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CONSULATES

AMERICAN

CHANGSHA-ICHANG

Mahlon F. Perkins, consul (absent) Andrew J.Brewer, vice-consul in charge

GREAT BRITAIN-Tel. Ad: Britain

Consul, Lancelot Giles (also in charge

of Norwegian interests)

JAPAN

K. Ikenaga, acting consul

K. Kawauchi, chancellor

R. Furukawa, police inspector

CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME

Acting Commissioner-W. M. Andrew Assistants-T. Aida, G. Asker Tidesurveyor-J. R. Hamilton Examiners-F. J. Rowsell, A. Mitchell C. C. Canavarro, E. Leopold, A. J. Whitmore

Tide waiters-H. G. Roberts, E. J.

Bender

HUNAN YALE HOSPITAL, THE

E. H. Hume, M.D., physician in charge

H. J. Dunham, business manager

F. C. Yen, M.D.

J. R. B. Branch, M.D.

A. S. Crawford, M.D.

T. L. Li, M.D.

G. Hadders, M.D. G. Shibley, M.D. G. G. Davitt, M.D. G. K. How, PH.G. T. C. Lieu, M.D.

Nina D.Gage, superintendent of nurses Marguerite D. Warfield, asst. supt. Edith Huang, associate nurse Mildred Wu,

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MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD.-Tel. Ad:

Mitsui; Teleph. 76

POST OFFICE, CHINESE

Acting Postal

Mellows

Commissioner-O.

District Accountant-W. G. Lebedoff Assistant-Liu Yao Ting

POST OFFICE, Japanese

· Postmaster-N. Tsujino

Officer-H. Yanagihara Clerk-S. Hinago

李美

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK

R. J. Corbett, manager

H. S. Harman

R. A. Stougl

G. H. Green, installation supt.

ICHANG

昌宜 I-Chang

Ichang is one of the four ports opened to foreign trade on the 1st April, 1877, in accordance with Clause 1, Section 3, of the Chefoo Convention. It is situated in lat 30° 43.4' N., long. 111° 12.8′ E., on the north bank of the river Yangtsze, abouv 393 miles above Hankow, and some ten miles below the entrance to the great Ichang Gorge, or just about a thousand miles from the coast. The navigation of the river to this port is comparatively easy for vessels of light draught, but great care is necessary for all vessels when in the neighbourhood of Sunday Island, owing to the shiftings and banks The anchorage is off the left bank, opposite the foreign residences, and is good, except in freshets, when the anchors should be sighted every two or three days. The port is the centre of a hilly country, the productions of which are rice in the valleys, cotton on the higher grounds, winter wheat, barley, and also the tungtzu trees, from which the ordi- nary wood oil is obtained by pressing the nuts gathered from the trees. In the sheltered valleys, amongst the mountain ranges west of the city, oranges, lemons, pomeloes, pears, plums, and a very superior quality of persimmons are grown, and find a ready market in the city and at Shasi. The importance of Ichang is chiefly that of an emporium for goods in transit to and from Chungking. All cargo for the latter port is landed here and transferred to steamers or chartered junks. In the same way cargo brought down in steamers or chartered junks from Chungking and intended for the lower river and coast ports, is transhipped here on steamers, which make regular voyages to and from Hankow. During the year 1918 the steamers plying between Ichang and Chungking consisted of the Shu-han, Shu-tung and Lien-hua all under the Chinese flag, the Mei-tan and Mei-chuen under the American flag, and the An-lan, Hung Fok, Hung-kiang and Tah-chuen under the British flag. Steam navigation is