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HANGCHOW-NINGPO

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. A British Con- sulate is in the course of erection, with a number of small foreign houses. On the west side, opposite the Settlement, a cotton mill, owned by Chinese and built and worked on western lines, is in operation. A native-owned steam silk filature is also in exist- ence, although not working for the present. The net value of the trade of the port coming under the cognizance of the Foreign Customs for 1899 was Tls. 11,501,767, for 1898 TIs. 7,993,479. The commodities chiefly dealt in were opium, tin, Japanese copper, kerosine oil, soap, sugar, prepared tobacco, varnish, paper fans, silk picce goods, raw silk, and tea. The imports of foreign goods, chiefly from Shanghai, amounted to Tls. 2,747,433, and the exports to Tls. 6,402,552. Notwithstanding the disturbed state of the empire during 1900, the trade of Hangchow continued fairly good.

CONSULATES

GREAT BRITAIN

Acting Consul-H. F. King

JAPAN

門衙事本日大

Ta-yat-pun-lin-sz Ya-men

DIRECTORY

Acting Consul-K. Yamazaki

Chancellor O. Sugimoto

Do.

-Y. Tomita

Interpreter M. Murayama

Inspts. of Pol.-H. Ishihara S. Uchida

關新州杭

CUSTOMS--IMPERIAL MARITIME

Deputy Commissioner-in-charge--G.

F. Montgomery

Assistant-C. Pape

Do. -A. E. Blanco

Medical Officer-D. D. Main

Tidesurveyor T. Macphail (Kiahsing) Asst. Examiners-G. A. F. Schneider, G. P. Civilini (Kiahsing),M. Finlayson Tidewaiters-F. W. Rowland, S. Foyn (Kiahsing), E. H. A. Freitag, F. C. Irwin

LIKIN ADMINISTRATION EASTERN CHEKIANG Deputy Commnr.-G. F. Montgomery Assistant-W. MacDonald

Do. J. H. W. Houston

[ MISSIONS

For Protestant Missionaries see end of

China Directory

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

Rev. C. Wittib

SISTERS OF CHARITY

Sisters Archenault (superioress), M.. Parada, A. Wagensperg, G. Borie, M. L. Hacard

POST OFFICE-IMPERIAL (Hangchow City) Asst. Postal Officer-J. C. Nicholas

POST OFFICE-IMPERIAL JAPANESE

Postal Clerk-Y. Suzuki

Do. -S. Tsubaki

房捕巡場關迵州杭

POLICE (CHINESE)-Hangchow Settlement

Chief-R. D. Craig

1 interpreter, 1 instructor, 3 sergts

21 constables

HA Shih-wén.

問佘

SHERVEN, O., Engineer

TAITO STEAMBOAT COMPANY

T. Endo

K. Tada

NINGPO

波蜜 Ning-po

Ningpo is situated on the river Yung, in the province of Chekiang, in lat. 29 deg .55 min. N., and long. 121 deg. 22 min. E. It was one of the five ports thrown- open to foreigners in 1842. Foreigners had, however, visited Ningpo at an early date Portuguese traded there in 1522; a number of them settled in the place in that and succeeding years, and there was every prospect of a rising and successful settlement soon

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