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presenting the four or five foreign houses (three British) 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. A German Post Office was opened in 1903.

The net value of the trade of the port in 1907 was Tls. 6,557,173 against Tls. 4,741,747, in 1906, Tls. 3,263,670 in 1905, and 2,961,227 in 1904. The gross value of the trade of the port in 1907 was Tls. 15,005,907, the total foreign imports representing a value of Tls. 3,328,672 of which, however, Tls. 2,824,789 were re-exported.

DIRECTORY

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants

Yew Cheong Wong, agent

Agencies

China Navigation Company, Limited North Borneo Trading Co., Ld.

Union Insurance Society of Canton,Ld. Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld.

Chau-song-nee-ch'euk

CHINA MERCHANTS STEAM NAVIGATION Co.

Chy Moy-son, manager

Wu Yuet-chiao

Wong Kwo Hsin

CONSULATES

# Ta fa-ling-shih-fu FRANCE

Acting Consul-A. Doire (Hankow) Acting Vice-Consul-Minard

GERMANY

Acting Consul-Dr. A. Nord (resid-

ing at Hankow)

Secretary-W. Frederking

✯✯✯ Ta Ying ling-shih-fu

府事領英大

GREAT BRITAIN

also

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

Consul Officiating- H. A. Little

JAPAN

門衙事本日大

Acting Consul--I. Katayama, for Shasi

and Ichang (residing at Shasi)

門衙國美

* Ta-me-kwoh ya-men

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Consul General-Wm. Martin (Han-

kow)

關昌宜

I-chang-kwan

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Commissioner-W. T. Lay

Assts-F. L. Bessell, P. Huber,

F. W. H. C. Biester, E. A. Mac- Donald Medical

M.D. MICH.

Officer F. C. Krumling,

Harbour Master and Tidesurveyor—

E. Molloy

Pada

Examiners-J. McMahon, J. V. Jensen Asst. do. R. Olsen, R. Tismar Tidewaiters-W. H. Barley, J. Larkin, D. Verner, R. Bulldeath, P. H. M. McCarthy, J.Rasmussen

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Ltd. Merchants,

A. Andrew

Agencies

Indo-China S. N. Company, Limited Canton Insurance Office, Limited

Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.

Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co.

Canadian Pacific Railway Co. Glen Line

隆茂

MACKENZIE & Co., LD.

R. Gericke, resident agent

Agencies

Kiang Pei Ting, Coal & Tin Mining Co.

North China Insurance Co. Ld.

West China Transport Co.

China Mutual Life Assurance Co.

時最美

MELCHERS & Co., Merchants

E. D. Chang

Agencies

Nordd. Lloyd Imp. German Mail Line

do.

Yangtse Line

Hamburg-Amerika Linie