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smelling drain." The silting up of the harbour has caused great difficulties to the British Municipal Council in regard to the water supply, and piping 1,500 yards long has had to be laid to deep water on the north side of the spit.

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 set 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 a Candy dechlorinating filter, capable of supplying 6,000 gallons of filtered water an hour, has been working satisfactorily since August, 1921. Long-distance telephones were installed towards the end of 1920 and there is now connection from Chinkiang with Shiherhwei, 45 li; Yangchow, 60 li; Siennümiao, 72 li; Shaopo, 80 li; and Kaoyu, 147 l. It is reported that there will soon be through service to Tsingkiangpu, 377 li. The Chinkiang-Tangshan section of the automobile road between Chinkiang and Nanking was completed during 1922, and through traffic is now possible between this town and Nanking. Further, the Yangchow-Chiahsingchiao section (some 10 miles) of the Kuachow-Tsingkiangpu automobile road was completed in December, 1922. With future extension of motor-lorry transport, it is thought, the neglected con- servancy of the water communications-Grand Canal and other in these parts may be stimulated and ultimately revivified.

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 1924 was Hk. Tls. 27,763,738, as compared with Hk. Tls. 23,162,873 in 1923, and Hk. Tls. 22,467,166 in 1922. 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 expressed the opinion that it is probable that the port will gradually sink into insignificance and decay.

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DIRECTORY

ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (NORTH CHINA),

LTD.-Tel. Ad: Doric

H. G. Curran, manager

B. C. G. Monypenny

G. S. Pratt

Miss J. Sigg

R.R. Hutcheon, installation manager

行銀國中 Chon Go Yin Hong

BANK OF CHINA

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

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO Co., LTD.-

Tel. Ad: Powhattan

BRITISH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

會公商英

BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

古太 Tai-koo

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire &

Sons, Ltd.), Merchants-Tel. Ad: Swire

J. McH. Leckie, signs per pro.

Hulk "Shah "

Agencies

China Navigation Co., Ld.

Ocean Steamship Co., Ld.

China Mutual Steam Nav. Co., Ld.

Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld.

Canadian Govt. Merchant Marine, Ld.

Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co.

London & Lancs. Fire Insce. Co., Ld.

of Hongkong, 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.