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LUNGCHINGTSUN-HUNCHUN

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Japanese sundries. The value of the trade coming under the cognisance of the Customs in 1921 was Hk. Tls. 3,056,037, as compared with Hk. Tls. 2,233,651 in 1920 and Hk. Tls. 3,315,378 in 1919. Telephone and telegraph lines, erected by the Japanese military authorities in 1921 and now operated by the Japanese Post Office, connect Lungching- tsun with the neighbouring marts of Yenki and Towtaokow. A handsome stone building for the Bank of Chosen was completed in 1921.

BANK OF CHOSEN

G. Ikeda, manager

S. Shiozawa, sub-manager

CONSULATE—JAPAN

Acting Consul-General

Sakai

DIRECTORY

Police Supt.-K. Suyematsu

Yosakichi

Vice Consuls-Y. Owaku and S. Kondo Chancellors-K. Tendo, S. Ohta, S.

Takeuichi, G. Masuo, D. Tsuruhara

Chief of Police-C. Kaneko

CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME

Commissioner-A, P. A. Boüinais (at

Hunchun)

Assistants-R. C. Grierson (in charge),

M. Itoh

Examiner A. E. T. Hansen Tidewaiters-A. P. Bugaeff Local Watcher-A. Oki.

HUNCHUN

春琿

Hunchun is derived from Manchu, meaning frontier, and is situated in lat. 42 deg 25 min. 5 sec. N., long. 130 deg. 22 min. 10 sec. E. of Greenwich, on the right bank of the Hung Ch'i Ho, some 35 li from the Chino-Russian frontier and about 90 li distant from Novokiewsk. In 1714 a detachment of soldiers came here from Ninguta, and this may be regarded as the beginning of Hunchun, which was to be opened to trade, by treaty with Japan (Manchurian Convention), in 1905, but the Customs staff did not arrive before December, 1909. The surrounding districts are fairly fertile, and the mining possibilities (coal, gold, and copper) may, when taken in hand, prove of considerable value. Trade, by carts or mules, is conducted with Korea, Japan via Seishin, Ungi, with Russia via Vladivostock, Possiet, Novokiewsk, and also with Kirin via Yenchi. The net value of the trade in 1921 was Hk. Tls. 1,446,886, as compared with Hk. Tls. 779,283 in 1920. The town (earthen walled) has a population of about 5,000, of whom 139 are Japanese and 501 Koreans. The principal items of export are grain (millet, kaoliang), beans, bean-cake, bean-oil, medicines, ginseng, and timber, and of import, cotton goods kerosene oil and matches. Towards the end of 1921 an electric light plant was, installed in the town by a Chinese concern.

With better roads, improved means of communication and greater security from brigands the trade of these districts will, no doubt, expand considerably.

CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME

DIRECTORY

Commissioner A. P. A. Boüinais

(Hunchun and Lungchingtsun) Examiners-A. J. Cox, I. Sahara Messenger-I. Sonczek

JAPANESE CONSULATE

Acting Consul-General-Y. Sakai (a

Lungchingtsun)

Vice-Consul-K. Sato Secretary T. Nakamura

Police Inspector-A. Kuramochi

PRIMARY SCHOOL

School-Master-T. Togashi Teacher-K. Kin