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CHEMULPO
The sub-prefectural town of Jenchuan is situated 10 li distant from the port, which latter is locally known as Chemulpo. Fut-bing on the Han-kang is the nearest prefectural city, and is distant some 35 li, near which place is situated, also on the Han-kang, the rising town of Mapu, which lies on the main road to Hanyang (Seoul) some 75 li distant from the port (Chemulpo), or 30 li from Seoul. The whole of the land forming the Japanese Settlement at Chemulpo was sold publicly early in 1884; and the first land sales in the general Foreign Settlement took place on the 7th November of the same year. There is a Municipal Council at Chemulpo composed of the Foreign Consuls, one Corean official, and three representatives of the landholders. The settlements have been neatly laid out, with broad well metalled roads, some of which are planted with trees, and the lots are all built upon. The outer anchorage is accessible to ships of all sizes, and the inner one to coasting vessels and steamers ordinarily employed in the local trade. The river is navigable for vessels not drawing over 10 feet up to Mapu; but seeing that at certain seasons there are a few places where the fall in the river is very considerable, owing to the existence of sand banks, it is desirable that river steamers, intended to run regularly, should not draw over six feet. An overland telegraph line from China to this port and the city of Seoul was opened to traffic in November, 1885. The climate is healthy and may be compared to that of Chefoo. The foreign population was 4,675 (including 4,148 Japanese and 482 Chinese) in 1895; the natives were estimated at 5,340.
The port was opened to Japanese trade on the 1st January, 1883, and to foreign trade on the 16th June of the same year. The value of the imports from foreign countries in 1895 was $5,017,086, and that of the exports to foreign countries $1,232,276. The total value of the trade of the port in 1895 was $6,623,325 compared with $5,370,364 in 1894.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Chinese)
DIRECTORY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (JAPANESE)
Chairman-C. Nishiwaki Vice-Chairman-S. Tojo
Chief Secretary-C. Nakamura
CHEMULPO CLUB
Committee-K. Ishii (chairman), E. Laporte (hon. treas.), L. A. Hopkins (hon. sec.), A. Suzuki
CHOSEN SHIMPO, Newspaper
T. Muramatsu, editor
J. Yamamoto, printer and publisher
CONSULATES
GREAT BRITAIN
ITALY
CHINA, in charge of interests
Vice-Consul-W. H. Wilkinson
JAPAN
Consul-K. Ishii
Clerks-M. Yamaguchi, Y. Komma,
S. Nakamura, K. Mayema
Inspectors of Police-K. Kamiya, K.
Koïdzumi
Post Office
Director-S. Matsumura
CUSTOMS
關海國鮮朝大
Act. Commissioner-W. McC. Osborne
Assistant-E. Laporte
Do. -Woo Li Tang
Do. S. K. Nakabayashi Clerks-L. A. Hopkins, T. W. Van Ess,
S. G. Hara, J. Kato
Medical Officer-E. B. Landis
Acting Tidesurveyor and Harbour
Master-C. A. Meyer
Examiners-F. R. Borioni, P. Mondini Tidewaiters-J. F. Hintze R. Brinck- meier, W. Armour, T. Hollings- worth and Japanese
DAIBUTSU HOTEL AND RESTAURANT
R. Hori, proprietor
EIGHTEENTH NATIONAL BANK
T. Adachi, manager
C. Adachi, bookkeeper G. Midzuta, cashier
Agencies
Teikoku Life Insurance Company Nippon Kairiku Insurance Company
EU DON, STEWARD & Co., Store and Hotel
EUROPEAN RESIDENTS—additional
Benzenius, C. G., master str. "Hyenik"
FIFTY-EIGHTH NATIONAL BANK
T. Fukuda, manager
M. Itakura, accountant C. Watanabe, cashier
Agency
Teikoku Marine Insurance Company