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CHINKIANG

has been necessary to remove the last of the hulks which used to lie off the British Bund and great inconvenience is experienced in communicating with river steamers.

Chinkiang is one of the pleasantest ports on the river. It is now within a few hours' railway journey of Shanghai, which enables ice and other necessaries to be delivered promptly, while the Shanghai morning paper is received the same afternoon. The surrounding country is very pretty, and there is fair shooting, wild pig being plentiful within a few miles of the Concession. An electric light installation was seb up by the Municipal Council in 1914 for the service of the Concession. The power used for generating electricity at the same time pumps water into a water-tower, which supplies the Concession. The deterioration of the water owing to the silting up of the harbour caused increasing anxiety amongst the foreign residents for some years, but in 1920 a Candy dechlorinating filter, capable of supplying 6,000 gallons of filtered water an hour, was erected.

The population of the Native City is estimated at about 150,000. To the west of the Concession is a handsome temple adorned with a pagoda standing on a con- spicuous elevation, and known as Golden Island. It is interesting to record that in the time of Marco Polo this hill was on the north bank of the river. In 1842 it was an island near the middle of the river, and the British fleet anchored where the railway station now stands.

The net value of the trade of the port for 1920 was Hk. Tls. 28,836,607, as compared with Hk. Tls. 24,739,141 in 1919. There are no local industries of importance, and the trade of the port is with the districts to the north of the river. The Commissioner of Customs in a recent trade report opined that it is probable that the port will gradually sink into insignificance and decay.

DIRECTORY

An-Lee-Yin-Hong

ARNHOLD BROS. & Co., LTD., Exporters and

Importers-Tel. Ad: Harchi

亞細亞 A-si-a

ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (NORTH CHINA),

LTD.-Tel. Ad: Doric

W. A. Lewis (absent)

E. C. Robinson, manager

E. van Duyn

J. J. Chick

C. A. Butland

Miss Lewis (absent)

J. Fairgrieve, installation manager

**** Yin-mei-en-kung-sze

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO Co., LTD.—

Tel. Ad: Powhattan

BRITISH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

會公商英

BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

W.A. Lewis, chairman and actg.hon.sec.

W. L. Clennell, vice-chairman

J. Jones

J. Ratcliff

古太 Tai-koo

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire &

Sons, Ld.), Merchants

E. Jones, signs per pro.

Hulk "Shah

Agencies

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China Navigation Co., Ld.

Ocean Steam Ship Co., Ld.

China Mutual Steam Nav. Co., Ld.

Canadian Govt. Merchant Marine, Ld.

Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld.

Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co.

of Hongkong, Ld.

London & Lancs. Fire Insce. Co., Ld. Royal Exchange Assce. Corporation Orient Insurance Co.

Guardian Assurance Co., Ld.

British Traders' Insurance Co., Ld.

Union Insce. Society of Canton, Ld.

British & Foreign Marine Ins. Co., Ld.

Standard Marine Insce. Co., Ld.

Sea Insurance Co., Ld.

Guardian Assurance Co., Ld.

行銀國中

Chon Go Yin Hong

BANK OF CHINA

Y. C. Chang, manager

Ging Chuen, accountant

CHINESE MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGA-

TION CO.