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HANGCHOW

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quarters at Hangchow and branch offices throughout the area. As regards the trade of the port during the year under review, the Customs statistics for direct foreign imports, for coastwise importations of Chinese merchandise, and for coastwise exportations of Chinese merchandise all show a decline in the value of the shipments carried by the steam-launch traffic on the Grand Canal, the only section of trade controlled by the Customs. The remarks in the pre- ceding of paragraph, as the validity of such statistics as a guide to the trend trade at Soochow, apply equally to Hangchow. In addition, it may be pointed out that owing to a change in the status of, Kashing from that of a sub-port under Hangchow to that of a port of call, the returns for the former port are no longer included in those for Hangchow. Exportations of tea through the Customs did not quite reach the same high level as in the previous year (84,000 quintals as against 95,000 quintals), although this product was successfully harvested before the onset of the drought. Very little of the outward trade in silk now comes under Customs cognizance. A sugar factory, equipped with modern machinery, has been established at Iwu, where a good deal of sugar cane is produced. Work on the great bridge which is to carry both the railway and which will do so much to improve the means of communication in the province, was commenced in November.

司公險保亞美

Mei-yah pao sien kung sze

DIRECTORY

AMERICAN ASIATIC UNDERWRITERS,

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FED., INC., U.S.A., General Insur-

Fire, Marine,

ance:

Motor-car,

Life, Accident, Burglary, Plate- glass, Baggage and Special Risks-- 2, Chung Jen Lee, Woo Ping Road, Hangchow; Teleph. 1925; Cable Ad: Underwriters

C. V. Starr, president (Shanghai) Frank T. P. Chiu, branch mgr.

司公油火亞細亞商英 Ying shang A si a huo yu kung sz

ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (North China),

LTD. Cable Ad: Doric

T. F. R Waters, mgr.

C. Woolhouse

關海州杭 W X H U Hangchow-hsin-kuan

CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME

Acting Deputy Commissioner in

charge-Liu Ping I

館事領國帝本日

CONSULATE, JAPAN-Cable Ad: Riyoji

亞美 Mei-ya

HANOVER FIRE INSURANCE CO., NEW YORK

-5, Bing Yuen Lee, off Eastern

Yuen Soo Road; Teleph. 1925; Cable Ad: Underiters

American Asiatic Underwriters, Fed. Inc., U.S.A., managers for the Orient

MISSIONS

AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION (NORTH)

Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Clayton Miss Blanche Edgar

Miss Gertrude McCulloch

Miss Ellen J. Peterson

AMERICAN

(SOUTH)

PRESBYTERIAN

MISSION

堂

生 天

CATHOLIC MISSION-Teleph. 1476

Rt. Rev. Monsgr. Paul Faveau,

bishop

Rev. M. Bouillet, provicar

Rev. P. Legrand

Rev. J. J. Deymier, procurator

Rev. H.

Claessen

Rev. Jos. Deymier

Rev. F. Radogna (Kiashing)

Rev. G. Nagy (Pinhu) Rev. McArdle (Huchow)

Rev. J. Conway do.

Rev. Aug. Hénault (Lungyu)