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British Consulate.
金領扒
To-ying-ling-shih-slon.
ICHANG-CHUNGKING.
Consul-Donald Spence (absent)
DJR CCTORY.
Imperial Maritime Customs.
Acting Commissioner-F. A. Morgan Assistant Examiner-L. Le Breton
Medical Officer-E. P. McFarlane, M.D. Tide-waiter-W. F. Kahler
Chinese Clerk-An Kui Ting
ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Rev. George Cockbur., M.A., and Mrs.
Cockburn
Rev. Andrew Dowsley, B.A., and Mrs. ·
Dowsley
Peter and Mrs. Wood, colporteurs
CHUNGKING.
Chungking, one of the most important places in the large inland province of Szechuen, is situated in lat. 29 deg. 33 min. 30 sec. N., and long. 107 dog. 2 m'n. E., and occupies a rocky peninsula at the junction of the river Kia-ling-kiang with the Upper Yangtsze, some 1,250 miles from the mouth of that great river. It is enclosed by somewhat low but strong walls, about five miles in circumference, which enclose the entire peninsula, and have seventeen gates, only nine of which open. The walls were rebuilt in 1761 by the then Viceroy. The city is closely built, every available bit of ground being e werel with buildings. The population is estimated at 250,000, which includes that of Kiang-peh Ting, a suburb on the opposite side of the Kia-liug, wrongly described by Blakiston as Li-min.
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The city is the headquarters of a farge and thriving tra∙ls, and from its situation must naturally be a very important mirt, but its capabilities and trade have been over-stimated, as also have the resources of the province of Sz chuen, of which it is the commercial capital, and it will probably be some time before foreigners will ask for it to be opened o trade. Under the provisions of the Cheïoo Co ‚vention, a Br tish Con- sular Agent is allowed to reside in Chungking to watch the conditions of British trade in Sz chuen, but no attempt his yet been male to make the ascent of the Yangisze to that point in steamers. A considerable quantity of British and foreign manufactured goods, however, find their way to Chungking in native craft uited for the navigation of the rapids. The Yuugtsze is about 800 yards wide at Chungking, but it is na- vigable for boats of light draug it as far as Cheng-ta. From Chungking to this city the Yangtze is properly called the Min-kiang. The Kia-ling is a river of some importance, aal à considerable traffic is done on it. Cmugkig, like most Chinese cities, though plasingly and picturesquely situated, is dirty and repulsive up ›n close inspectiou.
BRITISH CONSULATE.
DIRECTORY.
Miss Kidd (Kweyang)
Go. and Mrs. Parker (Faucheng)
Mr. Pruen
do.
Mr. Hunt
do.
Ta ying-ling-shih-shu. Consular Agent--Alexr. Hosie
CHINA INLAND MISSION. S. R. Clarke (Chungking)
do.
J. R. Riley G. W. and Mrs. Clarke (Kweiyang) J. F. and Mrs. Brou ton do.
Frauk Trench
Mrs. McCarthy
(Kweiyang)
do.
Geo, and Mrs. King (Hanchung)
Miss Wilson
Miss Fawcett
do.
do.
G. F. Easton (Chincheo, Kansul)
NATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.
Johu Wilson, agent
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