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Chungking and Ichang. The upward voyage to Chungking now takes about 5 days, and the return trip about 2 days. The survey of the railway to Chengtu has been completed, but construction has been delayed in consequence of the great European war. There has never been a census of the native population, but it is guessed to be about 40,000.

The net value of the trade of the port in 1917 was Hk. Tls. 5,685,589 as compared with Hk. Tls. 6,629,451 in 1916, Hk. Tls. 4,900,579 in 1915, Hk. Tls. 4,782,330 in 1914, and Hk. Tls. 5,719,556 in 1913.

DIRECTORY

司公油火亞細亞商英

Ying-Shang-A-Si-A-Huo-Yu-Kung-Sz

ASIATIC PETROLEUMCO.THE,(NORTHCHINA),

LTD.

J. Kitto, manager

T. Wooley, installation mgr.

* Ta-koo

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire & Sons, Ltd.), Merchants-Tel. Ad: Swire

G. H. Edwards, signs per pro.

Agencies

China Navigation Company, Limited Guardian Assurance Co., Ltd.

London & Lancashire Fire Ins. Co., Ld. Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld. The Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering

Co., Ld., Hongkong

Union InsuranceSociety of Canton, Ld. Ocean Steamship Co., Ld. China Mutual S. N. Co., Ld. Royal Exchange Assurance Orient Insurance Co., Ltd.

British Traders Insurance Co., Ltd.

British & Foreign M. I. Co., Ltd.

Standard M. I. Co., Ltd.

Sea Insurance Co., Ltd.

局宜商招 Chau-song-nee-ch'uk

CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAMNAVIGATION CO.

CONSULATES

✰✰ 府事領法大

FRANCE

Ta-fa-ling-shih-fu

Consul-G. Lecomte (residing at Han-

kow)

**M** Ta Ying-ling-shih-fu

GREAT BRITAIN

Consul-J. L. Smith

JAPAN

門衙事領本日大

Acting Consul-(resident at Shasi)

"FE☀** Ta-mei-'kuoh-ya-men

UNITED STATES

Consul-General for Hankow, Kiu- kiang, Ichang, and Shasi-E. S.

Cunningham (residing at Hankow)

WE I-chang-kwan 關昌宜

CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME

Commissioner-P. B. de Rautenfeld

Assistants-W. O. Law, K. F. Fung

Medical Officer-A. Graham

Harbour Master and Tidesurveyor-

C. S. C. Davies Examiner G. High

Tidewaiters-A. Fenus, J. H. Pattison, E. E. Pachis, G. J. Smidt, T. Holland, S. Iwanaga

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD., Merchants

A. Ross

Agencies

Indo-China S. N. Company, Limited Canton Insurance Office, Limited

Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.

Alliance Assur. Co., Ltd.

Commercial Union Assur. Co., Ld.

Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co.

Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, Ld.

"Glen Line" of Steamers

"Shire" Line of Steamers

Lee Chang & Co., General Storekeepers,

Wines, Spirits and Tobacconists, Provi-

sions, Household Sundries, Bakers and Butchers-Second Road (along Custom House)

茂隆

MACKENZIE & Co., LTD.

Agencies

North China Insurance Co., Ld. West China Transport Co.