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HANKOW

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Antimony went to Europe during 1900. Messrs. Arnhold, Karberg & Co., a German firm, agents for the Shell Transport Company, Limited, of London, have erected on the foreshore, several miles below the Foreign Concessions, Oil tanks for storing bulk Oil, to be tinned on the premises. Two tanks have been erected, each with a capacity of 2,500 tons of Oil. During the low-water season small tank-steamers will bring the Oil from Shanghai. The first arrived early in January, 1901. If the Boxer movements in the North, and the consequent unrest in the Yangtze Valley, checked and, for a time, even paralysed trade, they have not disturbed the busy, go-ahead spirit which seems to pervade those interested in the three new Concessions here-Russian, French, and German. Building and filling-in have gone on apace all through the year, and good roads are rapidly being laid. The German Concession Bund is practically finished, and to all appearances is a fine piece of work. The French and Russian Bunds are also nearing completion, so that during 1901 Hankow will possess a con- tinuous Bund frontage of nearly two miles. The construction of the Lu-Han, or Hankow- Peking, Railway, which was progressing well in the early part of the year, practically ceased for four months, owing to the troubles. The late autumn and winter months once again saw the work being pushed vigorously forward. As far as kilomètre 125 from Hankow the track is ready for the rails, and the embankment is completed as far as kilomètre 210. The rails are laid, and a locomotive now runs, to kilomètre 90. The work progresses about a half kilomètre per working day, and it is expected that Hsin-yang (f), 346 miles from Hankow, will be reached by rail early in 1902. Some of the stations on the line are in course of construction, and work is being pushed rapidly forward on the Hankow principal station. Over the Seven-mile Creek and its affluents three bridges are necessary; one is finished and the other two. nearly so, and the temporary, or service, bridges between kilomètre 22 and kilomètre 65 are being replaced by permanent iron bridges. His Excellency the Viceroy has, under Imperial Edict, thrown open a Concession on the Wuchang side of the river, on which Foreigners and Chinese can build residences and houses of business under certain rules and conditions."

Tea is the staple export. The total export of Tea from Hankow (including re-exports of Kewkiang tea) amounted in 1900 to 470,730 (of which 198,362 piculs were to Chinese ports), against 526,095 piculs in 1899 (of which 296,358 piculs were to Chinese ports), as compared to 478,338 piculs in 1898, and the quantity of brick tea exported in 1900 was 220,209 piculs, against 384,830 piculs in 1899. In 1900, Opium was imported to the extent of 276 piculs, as against 400 piculs in 1899 and 460 piculs in 1898. It is computed that 70 per cent. of the opium used at this port is native grown drug--the import of the foreign article is declining. The trade under the transit pass system is larger at Hankow than at any other port, its value in 1900 being Tls. 96,749, against Tls. 125,558 in 1899 and Tls. 148,901 in 1898. The net value of the trade of the port in 1990 amounted to Tls. 57,050,639, as against Tls. 67,202,061 in 1899 and Tls. 53,771,445

in 1898.

和協 Hip-wo

ANDERSON & Co., ROBT., Merchants

C. Schlee

H. Schlee (Foochow)

E. White

Agency

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