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YOCHOW SHASI

DIRECTORY

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AUGUSTINIAN MISSION OF NORTHERN HUNAN Rt. Rev. Bishop Luis Perezy Perez,

vicaire apost., Lichow

Rev. Fr. A. Martinez (Lichow)

Do. E. Fernandez (Yung Kiang)

A. Arroyo (Sesueit’ien)

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V Andrés (Niehkiashib) N. Puras (Hwajung) A. Gonzalez (Changteh) L. Ramirez (Louki)

B. Gonzalez (Tselisien)

Rev. Fr. B. Yheas (Nanchowting)

J. Hospital (Yochow City) V. Ferrero (Niehkiashih) V. Martinez (Shenchowfu) A. Diego (Gan-siang)

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S. de la Torre, Vic. Prov.

(Yochow)

A. de Paz (Yochow City) A. Fernandez (Yalan) F. Bernardo (Tsinse)

Rev. Fr. J. Pons, Procurador

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(Hankow)

S. Palomino (Lungyang) S. PLongyang (Lungyang) B. Fernandez (Kaiki Kiao) P. Pelaz (Sesneit'ien)

H. Martinez (Semensien)

關州岳

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Acting Commissioner--R. A. Currie Assistant-A. Casati

Tidesurveyor--C. A. Meyer

Asst. Examiner-J. S. Chubb Tidewaiters - J. Stamm, H. Storrs, W,

Eberhard

POLICE

T. H. Gwynne

POST OFFICE, IMPERIAL CHINESE (Chang-

teh sub-District)

Probationary Accountant in Charge

(Changteli)--F. Merrien

REFORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES

Dr. Wm. E. Hoy and wife

Mr. Horace Lequear

Rev. W. Reimart and wife Dr. W. Adams and wife

Miss A. Traub

Miss Hannah Kanne

Miss Emma Zeimer

Miss Emma Krager

Rev. E. A. Beck and wife

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 verset. 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." The district suffers periodically from the flooding of the Yangtze. In July, 1908, the river rose to 30 ft. 9 inches, and caused the destruction of all the earlier summer crops. The population is estimated at about 80,0:0, 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 Shasi. The Customs Office and the residence of the Commissioner, the Customs boats, the premises of the China Merchants' Company and their hulk, the office