HANKOW
885
Tea was formerly one of the staple exports, but the war effectively stopped the Russian branch of the trade, and the general market has been very slack of late years. The net value of the trade of the port according to Custom's statistics for the year 1923 was Hk. Tls. 239,745,451, as compared with Hk. Tls. 206,105,905 for 1922, Hk. Tls. 173,546,774 for 1921, and Hk. Tls. 169,951,530 for 1920.
During the last few years foreign interests at Hankow have undergone a marked development, the chief factor in producing the growth being the construction of the Lu Han Railway, a trunk line connecting Hankow with Peking, the contract for which was let to a Belgian syndicate in 1897. It was opened in November, 1905, when trains passed over the Yellow River Bridge, which was immediately closed again as unsafe. Since December, 1905, through traffic with Peking has continued without interruption. Early in 1906 "trains de luxe" were started. The line has diverted much of the traffic that went by water to Chinkiang. A railway from Hankow to Canton is in course of construction, and will eventually link up with the Canton-Kowloon line, giving direct communication between Hongkong and Europe viu Siberia.
The Hankow Race Club and Recreation Ground was incorporated in 1904, and since then has undergone a phenomenal development.
The property of the Club is extensive enough to embrace a racecourse, an 18-hole golf course, football and cricket field, swimming pool, and, in fact, every branch of sport indulged in by the members. Apart from this club, which is chiefly devoted to sport, there are the Hankow Club, the Russian Club and the French Club, which have splendid libraries, billiard rooms, bowling alleys, etc. The Hankow Golf Club, which was instituted in 1878 and is certainly the oldest club in the port, still holds its own and boasts of a membership of considerably over 100. It is almost entirely devoted to golf and has well laid-out links. There is also a Chinese Race Club with a course as good as any in China. Meetings are conducted under New- market rules, and the management is entirely in the hands of Chinese.
DIRECTORY
AIRD, SKINNER & TATCHELL, Physicians and Surgeons-The Asiatic Petroleum Co. Building; Teleph. 70
Robert Aird, M.A., M.B., CH.B. A. H. Skinner, M.A., M.D., D.P.H. J. G. Lyon Brown, M.B., CH.B.
AMERICAN-ASIATIC UNDERWRITERS' IN- SURANCE-1, Tung Ting Road, British
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Concession; Teleph. 1358; Tel: Ad: Underiters; Code: Bentley's
N. N. Yakoonnikoff, manager
Agencies
Globe & Rutger's Fire Ins. Co. of N. Y. Agricultural Insurance Co. of Water-
town, New York
United States Fire Insurance Co.
Raven Trust Co., Ld.
Asia Realty Co.
British Oak Insurance Co., Ld.
昌慎
Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ltd., Eng- ineers and Contractors, Exporters and Importers, Manufacturers, Insurance Agents-11, rue Clemenceau; Telephs. 1500, 1501 and 1502; Tel. Ad: Danica. Head Office: Shanghai
D. D. Forbes, manager
H. H. Braun
E. Gutter
C. M. Millward A. H. Ratcliffe O. E. Vongehr Miss D. A. Carneiro P. N. Liu, compradore
Agencies
Yangtsze Insurance Association, Ld.
Far Eastern Insurance Co., Ld.
Home Insurance Co.
(For other Agencies, see Shanghai section)
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**+ Chung-ying Ta-yoh-fang
ANGLO-CHINESE DISPENSARY, THE, Chemists and Druggists, Dealers in Patent Medi- cines, Photographic Apparatus, Chemi- cals, Sundries, etc.-31, Sing Seng Road Teleph. 711
Z. Y. Lu, general manager
T. V. Tang, sub do.
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An-li-ying-hong
ARNHOLD & Co., LTD., Merchants-Te
Ad: Harchi
A. E. Marker, director
A. R. Eisenhut, signs per pro. R. E. Ost,
do.
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