KEWKIANG
江九
Kiú-kiang
Kewkiang (now more generally written Kiukiang) is situated on the river Yangtsze near the outlet of the Poyang Lake, and is a prefectural city of the province of Kiang-si. It is distant about 187 geographical miles from Hankow and 445 miles from Shanghai, Kewkiang was, before the Rebellion, a busy and populous city; but it was occupied by the Taiping rebels in 1853, and before it was given up to the Imperial troops was almost entirely destroyed. When the foreign settlement was established there, how- ever, the population soon returned, and has continued to increase rapidly: it is now estimated at 55,000.
The city is built close to the river, the walls running along the banks of it for some 500 yards. Their circumference is about five miles, but a portion of the space enclosed is still unoccupied. The city contains no feature of interest. There are several large lakes to the north and west of it, and it is backed by a noble range of hills a few miles distant. The foreign settlement lies to the west of the city and is neatly laid out. It possesses a small bund lined with trees, a club, a small Protestant church, and a Roman Catholic cathedral-opened three years ago.
The idea which led to the opening of Kewkiang was, no doubt, its situation as regards communication by water with the districts where the Green Tea is produced. But the hopes entertained respecting the port have never been wholly realised. The total quantity of Tea exported in 1903 was 240,717 piculs, against 206,943 piculs, in 1902 and 167,597 piculs in 1901. Kewkiang is the port from whence the ware made at the far-famed por- celain factories at Kin-tê-chên is shipped. The specimens sent to the Paris Exhibition in 1900 secured a silver medal, in competition with European porcelain. The export of Chinaware last year was 51,513 piculs, which is less by 3,000 piculs than the export in 1902, but only twice during the last ten years has the quantity exeeeded 50,000 piculs. The net value of the trade of the port for 1903 was Tls. 22,035,794 against 19,916,543, in 1902 and Tls. 16,863,211 in 1901.
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Hip-wo
ANDERSON & Co., ROBT., Merchants
R. Anderson (absent)
C. Schlee
H. Schlee
E. White
Agencies
DIRECTORY
China Mutual Steam Navgn. Co., Ld.
China Fire Insurance Company, Ld.
China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld.
Marine Insurance Company, Limited
古太 Ta-koo
Butterfield & SWIRE, Merchants
F. E. Hodges, signs per pro. Hulk "Pasha"
Agencies
China Navigation Company, Limited Ocean Steamship Company, Limited China Mutual Steam Nvgtn. Co., Ld. Taikoo Sugar Refining Company, Ld. London and Lancashire Fire Insce. Co. British and Foreign Marine Insce. Co. Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld. Equitable Life Assnce. Soc. of U.S.A.
CHINA MERCHANTS' MARINE INSURANCE CO.
Cheng Yuet Ngam, agent
CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION CO.
Cheng Yuet Ngam, manager
Luk Lai-ting, Fong Yun-king, ship-
ping clerks
Agency
China Merchants' Marine Insurance Co.
CONSULATES
FRANCE, Consular Agency
Consul-L. Ratard (Shanghai)
* Ta Ying-ling-shih-kwan
GREAT BRITAIN
Consul W. J. Clennell
JAPAN
Consul--H. Eitaki
Vice-Consul-Y. Yoshida
Chancellors-K. Aibara, S. Yagi, S.
Nakahata
Constable-T. Matsudaira
REMINGTON TYPEWRITERS are the Standard Everywhere.
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