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about six hundred thousand half-chests a year. The timber passing down past Changtch is valued officially at six million taels a year, and is probably worth more, There is also a large production of cotton. The mountain districts contain large fields of coal, both anthracite and bituminous; iron also is known to exist. Sulphur, antimony, nickel, and other minerals are even now exported, and great possibilities of development are undoubtedly to be found.
Steam launches and steamers run through from Hankow to Changsha with cargo and passengers, under River passes; and from Yochow to Inland places under Inland Steam Navigation Rules.
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 oponed at Chenglin, five miles to the north and only a mile from the Yangtsze, where à sinall 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, and a new Custom-house and quarters have been built. Yochow is described by the Customs Commissioner as “doubtless the healthiest town in the Yangtse Valley, considering the insanitary conditions." In 1901, really the first open year of the port, the net value of the trade was Tls. 143,827. In 1903 the value of the trade amounted to Tls. 3,473,241. In 1905 the value of the trade amounted to Tls. 490,000 only, the result of the opening of Changsha as a Treaty Port in 1904.
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CONSULATE
JAPAN
DIRECTORY
Vice Consul M. Ihara (residing at
Rev. Fr. A. Gonzalez (Senchow)
L. Ramirez (Senchow)
Do.
Do.
V. Perez (Taoyuen)
B. Gonzalez (Changteh) B. Yheas (Long-yang)
Do.
Do.
麻生岳
州岳
Do.
J. Hospital Yuenkiang)
Do.
V. Ferrero (Yuenkiang)
CUSTOMS IMPERIAL MARITIME
Do.
V. Martinez (Huayong)
Acting Commissioner-E. O). Reis
Do.
A. Diego (Nan chow)
Assistants-J.H.W. Houston, E. Moran
Do.
S. dela Torre. Vic. Prov.
Acting Tidesurveyor-T. H. Gwynne
(Yochow)
Do. Examiner-M. Feller
Do.
A. de Paz (Yochow)
Tidewaiter-H. P. Singer
Do.
A. Fernandez (Yalan)
Postal Officer--J. von Kompolthy
Do.
F. Bernardo (Niekiasé)
Do.
L. Alvarez (Sa-t'an)
POLITE
Superintendent--T. H. Gwynne
AUGUSTINIAN MISSION OF NORTHERN HUNAN
Rt. Rev. Bishop Luis Perez y Perez,
vicaire apost., Litchow
Rev. Fr. A. Martinez (Lichow)
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E. Fernandez (Kai Ki Kino). Do. A. Ar oyo (Sesueit’ien)
Do.
Do.
V. Andrés (Sesucit'ien)
T. Tosé (Semonsien) Do. N. Puras (Tselisien)
POST OFFICE
Postal Officer--J. von Kompolthy Linguist Clerk, Changteh-Liu Sheng
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Linguist Clerk, Kweiyang-Chi Chin
Tsen
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J. Pons, Procurador
(Honkow)
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S. Palomino (Hankow)
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