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Consulates.

GREAT BRITAIN,

渚事領英大

ICHANG-CHUNGKING.

Ta-ying-ling-shih-shu.

Consul-0. T. Gardner (absent)

DIRECTORY.

Officiating Consul-Chaloner Alabaster

大美國衙

Ta-me-kwok-ya-men

UNITED STATES.

Consul-I. F. Shepard, residing at Hankow

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,

宜昌制

I Ch'ang Kuan,

Assistant in Charge-J. L. Chalmers

Second Assistant-E. F. Creagh

Assistant and Medical Officer—Aug. Henry,

M.A., L.R.C.P.

Assistant Examiner-L. Le Breton Tidewaters-F. McQuire, J. Grainger Chinese Clerk-Au Kai Ting

AGENCIES.

Little, A. J., ag, nt—

North-China Insurance Co., Ld.

Yangtze Insurance Association MERCHANT.

德立

Lah-tah.

Little, Archd. J., merchant, and agent

Russell & Co.'s steamers

Lui Sui-tang

Missionaries.

ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.

Rev. George Cockburn, M.A., and Mrs.

Cockburn

Rev. Andrew Dowsley, B.A., Mrs. Dowsley

天主堂

Tien-choo-tang.

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION.

Right Rv. Fr. Alexis M. Filippi, Bishop

tit. of Pancale and Vicar Apost. of Southern Hupeb

Rev. Fr. Benjamin Christiaens Rev. Fr. Gabriel van Gestel

Rv. Fr. Giovanni Franzoni

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Rv. Br. Bonif. Timmer

CHUNGKING.

Changking, 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 rive Kia-ling-kiang with the Upper Yangtsz, som 1,250 ailes from the mouth of that great river. It is surrounded by somewhat low but strong walls, about five miles in circumference, which iu lude the satire parin sula, an 1 have seventeen gates, only nin of which open. The walls were rebuilt in 1761 by the then Veroy. The city is closely built, erary available bit of ground being covered with buildings. The population is estimated at 250,000, which in lules that of Kiang-peh Ting, a suburb on the opposite side of the Ki. ling, wrongly described by Blakiston as Li-min.

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The city is the headquarters of a large and thriving trade, an'l from its situation must naturally be a very important mart, but its capabilities and tril have been over-estimated, as also have thresoncees of the province of Szhn, which it is the commercial capital, and it will probably be some time before foreign rs will ask for it to be opened to trade. Uader the provisions of the Chefoo Contation, a British Con- sular Agentis allowed to reside in Chungking to watch the conditions of British trale in Szeclauon, but no attempt has yet been made to accomplish the ascent of th: Yangtze to that point in steam ITS. A considerable quantity of British and foreign manufactured goods, however, find their way to Chungking in native craft suite 1 for the navigation of the rapids. The Yangtze is about 800 yards wide at Chungking, and it is na.