KEWKIANG
Kewkiang (also written Kiukiang) is situated on the river Yangtsze, near the outlet of the Poyang Lake, and is a prefectural city of the province of Kiang-si. It is distant about 187 geographical miles from Hankow and 445 miles from Shanghai. Kewkiang was before the Rebellion a busy and populous city; but it was occupied by the Taiping rebels in 1853, and before it was given up to the Imperial troops it was almost entirely destroyed. When the foreign settlement was established there, however, the population soon returned, and it has continued to increase rapidly: it is now estimated at 53,000.
The city is built close to the river, the walls running along the banks of it for some 500 yards. Their circumference is about five miles, but a portion of the space enclosed is still not occupied. The city contains no fature of interest. There are several large lakes to the north and west of it, and it is backed by a noble range of hills a few miles distant. The foreign settlement lies to the west of the city and is neatly laid out. It possesses a small bund lined with trees, a club, and small Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches.
The idea which led to the opening of Kewkiang was, no doubt, its situation as regards communication by water with the districts where the Green Tea is produced. But the hopes entertained respecting Kewkiang have never been wholly realised. The total quantity of Tea exported in 1896 was 230,367 piculs, of which 38.793 piculs were Green, the export for 1895 being 266,055 piculs. Opium was imported to the extent of 2,643 piculs in 1896, and 2,885 piculs in 1895. Kewkiang is the port from whence the ware made at the far-famed porcelain factories at Kin-tê-chên is shipped. In 1896, 46,315 piculs of this ware were exported. The net value of the trade of the port for 1896 was Tls. 14,250,103, for 1895 Tls. 14,232,354, and for 1894 Tls. 11,617,476.
DIRECTORY
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ANDERSON & Co., ROBт., Merchants
R. Anderson (absent)
C. Schlee
H. Schlee
E. White
Agencies
China Mutua Steam Navgn. Co. China Fire Insurance Company, Ld.
China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld.
Marine Insurance Company, Limited
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BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants
Arthur Smith
Agencies
China Navigation Company, Limited
Hulk "Sultan"-J. Kofod Lind, in
charge
Ocean Steamship Company Union Insurance Society of Canton British and Foreign Marine Insurance London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld.
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CAMPBELL & Co., ALEXANDER, Merchants
Alexr. Campbell
Neil Sinclair
Allan McInnes
Agencies
Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corpn. Strs. "W. Cores de Vries" and "Sual” Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co. North China Insurance Company, Ld. Sun Insurance Office
Yangtsze Insurance Association, Ld.
Imperial Marine Insurance Co., Tokyo
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CENTRAL CHINA PRESS
Rev. D. W. Nichols, manager
CHINA MERChants Steam Navigation Co.
Wong Moi-see, manager
CONSULATES
FRANCE, Consular Agency
Consul-J. Dautremer (Hankow)
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