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preceding year, due principally to a general decline in staple imports consequent upon the cessation of trading between Dairen, Manchurian ports, Korea, and this port. Particularly noticeable were the decreased arrivals of bran (94,033 quintals in 1936 to 3,506 quintals), fertilisers, not otherwise recorded (10,606 quintals in 1936 to 400 quintals), and timber (12,616 cubic metres in 1936 to 1,902 cubic metres). The value of coastwise imports also declined by 10 per cent (i.e., approximately $4.1 million in 1936 to $3.7 million), due to decreased arrivals of such staple imports as wheat flour, rice and paddy, and beancake. Coastwise importations of rice fell by about 21 per cent to 78,252 quintals, causing consi- derable anxiety in the district. As a result of the serious shortage of rice, the country-people are said to be largely dependent on the sweet potato crop to carry them through the winter of 1937-8.
The summer season was a good one, the number of visitors to the port show- ing a substantial increase. Moreover, owing to the hostilities at Shanghai, the season was a longer one than usual, and many visitors remained on into the month of October. Part of the British fleet arrived at the end of May and the remainder at the beginning of June, but, owing to unsettled conditions elsewhere, many of the ships were subsequently withdrawn. No public works of note were carried out during the year by the local government authorities due to continued straitened financial circumstances and the uncertainty of the future.
DIRECTORY
PORT EDWARD
AQUARIUS Co. OF SHANGHAI, Manufac-
turers of Table Waters-
Lavers & Clark, agents
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & & Co., LTD., Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants-
Lavers & Clark, agents
CHARTERED BANK INDIA AUSTRALIA &
CHINA-
Lavers & Clark, agents
CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS--Cable Ad:
Custos
CHURCHES AND MISSIONS
CHRISTIAN MISSIONS IN MANY LANDS--
Weihaiwei
Mr. & Mrs. A. Whitelaw Mr. and Mrs, A. G. Clarke Miss A. Gresham
Miss A. Rout
Wenteng Hsien:
Mr. & Mrs. J. E. E. Bridge Miss E. Daniell
Kwanlitsen:
Mrs. M. Smith Shihtao:
Miss Akers
Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Davis
Shihtouhuo:
Miss J. Coxon
Shangputou:
Miss S. Le Tourneau
會公聖華中
Chung hwa sheng kung hui
CHURCH OF ENGLAND MISSION (S. P.G.)--
Rev. E. Skues, B. A.
Mrs. L. Skues
FRANCISCAN CONVENT
Rev. Mother Superior--M. Rosalie
ST. JAMES CHURCH-Liu Kung Ta
Rev. E. Skues, B.A.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH-Port Edward
CLARK & Co., D., General Merchants--
Cable Ad: Cleirach
John Clark, manager
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