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KIUKIANG-HANKOW
DUFF & Co., J. L., Manufacturers "Kuling
Brand" Provisions-Kiukiang & Kuling-
ki: Cable Ad: Duffco
J. L. Duff, manager
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寓客岩僊
FAIRY GLEN, Private Hotel-Kulingki via
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Kiukiang; Cable Ad: Fairglen
J. L. Duff & Co., managers
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JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., Merchants -Teleph. 50; Cable Ads: Jardine (General) and Inchcoy (Shipping)
Capt. A. von Winckler, agent
KIANGSI POSTAL DISTRICT-Head Office:
Nanchang
Director R. M. Caudron
Chief of Local Business Dept.--
Wu Tsu Jung
Chief of Inland Business Dept.
Lo Kwong Lau
Chief of General Affairs Dept.
Ching Chun-sheng
Chief of Accounts and Checking
Dept. Ju Kem Fun
First Class Office, Kiukiang
Postmaster-Yen Tsu Kong
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KIUKIANG CLUB & RECREATION GROUND (Company Limited by Guarantee) →
Committee B. S. Stephenson. (chairman), H. C. S. C. Selby (hon secretary), P. H. Benedict (hon. treasurer) and W. H. H.. Kimberley
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Mei Foo
STANDARD VACUUM OIL Co.-- F. W. Lilley, manager
T. C. Malcolm, Installation supt. K. Y. John, stenographer
YEE TSOONG TOBACCO DISTRIBUTORS, LTD.
-Cable Ad: Powh itten
D.R. Ding, manager
HANKOW
口
漢
Han-kau
Hankow, as its name implies, is located at the mouth of the Han River-the longest tributary of the Yangtsze-in latitude 30 deg. 32 min. N., and longitude 114 deg. 9 min. E. Its central position, standing as it does like a half-way house between North and South China, has led to its being called the "Chicago of China."
It was formerly regarded inerely as a suburb of Hanyang, which it immediately adjoins, but it has since far outstripped the older city in commerce, wealth and influence. It is, of course, the principal port on the Yangtsze, which drains about 750,000 square miles of territory and waters a hinterland with a population of close upon 200,000,000 people. Thus situated and environed, it is natural to expect that it will ultimately become the chief emporium in central China. Hankow is 600 miles distant from Shanghai, and foreign and Chinese steamers ply regularly between Shanghai and Hankow throughout the year. During the high water season river steamers also ply between Shanghai and Ichang and Shanghai and Changsha. But during the low water season a Hankow-Ichang service is maintained by steamers also ply between Shanghai and Ichang and Shanghai and Changsha by tugs and lighters.
Attention was first drawn to Hankow as a place of trade by Hue, the French missionary. Captain Blakiston, in his work "The Yangtsze," gives the following correct description of the place and its surroundings:-"Hankow is situated just where an irregular range of semi-detached low hills crosses a particularly level country on both sides of the main river in an east and west direction. Stationed on Pagoda Hill, Hanyang, a spectator looks down on almost as much water as land even when the rivers are low. At his feet sweeps the magnificent Yangtsze, nearly a mile in width; from the west and skirting the northern edge of the range of hills already mentioned comes the river Han, narrow and canal-like, to add its quota, and serving as one of the highawys of the country; and to the north-west and north is an extensive treeless flat, so little elevated above the river that the scattered hamlets which dot its surface are, without exception, raised on mounds, probably artificial works of a now distant age. A stream or two traverse its farther part and flow into the main river. Carrying his eye to the