Well-known Work of Reference Appears in New Form North-China Ded Hong List 1927, E40; 900 ages, Published NeriiChtva Daily News, Omer Mes. $10. with map' of Shenghals 39
"When will the Hong List be out! is the qacstion most frequently asked lover the "North-China""telephone from New Year's Day till the day lof publication. It may be well Jexplain that the Hong List does not attempt to publish on January the first. It is during the first few weeks lof the year that most business end residential changes take place, and it is to include as many of these as possible that a later date ig fixed, published the beginning therefore correct for longer period than one published on Jany other date.
The Hong List for 1927, now being issued to subscribers, appears in a Inow form. The old bulky oblong volume, 20 fa liman, this year gives place to a quarto ized volume, giving three columns to a page instead of two as herelofore. "In its new shape. the work comprises. just' 900 pages. The Shanghai 'Hongs Section accounts Hfor no fewer than 260 pages, giving] Inearly 4,000 entries of foreign and Chinese business firms, official bodies, Jand institutions, ete, while the Shanghai Whs's Who' Section contains the names of about 11,500 men and women engaged in business the ity.
'The Agents and Trade Directories Sections have been carefully revised, the former' giving particulars with: the foreign pronunfon, and the.direetion of each rough fare, is followed by the re-Isidential section, containing the addresses of about 10,000 foreign sidents, Turning to.the Outport Section, we find listed no fewer than 36 cities lof Northern and Central China, some lof them appearing for the first time in this work, while most of the other sections show considerable additions Fifty pages are devoted to th Outport Who's Who, giving approximately 10,000 foreign residents fin the various cities listed.
Special sections are again devoted to Protestant and "Roman Missions, the Diplomatic jand Consular Service in' China, the /Mereantile Marine officers serving in Shanghai and on the Yangtze, the principal railways in Northern and (Central China, with their foreign and Chinese staffs, the foreign Naval {Squadrons on the Yangtze, Harbour regulations, National Holidays, etc.
The work has. been brought well lup to date, the staffs of many Shanghai firms and some of the principal outport business yuses being corrected up to the time of going to press.
For local business firms the map jof Shanghai, printed from plans prepared by the Municipal Council, is} indispensable, adding to the value of la work which is an absolute nec sity in every business house,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.