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wood oil is obtained by pressing the nuts gathered from the trees. In the sheltered valleys, amongst the mountain ranges west of the city, oranges, lemons, pomelos, pears, plums, and a very superior quality of persimmons are grown and find a ready market in the city and at Shasi. Ichang continues to increase in importance since the opening of Chungking. All cargo for the latter port is landed here and transferred to chartered junks. In the same way cargo brought down in chartered junks from Chungking and intended for the lower river and coast ports is shipped here on river steamers, which make regular voyages to and from Hankow.

Native opium is largely grown from here westwards, and is increasing in quantity and improving in quality. The climate of Ichang is drier than that of the lower river ports-summers very warm, winters dry and pleasant. The native population is estimated at about 35,000. The foreign residents are few in number, educated native agents representing the four or five foreign hongs doing business here. Fine new Consular and Customs_buildings have recently been erected and have improved the appearance of the setttlement very much.

The net value of the trade of the port, excluding transhipment cargo, was in 1897 Tls. 1,794,380 and in 1896 Tls. 2,210,301. The foreign imports amounted to Tls. 647,902. The gross value of the trade of the port, including re-exports, was in 1897 Tls. 18,750,433, in 1896 Tls. 15,089,604, and 1895 Tls. 13,373,812.

DIRECTORY

AMERICAN CHURCH MISSION

Rev. H. C. Collins, M.D.

Butterfield & SWIRE, Merchants

Yew Cheong Wong

Agencies

China Navigation Company, Limited

Union Insurance Society of Canton

會地內

CHINA INLAND MISSION: Tel. Ad. Inland

J. R. Bruce

T. P. Clinton

CHINA MERCHANTS STEAM NAVIGATION CO.

Chin Ya-chuan, manager

司公險保川利

Chungking TRANSPORT COMPANY, Ld.

Archd. J. Little, manager

Liu Chun Ching, local manager

Church of Scotland MISSION

Rev. Thos. R. and Mrs. Kearney

David Rankine, M.A., M.B., C.M. Mrs. Rankine

Rev. Wm. and Mrs. Deans

Miss E. Smith

Miss M. E. Moore, B.a.

Miss C. G. Fraser

Ta Ying ling-shih

CONSULATES

GREAT BRITAIN

also

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

Consul-W. Holland Constable-H. G. Hart.

JAPAN

門衙事頠本日大

Consul-H. Eitaki, resdg. at Shasi

"ƒ‡ƒ Ta-me-kwoh ya-men 門衙國美大

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Consul-L. S. Wilcox (Hankow)

CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN MISSION

Dr. O. T. and Mrs. Logan

Rev. T. J. Preston

AT I-chang-kwan

關昌宜

CUSTOMS-Imperial MARITIME

Act. Commissioner-C. Talbot Bowring

Assistant-R. F. Wrench

Med. Officer-D). Rankine, M.A., M.B.,C.M.

Acting Harbour Master and Tide-

surveyor-C. F. Goodhart

Acting Boat Officer-H. A. Farrell Examiner-C. H. Erskine

Asst. Examrs-G. Kopp, G. Houlston Tidewaiters-J. C. Petersen, T. J.

Edwards, A. Gray

Tidewaiters (probationary)-C. Con-

nolly, C. Keay

Lekin Collectorate

Deputy Commisnr. W. R. McD. Parr Assistant J. N. Nightingale

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Merchants

C. Him-shan, agent

Agencies

Indo-China S. N. Company, Limited Canton Insurance Office, Limited Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada