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LUNGCHINGTSUN-HUNCHUN
DIRECTORY
BANK OF CHOSEN
S. Shiozawa T. Itoh
CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS
Acting Commissioner-J. C. O'G An-
derson (and at Hunchun) Assistants- N. Yamaguchi and Li
Tung-hwa
Acting Assist. Tidesurveyor-C. Love
Tidewaiters-L. F. Dullam, G. Iwa-
kuma and Yun Kiang Hua
Local Watcher-Kim Shih Yeh
JAPANESE CONSULATE
Consul-General-Y. Suzuki
Vice-Consuls-S. Shibasaki and S.
Takeuchi
Chancellors--S. Saito, T. Osakabe, T.
Oya and T. Tsuchiya
Police Supt.-K. Suyematsu
HUNCHUN
春琿
Hunchun is derived from Manchu, meaning frontier, and is situated in lat. 24 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. The trade-by carts or mules-is with Korea and Japan. The Russian frontier is now closed to trade. The net value of the trade in 1925 was Hk. Tls. 1,690,636, as compared with Hk. Tls. 1,603,651 in 1924, Hk. Tls. 1,581,568 in 1923, Hk. Tls. 1,517,131 in 1922, and Hk. Tls. 1,446,886 in 1921. The town (earthen walled) has a population of about 8,000 odd of whom 360 are Japanese and 900 Koreans. The main exports are beans, millet and timber; and the main imports: cotton piece goods, kerosene oil, fishery products, spirits of wine, sugar and matches. Towards the end of 1921 an elec- tric light plant was installed in the town by a Chinese concern.
A motor-car company was formed to assure a regular service between Hunchun and Keigen in Korea, and there are now two motor-cars running from Hunchun to the Tumen river bank.
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
Acting Commissioner-J. C. O’G. An-
derson (at Lungchingtsun) Assistant-G. M. Landon (in charge) Examiners-J. E. Jenkins and G. Ohta
JAPANESE CONSULATE
Consul-General-Y. Suzuki (at Lung-
chingtsun)
Vice-Consul-S. Tanaka Secretary-S. Takenaka Interpreter J. Hayashi Chief of Police-S. Tanaka
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