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ICHANG

This is one of the four ports opened to foreign trade on the 1st April, 1887, according to the provisions of Clause I. of Section III. of the Chefoo Convention. Ichang is a prefectural city, of considerable official importance, in the province of Hupeh. It is situated on the river Yangtsze, about 363 miles above Hankow. The navigation of the river up to this port is easy for vessels of light draught, and there is good anchorage at and near the city. The port is the centre of a fairly rich country. Besides the common 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 west- ward into Szechuen. Opium is grown in considerable quantities in the district. Ichang is conveniently situated as a mart for the tea districts of Hoh-fung-chow, the produce of which might, it was at one time thought, be made suitable for foreign use. It was generally supposed that, as Ichang 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. For the first three years these anticipations appeared little likely to be realised: the port cut a miserable figure the first year of its existenco as a treaty port. Later returns show, however, that Ichang is becoming a considerablo distributing centre, and its inward transit trade is now only second to that of Hankow. The total value of the trade for 1891 amounted to Tls. 3,939,331 as compared with Tls. 6,403,295 in 1890, and Tls. 2,550,648 in 1889. The falling off in 1891 in due to tho opening of Chungking to foreign trade. No foreign Opium is imported at this port, the native drug being generally used. The estimated population of the port is 34,000. The foreign concession was attacked by a native mob on the 2nd September, 1891, and nearly all the buildings on it destroyed.

DIRECTORY

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Ta-mei-sheng-kung.hwui

AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH MISSION

Rev. H. and Mrs. Sowerby

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants

CHINA INLAND MISSION

G. and Mrs. Nicoll

CHINA MERCHANTS S. N. Co.

Pie Chun-chuen, manager

司公瞼保川利

CHUNGKING TRANSPORT COMPANY, LD.

A. J. Little, manager (Chungking)

Su Yoling, agent

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND MISSION

Rev. George and Mrs. Cockburn

Rev. Wm. and Mrs. Deans

W. Pirie, L.R.C.P. & S.ED. and Mrs. Pirie

* Ta Ying ling-shih

CONSULATE GREAT BRITAIN

Consul-C. W. Everard

Constable-T. J. Olsen

門衙國美大

* Ta-me-kwoh ya-men

CONSULATE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Consul-H. W. Andrews, res. Hankow

I-chang-kwan

CUSTOMS IMPERIAL MARITIME

Acting Commissioner-Edwin Ludlow Assistant-E. A. Aldridge

Do. J. B. Fitzgibbon

Medical Officer-E. A. Aldridge Tidesurveyor-W. Stebbins

Assist. Examiner-J. H. Nightingale Tidewaiters-M. Hellstrand, P. H. Nolting, J. V. Jensen, T. J. Edwards, J. Ferguson, F. S. Jobst, E. Siden

HERTZ, HENRY, Merchant

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Merchants

Agencies

Indo China S. N. Company, Limited Canton Insurance Office, Límited Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.

JENKINS, M. A., Merchant

The Lih-teh

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LITTLE, ARCHD. J., Merchant; Owner Str.

"Y-ling

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Su Yoling, agent

Agencies

North China Insurance Company China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld.