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MUKDEN-HARBIN

司公油火古士德

Teh shih ku huo yu kung sze

TEXAS CO. (CHINA), LTD., THE, Texaco Petroleum Products International

Settlement; Teleph. 3302 (Japanese); Cable Ad: Texaco

W. Mayger, district manager

A. H. Fox

R. R. Schieck

G. H. McLachlan F. E. Foyn

L. C. Kemp (Harbin)

C. D. Orescan do.

M. Yoshino (Dairen) N. Fuji

do.

TSCHURIN & Co., I. I., Universal Providers and General Importers, Engineering- 34, Naniwa-dori; Cable Ad: Tschurin; Codes: Bentley's and Rudolf Mosse

M. I. Batomsky, engineer'g. manager

UNITED MOTORS CORPORATION-73, Chi-

yoda-dori

I. I. Kovalevsky, manager

UNITED STATES DEPT. OF COMMERCE- 16, San Djing Loo; Teleph. 247; Cable Ad: Amcomat; Western Union Code

John J. Ehrhardt, trade commissioner C. E. Christopherson, assist. do.

Fu-Ch'üan Chou Chiu-Heng Lee Chen Hsing Ch'in Fanny S. Azarchi

(See American Trade Commissioner)

WOLTER & CO., CARL, Import, Export and

Commission Agents

Ting Kai

Chingli

Szu

YALI IMPORT AND EXPORT CO., LTD.-

Cable Ad: Yalimp

P. Hansen

H. H. Iben

K. Geisselhart

Fr. Theile

H. Rutz

YAMATO HOTEL(S.M.R.)-Cable Ad: Yamato

T. Shikata, manager

HARBIN

Apart from Dairen, Harbin is the principal business centre in Manchuria. It is topographically and historically a group of settlements widely dif- fering in character which have expanded till they virtually form different quarters of one town. The original distinctions remain in the character of the population and in the form of administration.

The town (or towns) is situated on the south bank of the Sungari at the junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway (C.E.R. Section) and the C.E.R. to Changchun, whence the S.M.R. runs to Dairen. It is the railway centre of North Manchuria and is in many ways essentially a railway town, but the elder traffic by river still flourishes and in normal times contributes materially to the town's prosperity.

The town is within easy reach of rich and extensive bean and grain pro- ducing districts, and is the natural centre for the vast area to the north which is being gradually opened up and developed.

The population is estimated as about 340,000 of whom some 72,000 are foreigners, mostly Russian,

The number of firms in operation as given by a variety of sources would appear to be approximately:-2,718 commercial and 1,209 industrial.

A total of 3927, of which 2207 are Chinese and 1270 are foreign owned: the majority of the latter being small Russian concerns, but the figure includes 319 Japanese firms and 130 firms owned by other foreigners enjoying treaty rights.

From the administrative point of view the various quarters of the town form three groups: (a) Pristan and New Town, which is controlled by the Harbin Town Council, more fully described as the Harbin (Special Area)