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ICHANG

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recorded, advanced in value from $391,000 to $791,000, but imports of native sugar, cigarettes, cotton yarn, and cotton piece goods all declined. Exports coastwise of wood oil dwindled to only 3,564 quintals from 103,862 quintals in 1937 and 54,971 quintals in 1938. The total value of raw cotton, cotton yarn, and cotton piece goods exported during the year amounted to over $7 million, or about 70 per cent of the total export trade.

The total number of vessels entered and cleared under General Regulations was 2,361 with an aggregate tonnage of 504,776 tons, as against 2,970 vessels with 1,430,- 168 tons in 1938. The tonnage for Chinese vessels dropped from 923,277 to 351,595 tons, while that for foreign flags had also a decrease of 353,710 tons as compared with 506,891 tons in the preceding year. Conditions on the river remained normal throughout the year, the highest gauge reading at Ichang being 13.17 metres above zero on the 1st August and the lowest 0.48 metre above zero on the 7th February,

DIRECTORY

司公油火亞細亞商英

Ying shang a si a huo yu kung sze

ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (NORTH CHINA),

LTD.-Cable Ad: Doric

BANK OF CHINA-Ear Ma Road; Tele-

phone 88; Cable Ad: 6892

Hu Chung Hou, manager

Yen I Shan, accountant

Lan Pao Liang, cashier

Hung Ching Sien

Ni Che Min

古

太

Yu Tu Shen

Tai koo

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire &

Sons, Ltd.), Merchants - Cable Ad:

Swire

A. C. Evans, signs per pro.

局宜商招

Chau song nee chéuk

CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION

Co.-

Ouyang Beh Dah, manager

CLUBS

ICHANG CUSTOMS CLUB--

President

Customs

―

Commissioner

Hon. Secretary-Harbour Master

ICHANG RECREATION CLUB-

of

Committee - S. M. Frandsen (chairman), R. Wolfenden (hon. secretary), R. J. Tippin (hon. treasurer), E. Sexton and W. G. Brown

Sports Committee (Sub-Commit

tee) Dr. Forbes Tocher (chair- man), E. Sexton and H. Loach

CONSULATES

府事法大

FRANCE-

Ta fa ling shik fu

Consul-(Residing at Hankow)

府事領 英

Ta ying ling shih fu

GREAT BRITAIN-Teleph. 96; Cable Ad:

Britain

關昌宜 I chang kuan

CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME—

Commissioner-Tu Ping Ho

Tidesurveyor -W. E. Davies

Asst. Boat Officer-Liu Hao Yao

Chief Examiner-Lau Pui-tong

Asst. River Inspector, Middle Yang-

tze-R. B. M. Muirhead

District River Inspector,

Yangtze E. H. Sexton

Middle

處分事辦務鹽昌宜岸鄂部政財 HUPEH SALT ADMINISTRATION ICHANG

SUB-OFFICE-

Acting Asst. District Director--Sung

Hui-hua

Associate Asst. District Director-R.

Seguela

LEE CHONG & Co., Provisions Wine &

Spirit Merchants—

MISSIONS

AMERICAN CHURCH MISSION--

Deaconess - E. W. Riebe