LUNGCHINGTSUN
村井龍
Lung-ching-tsun
Lungchingtsun (Dragon Well Village), has a population of about 15,000 inhabitants composed of about 11,000 Koreans, 3,000 Chinese, and 1,000 Japanese. Situated in a fertile plain, its main exports are: beans, millet and timber. There are promising mining possibilities (coal, copper, silver, and gold) waiting development. The trade- by light railway to Kainei-is with Korea and Japan. The principal imports are cotton piece goods, sugar, Japanese sundries, paper, kerosene oil, metals, fishery Telephone and telegraph line, in addition to the Chinese telegraph and tele- phone lines, connect Lungchingtsun with the neighbouring marts of Yenki, Towtaokow and Hunchun. A handsome new building for the Bank of Chosen was completed in 1923, and a particularly fine new Japanese Consulate
in 1925.
DIRECTORY
BANK OF CHOSEN-Yenchi Manchukuo
S. Shiozawa
T. Itoh
JAPANESE CONSULATE-
Acting Consul-G. Masuo Chancellors-M. Yazaki and Y. Ish
HUNCHUN
春琿
Hun-chun
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 Manchukuo-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. Towards the end of 1921 an electric light plant was installed in the town by a Chinese concern. The surrounding districts are fairly fertile, and the mining possibilities (coal and gold) may, when taken in hand, prove of considerable value
The town (earthen walled) has a population of 7,774 Manchu in addition to whom are 8,622 (September 1938) Japanese and Chosens. The main exports are beans, timber and bean-cakes; and the main imports are flour wheat, cotton piece-goods, machinery, petrol and spirits of wine. (Value of trade in 1937: $5,364,740.00). The light railway (Hunchun to Kunju, Chosen line) was operated from November 1, 1935, and the railway of the same line will be ready for operation on the next spring. Rapid progress is being made in the modernisation of the town of Hunchun.
DIRECTORY
JAPANESE CONSULATE Hunchun, Chien-
tao and Manchukuo
Consul-Seijiro Takiyama
Chancellors-M. Yoshida and Y. Ishii