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DAIREN

ably conducted by a staff of medical officers. A new hospital is now in course of erec- tion and a part completed which affords accommodation for 500 patients. This will be one of the finest and most up-to-date hospitals in the Far East.

A direct steamship service is maintained twice a week by the South Manchuria Railway Company between Dairen and Shanghai, one outward bound steamer and one homeward bound steamer calling at Tsingtao each week, by which means communication is obtained between Shanghai and the trans-Siberian Route to Europe. Regular and half regular" steamship services are maintained to and from all the important ports of Japan, U.S.A., China and Chosen (Korea). Shanghai can be reached in 42 hours, Chemulpo in 24 hours, and Moji and Nagasaki in about 50 hours.

For 1917, the trade of Dairen (imports and exports by steamers and junks) amounted to Hk. Tls. 159,607,664, viz., 3,203,138 tons. The Imports were 881,769 tons valued at Hk. Tls. 83,396,344; and the Exports, 2,318,369 tons valued at Hk. Tls. 76,211,320. According to the census taken in July, 1918, the Japanese population of the town and suburbs was 47,622 in 11,603 houses. Chinese numbered 117,506 in 18,243 houses, and other nationals totalled 92 in 28 houses, the total population being 165,220 in 29,876 houses.

DIRECTORY

BANK OF CHOSEN-41, Oyaına-dori; Telephs. 25, 1400, 2038 and 2140; Tel. Ad: Chosen- bank

S. Ohta (director), supt. of branches

in Manchuria

H. Abe, manager

H. Kuratomi, secretary of superinten-

dent of branches in Manchuria

T. Kurikara, sub-manager

Y. Takesuge, p.p.

G. Nemoto,

do.

p.p. do.

來遠 Yuen-lai

Bardens, F. J., General Import Merchant

and Commission Agent-85 and 87,

Yamagata-dori, and at Tsingtao

F. J. Bardens

G. R. Bardens (at the Front)

S. J. Bardens

Miss M. F. Penney, signs per pro. S. Kashima 1 T. Kawakami

Agencies

Eagle and British Dominions Ins. Co.,Ld.

Yorkshire Insurance Co., Ld. New Zealand Insurance Co., Ld. The Robert Dollar S. S. Co.

**** Ying-mei-yen-kung-sze BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co., LTD.-

Tel. Ad: Powhattan

DANAN Pu-na-men-kung-sz BRUNNER, MOND & Co., LTD., Alkali Manu-

facturers-Tel. Ad: Alkali

Robert Brock, district manager General Managers for China

Joseph Crosfield & Sons, Ltd., Widnes The Erasmic Co., Ltd., Warrington

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire & Sons

Ltd), Merchants

R. Denniston, signs per pro.

K. Katow

Agencies

China Navigation Co., Ld. Ocean Steamship Co., Ld.

China Mutual Steam Navgn. Co., Ld. Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld.

The Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering

Co. of Hongkong, Ltd. Guardian Assurance Co., Ld.

British Traders Insurance Co., Ltd.

Union Insurance Socy, of Canton, Ld. British & Foreign Marine Ins. Co., Ld. Standard Marine Insurance Co., Ld,

Sea Insurance Co., Ltd.

Guardian Assce. Co., Ltd. (Marine)

COMMUNICATIONS

Ohiroba

CONTROL BUREAU

J. Kato, director

M. Takato, chief of business dept. Y. Tedzuka, chief of engineering dept. H. Akita, chief of accounting dept.

CONSULATES

GREAT BRITAIN

Consul (acting)-W. B. Cunningham Japanese Writer-K. Watanabe

RUSSIA

Consul-P. Vaskévitch Secretary-E. Malinin

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Consul-Adolph A. Williamson