局政郵
SOOCHOW-CHINKIANG
967
★★ Tung-woo-ta-hok-ong
CHINESE POST OFFICE, SOOCHOW (Sub- SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
District of Nanking)
District Postmaster-J. P. Donovan
(Nanking)
Act. Sub-District Postmaster--G. B.
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Soochow Sub-District comprises :-
Boyers (Soochow)
Sub-Head Office
6 City Sub-head Offices
6 Inland Offices
60 Inland Agencies
局便郵州蘇本日大
Ta-jih-pen Soo-chow-yu-pien-chi
POST OFFICE, IMPERIAL JAPANESE
Postmaster-M. Hattori
Assistant Clerk-M. Iwanaga
Soo KING SILK FILATURE
Chou Hon-ying, director
廠钞箱蘇 Soo-lung-sou-chang
Soo LUNG Cotton Spinning MILL CO., LD.
興蘇
Soo SIN & Co., Merchants
Rev. J. W. Cline, D.D., president Prof. N. Gist Gee, M.A., secretary Rev. J. Whiteside, B.A., B.D., bursar Mr. L. G. Lea, proctor
Rev. W. B. Nance, B.A., B.D.
Rev. R. D. Smart, M.A.
Rev. W. M. Smith, B.A., B.D.
Rev. P. Y. Sze
Mr. K. T. Sung
Prof. T. C. Chao
Prof. S. S. Wu
Prof. Rankin
Rev. S. G. Brinkley, B.A., B.D.
美孚 Me-oof
STANDARD OIL Co. OF NEW YORK
A. T. Harr, manager
W. J. Drummond
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE Co.
O. M. Oliveria
WU SING SILK FILATURE
Ting Ju-ling, manager
YANG SILK FILATURE
Z. Gandosei
CHINKIANG
III Chin-hing
The port of Chinkiang, which was opened to trade by the Treaty of Tientsin, is situated on the south bank of the Yangtze, about 150 miles from its mouth, and near the entrances of the southern and northern sections of the Grand Canal. This position gave it formerly great importance and it was at one time believed that the port must eventually become a serious rival to Shanghai. But the neglect of the inland waterways, and especially of the Grand Canal, which is closed to steam traffic for some months during each year, either because the water is too shallow or because it has risen so much that the wash from launches would injure the embank- ments, is causing the trade to be gradually diverted to Hankow and Tsingtao. Now that the Tientsin-Pukow Railway is completed more of the trade will be diverted to Nanking. A railway from Kwachow, at the mouth of the Grand Canal on the north bank of the river, along the Canal to Tsingkiangp'u, is projected and may do something to save the situation, but there are fourteen tax barriers along this route and it remains to be seen whether this railway, if built, will not have the same difficulty with the Likin officials as is now experienced by the Shanghai- Nanking Railway. The north bank opposite the Concession is being eroded rapidly, and a spit from the island of Chêng Jên Chou, to the west of the Concession, is extending eastwards, and threatens to become a grave inconvenience to shipping. The future prospects of the port are, therefore, not so bright as they appeared a few years ago.
Chinking is one of the pleasantest ports on the river. It is now within a few hours' railway journey of Shanghai, which enables ice and other necessaries to be delivered promptly, while the Shanghai morning paper is received the same evening. The surrounding country is very pretty, and there is fair shooting, wild pig being plentiful within a few miles of the Concession. Electric lighting was installed in
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