Consulates.
GREAT BRITAIN.
署事領英大
Consul-E. L. B. Allen
Ta-ying-ling-shih-shu.
大美國衙汽
Ta-me-kwok-ya-men
UNITED STATES.
ICHANG-CHUNGKING.
DIRECTORY.
Imperial Maritime Customs.
宜昌
I Ch'ang Kuan.
Acting Commissioner F. A. Morgan
403
Assistant and Medical Officer-Aug. Henry,
M.A., L.R.C.P.
Assistant Examiner-L. Le Breton
Tide-waiters-W. F. Kahler, S. G. Grainger
Chinese Clerk-Au Kai Ting
ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.
Rev. George Cockburn, M.A., and Mrs.
Cockburn
Rev. Andrew Dowsley, B.A., Mrs. Dowsley
Consul J. F.Shepard, residing at Hankow 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. 50 sec. N., and long. 107 deg, 2 min. 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 surrounded by somewhat low but strong walls, about five miles in circumference, which include 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 covered 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-ling, wrongly described by Blakiston as Li-min.
The city is the headquarters of a large and thriving trade, and from its situation must naturally be a very important mart, but its capabilities and trade have been over-estimated, as also have the resources of the province of Szechuen, of which it is the commercial capital, and it will probably be some time before foreigners will ask for it to be opened to trade. Under the provisions of the Chefoo Convention, a British Con- sular Agent is allowed to reside in Chungking to watch the conditions of British trade in Szechuen, but no attempt has yet been made to accomplish the ascent of the Yangtsze to that point in steamers. A considerable quantity of British and foreign manufactured goods, however, find their way to Chungking in native craft suited for the navigation of the rapids. The Yangtsze is about 800 yards wide at Chungking, and it is na- vigable for boats of light draught as far as Cheng-tu. From Chungking to this city the Yangtsze is properly called the Min-kiang. The Kia-ling is a river of some importance, and a considerable traffic is done on it. Chungking, like most Chinese cities, though pleasingly and picturesquely situated, is dirty and repulsive upon close inspection.
DIRECTORY.
BRITISH CONSULAR RESIDENCY.
署事領英大
Ta-ying-kung-yü.
Resident Officer-Alexr. Hosie
G. Andrew (Talifu)
J. F. and Mrs. Broumton (Kweiyang)
Geo. and Mrs. Parker (Chincheo, Kansub) Miss Wilson
Miss Jones
do.
do.
Geo. King
CHINA INLAND MISSION,
G. F. and Mrs. Easton
(Hanchung) do.
S. R. Clarke (Chêntu)
D. Thompson
do.
J. H. and Mrs. Riley (Chungking)
G. W. and Mrs. Clarke (Yunnanfoo)
W. W. and Mrs. Hunt (Fauchong)
NATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.
John Wilson, agent
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