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ICHANG

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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 and shipping offices have recently been erected and have improved the appearance of the settlement very much.

The net value of the trade of the port, excluding transhipment cargo, was in 1900 Tls. 1,833,070, against Tls. 3,706,251 in 1899, and Tls. 1,295,729 in 1898. The foreign imports in 1900 amounted to Tls. 516,117, against Tls. 1,589,737 in 1899. The gross value of the trade of the port, including re-exports, was in 1900 Tls. 23,143,617, against. Tls. 31,166,326 in 1899 and Tls. 16,089,058 in 1898.

Butterfield & SWIRE, Merchants

Yew Cheong Wong

Agencies

DIRECTORY

China Navigation Company, Limited

Union Insurance Society of Canton Ld.

德立 Li-tch

CHUNGKING TRADING COMPANY

Archd. J. Little, president

James W. Nicolson, manager

Lu Sui Tung, resident agent Agencies

Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co. North China Insurance Co., Ld. Upper Yangtse Syndicate, Ld.

Yangtse Trading Company, Ld.

CONSULATES

*** Ta fa-ling-shih-fu 府事頜法大

FRANCE

Consul-H. de Marcilly (Hankow)

***** Ta Ying ling-shih-fu

GREAT BRITAIN

also

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

Acting Consul-R. Willis

Constable-C. Brown

JAPAN

門衙事頜本日大

Consul T. Wakamatsu

@☀* Ta-me-kwoh ya-men

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Consul-L. S. Wilcox (Hankow)

I-chang-kwan

CUSTOMS IMPERIAL MARITIME

Commissioner–F. S. Unwin Assistant-H. Menze

Assistant J. W. Stephenson-Jellie Medical Officer-W. Kirk, M.D., M.R.C.S.

Out-door Staff

Acting Harbour Master and Tide-

surveyor-C. F. Goodhart Acting Boat Officer-H. A. Farrell Assistant Examiner-G. Kopp

Do.

-P. C. Petersen Tidewaiters-T. Sinclair, J. J. Woods, A. W. Macphail, J. A. Hersted, A. D. Horne, W. R. Finlay, R. Neut

LEKIN COLLECTORATE

Commissioner-in-charge –F. S. Unwin

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

MISSIONS

For Protestant Missionaries see end of

China Directory

堂主天 Tien-choo-tang

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

Right Rev. Theotimus Verhaeghen,

Bishop tit. of Syena and Vicar

Apostolic of Southern Hupeh

Rev. Giovanni Franzoni, provicar

Rev. Gabriel van Gestel

Rev. Mauritius Robert

Rev. Marcellus Sterkendries

Rev. Angelus Timmers

Rev. Polydorus Vercruysse

Rev. Florentius Robberecht

Rev. Hubertus Adons

Rev. Seraphinus Melisson

Rev. Solano de Cock

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