KIUKIANG
江九
Kiú-kiang
Kiukiang is situated on the river Yangtsze near the outlet of the Poyang Lake, and was formerly prefectural city of the province of Kiang-si. It is distant about 142 geographical miles from Hankow and 454 miles from Shanghai. Kiukiang, before the Rebellion, was a busy and populous city; but it was occupied by the Taiping rebels in 1853, and before it was given up to the Imperial troops was almost entirely destroyed. When the Foreign Settlement was established there, however, the population soon returned, and has continued to increase rapidly: it is now estimated at 80,000. The city wall has been pulled down, and a maloo has been built in its place.
The city is built close to the river, along the banks of which the walls run for some 500 yards. Their circumference is about five miles, but a portion of the space enclosed is still unoccupied. The city contains no feature of interest. There are several large lakes to the north and west of it, and it is backed by a noble range of hills a few miles distant, amongst which is Kuling, some 3,600 feet high, the well- known summer resort, and the existence of which, within 24 hours' of the port, gives Kiukiang a high position among the Treaty Ports. The former foreign Settlement lies to the west of the city ad is neatly laid out. It possesses a small bund lined with trees, 2 clubs, and a Roman natholic cathedral. Since the end of 1927 the foreign settlement has been under Control of the Chinese authorities, and a new residential and business district, close to but outside the city, is slowly coming into being. Aeroplanes on the Shanghai-Hankow run pass through here daily-up plane about 2 p.m. and down plane about 9 a.m.
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During 1921 a system of drainage of approved foreign style was initiated. Pinhingchow now comprises either in or adjacent to it the following prominent buildings: the railway station and godowns, the electric-light power-house, the Yü Sung Match Factory, the Kiuhsing Spinning and Weaving Company's factory, and a large fourstoried hotel.
TRADE IN 1939
The port of Kiukiang, having been occupied in 1938 and remaining in Japanese
occupation with no Customs functioning, no report on trade or trade statistics are available.
DIRECTORY
司公油火亞細亞商英
Ying shang a si a húo yu kung sze
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co, (NORTH CHINA),
LTD.
Cable Ad: Doric
A. E. Wilkinson, manager
V. V. W. Fretwell
R. P. John, Installation manager
古
太
Tai koo
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire & Sons,
Ltd.), Merchants-Cable Ad: Swire
Capt. A. von Winckler, agent
局
Pr 商招
Chou Shan Shin Chuk
CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION
Co.-Cable Ad: 8969
Sang War Ding, manager
Lee Chung Ling
CHURCHES AND MISSIONS
會地內 Nee Ti Hui
CHINA INLAND MISSION-Kiukiang
R. A. McCulloch and Wife
堂主天 Tien Chu Tang
ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION (Lazarists)--
Rev. Louis Morel, procurator
海江 江九
Kiu kiang hai kuan
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME-
Commissioner E. J. Ohrnberger
(Commissioner of Chinkiang Cus- toms temporarily (at Shanghai) attending to Kiukiang Customs Affairs)
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