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sulphur springs also exist in the north of the island. The interior of the island is, however, still practically unexplored. One great drawback to the island is its want of good harbours, which is more especially felt on account of the strength of the monsoons in the Formosa Channel. Those on the eastern side are few and neither commodious nor accessible, while on the west coast most of the harbours are little better than open roadsteads. Taipeh is the capital of Formosa, but Tainan-fu is the chief city in point of population. The open ports are four in number- Takow and Tainan-fu in the south, and Tamsui and Kelung in the north. The latter was held for some months in 1884-5 by the French, under Admiral Courbet, but was evacuated on the 21st June, 1885. The rivers of Formosa are few, shallow, and winding. only navigable to small flat-bottomed boats. The scenery is delightful, and the climate is very pleasant in the winter, but hot and malarious in the wet season. There is a railway from Kelung to Tekcham, and an extension southwards is projected.
DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT
Stationed at the Capital, TAIPEH-FU (Taihoku)
Governor-General of Formosa-Lieutenant-General BARON G. KODAMA Chief of Civil Affairs Bureau-Dr. S. Goto
Chief of Army Staff Chief of Navy Staff Chief Councillor-Y.
Personnel-F. Otori
Major-General Y. Kigoshi Rear-Admiral T. Kurooka
Ishitsuka
CHIEFS OF SECTIONS
Registration and Archives-K. Kimura Foreign Affairs--F. Otori
Local Administration--T. Matsuoka Police Affairs-K. Oshima
Public Works--S. Takatsu
Sanitary S. Kato
Accounts-T. Iwai
Prefect of Taipeh-Y. Murakami
Do., Taichung-S. Kinoshita Do., Tainan--S. Isogai Do., Gilan-K. Saigo
Revenue--Z. Nakamura
Judicial Affairs-K. Oshima Educational Affairs-K. Kodama Agricultural & Industrial-M. Yanagimoto Communications-S. Kikuchi
Subsistence and Pay-T. Iwai
Chief of the Higher Court Judge Mizuo
Prefect of Taito-N. Sagara
Do., Pescadores-T. Tomita Adviser in Sanitation, Taihok-Profr. W. K. Burton, M. Sanitary Inst., London
TAMSUI AND KELUNG
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The port of Tamsui lies in lat. 25 deg. 10 min. N. and long. 101 deg. 26 min. E. on north-western side of the fertile island of Formosa. It is an uninteresting place. The harbour, like all others in Formosa, has a troublesome bar, which greatly retards the growth of the port. Dredging would do much to render it more accessible. The town. called Hubei, is situated on the north side of the river, about two miles from the bar. In October, 1884, the French ships under Admiral Courbet bombarded Tamsui, but were unable to take the place. The Japanese took possession on the 7th June, 1895. Tex grows on the hills in the locality, and the export in 1897 amounting to 434,481 half- chests. The total value of the trade of Tamsui and Kelung and the attached special ports in 1897, was £1,972,380 as against £1,592,413 in 1896.
The port of Kelung lies to the north-east of Tamsui, in latitude 25 deg. 6 min. X. and longitude 121 deg. 47 min. E. It is situated on the shores of a bay between the
capes of Foki and Peton, some twenty miles apart, amidst bold and striking scenery, backed by a range of mountains. It was once a Spanish Settlement, but was subsequently captured and held by the Dutch until they in turn gave place to the Chinese under Koxinga, a pirate chief who caused himself to be proclaimed King of Formosa.