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ARMY ADMINISTRATION

WUCHANG—SHASI—ICHANG

WUCHANG.

Chief Cavalry Instructor-Capt. Count

W. Bernstorff

Chief Instr. of Infantry and Military

Engineering--W. Hoffmann

Assistant Instructor-Sergt. Seydel

* Hupeh-chio-tang 堂學備武

MILITARY College

Professor--Capt. von Falkenheyn

Professor-Lieut. E. von Strauch

Do. -Lieut. R. Genz

堂學强自 Tse-chang-chio-tany

COLLEGE OF LANGUAGES

Director-Tsai, Taotai

Professor-Count W. Bernstorff

WUCHANG COLLEGE

Prof. H. H. Robinson, M.A., F.I.C.

SHASI

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Shasi is one of the ports opened to foreign trade under the Japanese treaty of 1895, the official declaration of the opening being dated the 1st October, 1896. The port is situated about 85 miles below Ichang and is situated at the crossing point of two most important routes of commerce in central China, namely, from east to west and from north to south and vice versa. The population, according to a census taken in 1896, amounts to 73,400, and the floating population, of which no account is kept, may be estimated at 10,000 more. The town itself is much like other native towns of its size. It lies below the level of the river, from which it is protected by a huge embankment which runs for miles above and below the town. Besides being an important distributing centre Shasi is the seat of a rather extensive manufacture of native cotton cloth.

AMERICAN EPISCOPAL MISSION

CONSULATES

GREAT BRITAIN

DIRECTORY

Acting Consul– W. J. Clennell

JAPAN

門衙事頜本日大

Consul-- H. Eitaki

Chancellor S. Yokota

Do. --K. Noguchi

Police Inspector—F. Matsudaira

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Acting Commissioner-J. Neumann

Asst. Examiner-H. J. Sharples Tidewaiter--F. S. Jobst

POST OFFICE-IMPERIAL CHINESE

Postal Officer--H. J. Sharples

局便郵本日大

POST OFFICE-JAPANESE

Chief-H. Eitaki

Asssistant-R. Ueyama

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION Rev. Mauritius Robert

SWEDISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Rev. B. E. and Mrs. Ryden Rev. A. P. and Mrs. Tjellström

ICHANG

Is one of the four ports opened to foreign trade on the 1st April, 1877, in accordance with clause 1, section 3, of the Chefoo Convention.

Ichang is situated in lat. 30° 44′ 25′′ N., long. 111° 18′ 34′′ E., on the left bank of the river Yangstze, about 393 miles above Hankow, and some ten miles below the entrance to the great Ichang gorge. The navigation of the river to this port is com- paratively easy for vessels of light draught, but great care is necessary for all vessels

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