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旗昌
Kee-cheong.
Russell & Co., merchants
R. G. Ogle
HANKOW-ICHANG.
沙遜
Sa-soon.
Sassoon, Sons & Co., D., merchants
A. E. Abraham, agent M. S. Kelly
Sharp, W. F., bill, bullion, and general
broker and agent
順興
Shun-fêng.
Tokmakoff, Sheveleff & Co., merchants
J. F. Tokmakoff (Kiachta)
O. J. Molotkoff
A. D. Startzeff (Tientsin)
N. A. Nölting
A. P. Malegin
S. Marsh
T. N. Lavrentieff (Kiukiang)
N. G. Sacharoff (Foochow)
J. E. Shoostoff M. S. Overin
do.
do.
華記
Wa-Ke.
Turner & Co., merchants. A. R. Greaves
Receiving Ships.
357
Princess of Wales-C. M. S. N. Co. Formosa, and Lancefield-Drysdale, Ringer
& Co., (T. Weatherstone, in charge)
Missionaries.
LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Rev. Griffith John
Rev. E. Bryant
Rev. Thomas Bryson (Wuchang)
Rev. Wm. Owen
Rev. W. G. Mawbey, L.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Rev. David Hill (absent)
Rev. Wm. Scarborough
Rev. John W. Brewer
Rev. Arthur W. Nightingale (absent) Rev. William S. Tomlinson, Wuchiang Rev. Thomas Bramfitt, Wu Such Rev. J. S. Fordham,
do.
ICHANG.
This is one of the four ports opened to foreign trade on the 1st April, 1877, according to the provisions of Clause I. of Section III. of the Chefoo Convention. Icharg is a prefectural city, of considerable official importance, in the province of Hupeh. It is situated on the river Yangtsze, about 363 miles from Hankow. The navigation of the river up to this port is easy for vessels of light draught, but the minimum depth of water at Ichang is only seven or eight feet. There is good anchorage at and near the city. The port is the centre of a fairly rich coun- try. Besides the commou productions of the great plain of Hupeh the cultivation of the tungtsze tree, from which the tung oil is expressed, begins on the hills near Ichang and extends westward into Szechuen. Opium is grown in small quantities in the district and may interfere with the import of the foreign drug. Ichang is con- veniently situated as a mart for the tea districts of Hoh-fung-chow, the produce of which might, it is thought, be made suitable for foreign use. It was generally supposed that, as Icbang is situated at the head of steamer navigation on the Yangtsze and occupies a good position for trade, the port would speedily become an important commercial centre. Up to the present, however, these anticipations have not been realised: Ichang is not a great distributing centre, nor does it appear likely to become so. The port cut a miserable figure the first year of its existence as a treaty ort, but a small trade is springing up by degrees. The total value of the trade for 1879 amounted to Tls. 612,508, as compared with Tls. 71,014 in 1878. The total annual revenue for 1879 was Tls. 27,751. The estimated population of the port is 33,560.
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