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SOOCHOW-CHINKIANG

### Soo-chow Hsin-kuan CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME

Commissioner R. Kurosawa

Assts.-A. Scagliotti, Henry Wong Med. Officers-J. A. Snell, W. H. Park Tidesurveyor-C. H. Erskine

Examiners-J. A. Rey olds, W. E.

Guttschick

Tid waiters-J. Hammel, O. E. M.

Olive, S. Rocugo

Kiangsu Likin Collectorate

Commnr.-R. Kurosawa

司公船輸消日

NISSHIN KISEN KAISHA

局便郵州蘇本日大

Ta-jih-pen Soo-chow-yu-pien-chuk

POST OFFICE, IMPERIAL JAPANESE

Postmaster-M. Hattori

Assistant Clerk—K. Akana

Soo KING SILK FILATURE

Chou Hon-ying, director

榱秒綸蘇 Soo-lung-saw-chang

Soo LUNG COTTON SPINNING MILL CO., LTD.

興蘇

Soo SIN & Co., Merchants

學火吳東

SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY

Tung-woo-ta-hok

Rev. J. W. Cline, D.D., presidenc

Rev. R. D. Smart, M.A., secretary

Prof. N. Gist Gee, M.A.

Rev. J. Whiteside, B.A., B.D. L. G. Lea, proctor

Rev. W. B. Nance, B.A., B.D.

Rev. W. M. Smith, B.A., B.D.

Rev. P. Y. Sze

K. T. Sung

Prof. T. C. Chao, b.a.

Prof. S. S. Wu, B.A.

Prof. C. W Rankin, bursar

Rev. S. G. Brinkley, B.A., B.D.

Prof. E. V. Jones, PH. D.

Prof. E. Z. Yu, D.A.

李美 Mei-foo

STANDARD On. Co. of New York

W. J. Waddilove, manager

C. R. Carter, asst. do.

WU SING SILK FILATURE

Ting Ju-ling, manager

YANG SILK FILATURE

Z. Gandosei

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CHINKIANG

Đi Chin-kiảng

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, wil 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.