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JAPANESE CLUB

R. Watanabe

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. Agent-C. P. Low

SHASI-CHANGSHA

KAMOGAWA & Co., Exporters and Im-

porters

S. Fukuyama

KOTAI & Co., Exporters and Importers

Y. Kotori

KWA, E. & Co., Exporters and Importers

G. Kuyama

MISSIONS

S. Doi

(For Protestant Missionaries see end of volume)

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

Father Thomas

MITSU BISHI & Co., Exporters and Im-

porters

K. Ishikawa

M. Matsuno

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NISSIN & Co. (Japan Cotton Trading Co.)

G. Mita

S. Tsurutsuzumi

NISSIN KISSEN KAISHA (Japan - China

Steamship Co, Ltd.)

R. Takayangi

K. Mukai

POST OFFICE, CHINESE

Postmaster-Li Hong Chien

POST OFFICE, JAPANESE

Postmaster-J. Yamagata Assistant-M. Takahasi

SAISEI HOSPITAL

Dr. H. Mishina

SANHO YOKO, General Store

O. Arao

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK

H. V. Devereux, manager

Waldo L. Schlueter

YOSHIDA & Co., Exporters and Importers

G. Okada

K. Yoshino

CHANGSHA

Chang-sha

Changsha ("Long Sands"), the capital city of Hunan, situated on the right bank of the Hsiang River about 100 miles South of Yochow, became a Treaty port under the China-Japan Commercial Treaty of 1903, a Customs House being established on 1st July, 1904. The surrounding country is hilly and very picturesque, affording delightful walks and picnics. Opposite to the city rises Yolushan hill to the height of about 800 feet. On it is a large stone tablet (Yu Pei) recounting the mastery of the floods that once covered an enormous tract of Central China. It was placed there by order of the Great Yü, founder of the Hsia Dynasty, B.C. 2205. (See Willians' Middle, Kingdom, Vol. II., pp. 149-151.) The magnificent timber on the South of the hill, extending from the Yolushan High School, enclosing the Confucian and the Buddhist temples, and extend- ing to the Taoist temple at the top-whence a beautiful view to the South can be -obtained-is well worth a visit from travellers. The school dates back many hundred years and was once one of the most famous in this land of scholars, and under its present excellent management it promises once more to do splendid work for the province. Among the cities of China, Changsha ranks only second to Chengtu; the fine buildings, well laid-out gardens, the wide and clean streets, the good shops, render a walk a pleasant experience.

An up-to-date electric light plant has been installed and is working under the management of a foreign engineer, the Chinese, especially shops, availing themselves more and more of this method of lighting. There is an ice factory, with a capacity for turning out some 3,600 pounds of ice daily, and a fine hospital, the gift of a Yale Un- iversity graduate, with accommodation for 120 beds. The value of the trade for 1916 was Hk. Tls. 28,656,225, as compared with Hk. Tls. 26,589,334 in 1915 and Hk. Tls. 24,570,562 in 1914. These figures show a steady though gratifying increase which