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HANGCHOW-CHINKIAYG

suckle, and peach-bloom, and clusters of bamboos, several kinds of conifers, the stillignia, camphor tree, and maple in rich profusion, all help to make the scene ideally perfect.

The site selected for the Foreign Settlement extends for a mile along the east bank of the Grand Canal; it covers over half a square mile and is about four miles from the city wall. The Custom House and Commissioner's and Assistants' residences are built on the Customs Lot and an imposing Police Station has also been put up. On the west side, opposite the Settlement, à silk filature, owned by Chinese and built and worked on western lines, is in operation. Two mills are also being built in a foreign style. The net value of the trade of the port for the short time it was open in 1896 was Tls. 227,396, which amount Japan copper and silk piece goods chiefly contributed; no foreign opium and only a small quantity of tea passed through the Customs. A brisk trade has been done during the year 1897.

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DIRECTORY

AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION (NORTH)

Mrs. L. J. Doolittle

Rev. J. C. and Mrs. Garritt

Rev. H. G. C. Hallock

Rev. J. H. and Mrs. Judson

Rev. E. L. and Mrs. Mattox

AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION (SOUTH)

Rev. B. H. Franklin

Rev. Geo. and Mrs. Hudson

Rev. J. L. and Mrs. Stuart

Rev. G. W. Painter

Miss Emma Boardman

Miss Ella C. Davidson

Miss Ellen Emerson

Miss E. B. French

Miss Una Hall

Miss Mary S. Mathews

CHURCH OF ENGLAND] MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Rt. Rev. Bishop Moule, D.D., and wife

Dr. Duncan and Mrs. Main

Rev. Geo. W. and Mrs. Coultas

A. T. Kember, M.D.

Rev, H. W. Moule

Miss Moule

Miss J. F. Moule

Miss Mary Vaughan

Miss Louise Barnes (absent)

Miss Alice Hunt

Miss Elsie Goudge

Miss Grant

CONSULATES

GREAT BRITAIN

Acting Consul—A. J. Sundius

JAPAN

Consul-M. Odagiri (res. Shanghai)

Chancellor in charge-K. Hayami

Chancellor-K. Nojima

Inspector of Police-T. Naito

Asst. Postmaster-S. Futatsubashi

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CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Commissioner-S. Leslie

Assistant-E. T. Pym

Do. --A. E. Blanco

Medical Officer-Duncan D. Main

Tidesurveyor-T. Macphail

Tidewaiters-L. Stockwell, R. Hansen,

A. Jones, J. Nicholas, J. Sheridon

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Mo-li

MOLLER, W. A., A.M.L.C.E., M.F.I.M.E., Civil

Engineer and Architect

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POLICE HANGCHOW SETTLEMENT

Superintendent--R. D. Craig

26 Chinese Constables

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

Rev. P. Faveau

CHINKIANG

The port of Chinkiang (or Chên-kiang-fu), which was declared open to foreign trade by the Treaty of Tientsin, is situated on the Yangtsze, about 150 miles from its mouth and at the point where the Grand Canal enters the river.

The history of Chinkiang possesses but few features of interest. The town, as translation of its name implies ("River Guard"), was at one time a post of considerable importance from a military point of view, when all the rice-tribute from the south of

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