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SHASI-ICHANG

局沙商招 Chao Shang Sha Chiü

CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVGTN. Co.

Hsieh Chen, manager

Hsu Kin Sung, clerk

Steamers “Kwei Lee” and “Kuling”

關市沙 Shasi Kuan

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Commissioner—C. C. Stuhlmann, PH.D.

Assistant-F. L. Bessell

Assistant Examiner-W, O. Pegge

Tidewaiter -V. Gaeta

Clerks-Wong Wa-fuk, Tsao-tang

和怡 E-Wo

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.

Li Cheng, agent

Steamer "Kiangwo"

MISSIONS

For Protestant Missions see end of

China Directory

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

293

Rev. Angelus Timmers (residing at

Kingchow)

Rev. Fr. Giovanni Franzoni, pro-vicar

**** Tuay-feh Yang-hong

MUSEUM AND STORE-JAPANESE

M. Ushijima, agent

Y. Shinohara

信有

Yu Hsing

NAIGAI WATA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Mrchts.

T. Saka Gawa, managing agent

DARAKA Ta-pan Shang-lun Kung-szu

OSAKA SHOSEN Kaisha

Chu Chia Chien, agent

Steamers "Ta-chi" and "Tai-yuen"

POST OFFICE IMPERIAL CHINESE

Postmaster C. C. Stuhlmann, PH.D.

Postal Clerk-in-Charge-Wong Cheung

POST OFFICE JAPANESE

Postmaster--R. Suzuki

ICHANG

昌宜 I-cháng

Is one of the four ports opened to foreign trade on the 1st April, 1877, in accordance with clause 1, section 3, of the Chefoo Convention.

Ichang is situated in lat. 30° 44′ 25′′ N., long. 111° 18′ 34′′ E., on the left bank of the river Yangtsze, about 393 miles above Hankow, and some ten miles below the entrance to the great Ichang gorge. The navigation of the river to this port is com- paratively easy for vessels of light draught, but great care is necessary for all vessels when in the neighbourhood of Sunday Island, owing to the shifting sand banks. The anchorage is off the left bank, opposite the foreign residences, and is good, except in freshets, when the anchors should be sighted every two or three days. The port is the centre of a hilly country, the productions of which are rice in the valleys, cutton on the higher grounds, winter wheat, barley, and also the tungtzu trees, from which the ordinary 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 has increased in importance since the open- ing 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 houses 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 1901 Tls. 2,638,955, against Tls. 1,838,070 in 1900 and Tls. 3,706,251 in 1899.

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