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HANGCHOW

raw silk, and tea. The imports of foreign goods from Shanghai amounted to Tls. 2,581,807, against Tls. 2,747,433 in 1899, and the exports to Tls. 4,785,371, against Tls. 6,402,552 in 1899. Trade is improving generally.

Halfway between Hangchow and Shanghai is Kashing, where the grand canal is entered. Kashing is a Customs Station under Hangehow and was first opened in 198 for collecting duties on foreign opium owing to fiscal arrangements being against the collection at Hangehow. It now collects duties both on imports and exports and has become quite an important factor.

There are two Chinese companies and one Japanese between Shanghai aud Hangchow and one Chinese and one Japanese between Soochow and Hangchow, all of them daily service. Thirteen foreign missionaries were murdered at Chuchow on the Chientang river in 190. Cholera in 1902 killed 10,000

people

The principal article of export is tea, about 70,000 piculs per year. The tea comes from Anhui and Pingsuey near Shaohsing and from the neighbourhood of Hangchow, where the valuabie Lungching tea is grown. Silk, paper fans, raw cotton, medicines and tinfoil are also exported.

CONSULATES

GREAT BRITAIN

Acting Consul-

JAPAN

門衙事本日大

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

Vice-Consul-T. N. Okohira

Chancellor K. Kishi

DIRECTORY

Inspector of Police-H. Ishihara

關新州杭

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Commissioner-P. von Tanner

Assistants-C. Pape, J. Commijs, B.

D. Tisdal

Medical Officer-D. D. Main Tidesurveyor--T. Macphail (Kiahsing) Examiner-H. T. Wavell

Assistant Examiners-G. P. Civilini

(Kashing), S. Foyn

Tidewaiters-E. H. A. Freitag (Kash-

ing), F. Binard, W. Burnes, B. A. Friedrich, C. Newton

LIKINADMINISTRATION, EASTERN CHEKIANG

Commisr.-in-charge-P. von Tanner Assistant-A. J. Čommijs

MISSIONS

For Protestant Missions see end of

China Directory

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

Rev. C. P. Louat

Rev. A. J. Asinelli

Rev. P. Rassat

Rev. A. Boucher

SISTERS OF CHARITY

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

POST OFFICE--IMPERIAL (Hangchow City)

Assistant Postal Officer-W. Cohen

POST OFFICE-IMPERIAL JAPANESE

Postmaster Y. Watanabe

Postal Clerk-G. Aoyagi

Assistant Chinese Clerk-F. Chang

房捕巡場關通州杭

POLICE (CHINESE)-Hangchow Settlement

Chief-T. Murphy

1 interpreter, 1 instructor, 3 sergts.

21 constables

TAITO STEAMBOAT COMPANY

T. Yendo

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