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YOCHOW
The city of Yochow is perched on a bluff in a very picturesque way. Its site is, however, not adapted for a transit trade, and it offers no shelter for small craft. The port has, therefore, been opened at Chenglin, five miles to the north and only a mile- from the Yangtsze, where a small creek provides the needed shelter for cargo-boats, and a good anchorage is found for steamers. Here the Chinese Government has set aside a place for a cosmopolitan settlement, for which they themselves will provide roads, police, etc.; the site contains level ground for business purposes, well raised, but not too high, above flood limits, while higher ground gives good and healthy sites for foreign houses. Work on the formation of the settlement and bunding operations were commenced in 1900, but were discontinued on account of the trouble in the North. During 1899, the gross and net values of the trade were nil, but in 1900, really the first open year of the port, the net value of the trade was 8143,827. The total number of steamers entered and cleared in 1900 was 650, representing 299,962 tons, against 20, representing 12,754 tons in 1899.
CONSULATE
JAPAN
DIRECTORY
Con'l.-K. Yamasaki(residing at H'kow)
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CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME
Assistant-in-charge--P. C. Hansson Assistant-R. L. Warren Tidesurveyor-W. I. Mason Examiner A. T. Westerberg Tidewaiters-S. Mitchell, M. M.
O'Connor
POLICE
Superintendent-Donald MacLennan
AUGUSTINIAN MISSION OF NORTHERN HUNAN Rt. Rev. Bishop Luis Perez y Perez,
vicaire apost., Litchow
Rev. A. Arroyo, Litchow Rev. S. de la Torre, vic. Rev. S. Palonius,
do.
Rev. B. Gonzalz, Yalau
Rev. L. Ramirez, do.
pro.,
Yochow
Rev. C. Marten, Tseleang-pin Rev. J. Pons, procurador, Hankow Rev. A. Martinez, Hofu
Rev. A. Fernandez
Rev. A. Diego, Kaichichino
POST OFFICE—IMPERIAL Chinese
Clerk-in-chge. Head Office-Sih Hung Assist. Clerk, do. ---Zung Loh-yen Clerk-in-chge. Yochow-Yu Shen Hsiu Do. Changsha Kiang Ching Bo
Siangtan Liu Chien-hou Changteh--Chêng Hua-p'n Chinshih-Liu Ch'ing
Do.
Do.
Do.
SHASI
市沙 Sha-si
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. Formerly Shasi was an important distributing centre, but the opening of Ichang to foreign trade diverted much of the traffic to the last named port. It was hoped that when Shasi itself was opened it would regain its importance as a point of distribution, but the experience now gained shows that the development is likely to be slow. On the 9th and 10th May, 1898, a serious anti-foreign riot occurred at Slasi. The Customs Office and the re- sidence of the Commissioner, the Customs boats, the premises of the China Merchants" Company and their hulk, the office of the Foreign Board, the Japanese Consulate, the
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