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LUNGCHINGTSUN

村井龍

Lung-ching-tsun

Lungchingtsun (Dragon Well Village), has a population of about 15,000 inhabitants, composed of about 11,000 Koreans, 3,000 Chinese, and 1,000 Japanese. Situated in a fertile plain, its main exports are: beans, millet and timber. There are promising

mining possibilities (coal, copper, silver, and gold) waiting development. The trade- by light railway to Kainei-is with Korea and Japan. The principal imports are cotton piece goods, sugar, Japanese sundries, paper, kerosene oil, metals, fishery

Telephone and telegraph line, in addition to the Chinese telegraph and tele- phone lines, connect Lungchingtsun with the neighbouring marts of Yenki, Towtaokow and Hunchun. A handsome new building for the Bank of Chosen was completed in 1923, and a particularly fine new Japanese Consulate in 1925.

DIRECTORY

BANK OF CHOSEN-Yenchi Manchukuo

S. Shiozawa

T. Itoh

JAPANESE CONSULATE-

Acting Consul-G. Masuo Chancellors-M. Yazaki & Y. Ishii

HUNCHUN

春琿

Hun-chun

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 Manchukuo-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. Towards the end of 1921 an electric light plant was installed in the town by a Chinese concern. The surrounding districts are fairly fertile, and the mining possibilities (coal and gold dust) may, when taken in hand, prove of considerable value.

The town (earthen walled) has a population of 8,498 Manchu in addition to whom are 6,929 (September 1937) Japanese and Koreans. The main exports are beans, timber and beancakes; and the main imports are flour, wheat, cotton piece goods, kerosene oil, fishery products, spirits of wine, sugar and matches. (Value of Trade in 1936: $4,486,445.77). Rapid progress is being made in the modernisation of the town of Hunchun.

JAPANESE CONSULATE-Hunchun,

Manchukuo

DIRECTORY

Consul-General-(at Lungchingtsun)

Consul-General-H. Kawamura

Consul (Judge)-I. Shoji

Vice-Consul-T. Osakabe Police Supt.-K. Sonoda

Yenchi Branch:

Acting Consul---G. Masuo

Chancellors-M. Yazaki and Y. Ishii

Hunchun Branch:

Acting Consul--T. Katagiri Chancellor--M. Yoshida