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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 Chinking 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 1925 was Hk. Tls. 28,019,835, as compared with Hk. Tls. 27,763,738 in 1924, and Hk. Tls. 23,162,873 in 1923. The revenue for 1925 amounted to Hk. Tls. 604,068, the largest on record for the last 13 years. 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 proable that the port will gradually sink into insigni- ficance and decay.

DIRECTORY

AMERICAN ASIATIC UNDERWRITERS-Tel.

Ad: Underiters

I. Weinberg, manager

C. R. Chang, compradore

會老長南國美

Mei-kwok-nan-chang-lao-wei

AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION, SOUTH

Rev. J. C. Crenshaw and wife

Miss C. A. Dunlap

S. C. Farrior and wife

Miss H. Matthes

Rev. J. W. Paxton and wife

J. B. Wood, jr., M.D.

Rev. J. E. Bear and wife

亞細亞 A-si-a

ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (NORTH CHINA),

LTD.-Tel. Ad: Doric

I. F. Drysdale, manager

N. Keller

A. H. Strange

G. S. Pratt

J. W. Moore, installation manager

司公烟美英

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

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO Co., LTD.-

Tel. Ad: Powhattan

古太 Tai-koo

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire &

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

W. A. Willis, signs per pro.

Hulk "Shah

Agencies

China Navigation Co., Ld.

Ocean Steamship Co., Ld.

China Mutual Steam Nav. Co., Ld.

Canadian Govt. Merchant Marine, Ld.

Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld.

Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co.

of Hongkong, Ld.

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

Royal Exchange Assce. Corporation

Orient Insurance Co.

Guardian Assurance Co., Ld.

Union Insce. Society of Canton, Ld.

G. Morphew

Miss H. Fligg

British Traders' Insurance Co., Ld.

行銀國中

Chon Go Yin Hong

BANK OF CHINA

British & Foreign Marine Ins. Co., Ld. Standard Marine Insce. Co. Ld.

Sea Insurance Co., Ld.

Guardian Assurance Co., Ld.