YOCHOW-SHASI
DIRECTORY
867
CONSULATE
JAPAN
Vice Consul-M. Ihara (residing at
Changsha)
AUGUSTINIAN MISSION OF NORTHERN HUNAN Rt. Rev. Bishop_Luis Perez y Perez,
vicaire apost., Ltchow
Rev. Fr. A. Martinez (Lichow)
Do.
E. Fernandez (Yung Kiang)
Do.
A. Arroyo (Sesueition)
關州岳
Do.
V Andrés (Yochow)
Do.
N. Puras (Taoyuen)
CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME
Do.
A. Gonzalez (Senchow)
Assistant in Charge (ad. interim)---
Do.
L. Ramirez (Louki)
J. H. W. Houstoun
Do.
B. Gonzalez (Tselisien)
Assistant-H. St. J. Wilding
Do.
B. Yhens (Sa-t'an)
Acting Tidesurveyor-T. H. Gwynne
Do.
J. Hospital (Changteh)
Examiner M. Feller
Do.
Tidewaiter-W. Keeler
Do.
Postal Officer--J. von Kompolthy
Do.
Do.
POLICE
Do.
Superintendent T. H. Gwynne
Do.
V. Ferrero (Long-yang) V. Martinez (Huayong) A. Diego (Gan-siang) S. de la Torre, Vic. Prov.
(Yochow)
A. de Paz (Senchow)
A. Fernandez (Yalan)
Do.
F. Bernardo (Tsinse)
Do.
L. Alvarez (Nanchow)
POST OFFICE-IMPERIAL CHINESE
Do.
J. Pons, Procurador
Postal Officer-J. von Kompolthy Linguist Clerk (Changteh)—Ho Sun
Chih
(Honkow)
Do.
Do.
S. Palomino (Changteh) B. Fernandez (Kaiki Kiao)
District Inspector (Kweiyang)—E.F.S.
Newman
Do.
P. Pelaz (Sesucit'ien)
Do.
H. Martinez (Semensien)
SHASI
市沙 Sha-si
Shasi (the "market on the sands") is one of the ports opened to foreign trade under the Japanese Treaty of 1895, the official declaration of the opening being dated the 1st October, 1896. The port is about 85 miles below Ichang and is situated at the crossing point of two most important routes of commerce in Central China, namely, from east to west and from north to south and vice versa. It is reclaimed from the river and the sea by a magnificent system of dykes and canals, and is “a monument of ancient commerce, and a witness to native perseverance and engineering skill." In 1905, the Yangtze overflowed and flooded an area of about 150 square miles of the district, destroying many dykes. The loss of life and property was very great. The country north-west of Shasi was again under water. The population, according to a census taken in 1896, amounted to 73,400, and the floating population, of which no account is kept, may be estimated at 10,000 more.
A con- siderable amount of washing for gold is done between Shasi and Hosueh, chiefly on the Tukkechow. Formerly Shasi was an important distributing centre, but the opening of Ichang to foreign trade diverted much of the traffic to the last-named port. It was hoped that when Shasi itself was opened it would regain its importance as a point of distribution, but the experience now gained shows that the development is likely to be slow. On the 9th and 10th May, 1898, a serious anti-foreign riot occurred at
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