss I. Nordkvist
Rev. F. A. Wennborg
NISSHIN KISen Kaisha ---Cable Ad: Nissi-
kisen
局郵等
昌宜
I chang i teng yu chu
POST OFFICE--Cable Ad: Postos
First Class Postmaster--Lin Tsoh-
WOO
SOCIETE FRANCAISE DU HAU YANG TSE-
Cable Ad: Chiris
C. C. Chiris, manager
↑ Chu-fu-yang-hong 行洋福聚
UNION FRANCO-CHINOISE DE NAVIGATION -The Bund of Yang-tsze River. Head Office: Chungking. Branches: Shang- hai, Hankow, Ichang and Wanhsien
C. C. Chiris, general manager
YANGTZE RAPID STEAMSHIP Co. (Fed. Inc.
U.S.A.) Cable Ad: Rapidco
H. E. Case, assist. genl. mgr.
W. Hoyt Lansing, president and
general manager
YEE TSOONG Tobacco Distributors, Ltd- -Cable Ad: Powhattan; Code: Bentley's
L. K., Ngai, manager
CHUNG KING
慶重 Chung-king
The city of Chungking, situated in lat. 29 deg. 33 min. N., long. 106 deg. 30 min. E., may well be described as not only the commercial capital of Szechuen but of the whole of Western China. The foreign import trade centres here, and is then distributed by a smaller class of trading junks up the various rivers of the province. The city occupies the end of a high and rocky bluff forming a peninsula, at the unction of the river Kia-ling with the Yangtsze, 1,400 miles from the mouth of the atter. The principal streets of the city, in which are many fine shops, are on the side of the Yangtsze, while new motor roads have now been driven right through the heart of the city, work still continuing in different directions, and one road leads out by way of the Tung. Yuan Gate, where it merges with the new Great East Road to Chengtu, over 285 miles distant, which has been completed and is open to traffic. The city is surrounded by a crenelated stone wall which is some five miles in circumference, pierced with nine gates. This wall which has now been partially demolished, was built in 1761, replacing an older one. Chungking is now electrically lighted, the service being now controlled by the Municipality. The climate of Chungking is depressing, the summer being hot and damp, the winters raw and chilly, with thick fogs from November to March. The ordinary rise of the river is about 75 feet; on 6th August,