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substantial buildings, and a foreign population of some 6,000 or 7,000, mostly Japanese and Chinese The Chinese and Japanese settlements are fully occupied, and the price of land in the general foreign settlement has risen to almost fabulous rates". There is a Municipal Council, composed of the Foreign Consuls, one Corean official, and three representatives of the landholders. 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 4,397 (including 3,904 Japanese and 404 Chinese) in 1896; the natives were estimated at 6,756.
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 1897 was $5,868,605, and that of the exports to foreign countries 83,643,066, as compared with $3,709,383, imports and $1,795,862, exports in 1896. The total value of the trade of the port in 1897 was $9,710,870, as compared with $5,678,730 in 1896. The sub-prefectural town of Jenchuan is situated ten li distant from the port.
DIRECTORY
CENTRAL HOTEL
Mrs. Rickel, proprietrix
CHAMBER OF Commerce (JAPANESE)
Chairman-C. Nishiwaki Vice-Chairman-S. Tojo
Chief Secretary-C. Nakamura
CHEMULPO CLUB
Committee-W. D. Townsend (chair-
man), L. A. Hopkins (hon. tres, and sec.), C. Luhrs, A. Suzuki
CHINESE MERCHANTS
Ho Gi An Hung Tại Tung I Tai & Co. Kin Shin Tong Say Shin Chung Shuan Shin Tai Si Kun Shun Tick Hing & Co.
Tien Wha Chan Tung Shun Tai | Yee Sam & Co. Yee Sung Shin Yü Fêng Tê Yu Shin Jen
Yung Lai Shin
CHOSEN SHIMPO, Newspaper
C. Nakamura, editor
Y. Ogawa, publisher
J. Yamamoto, printer
CONSULATES
GREAT BRITAIN
ITALY
CHINA, in charge of interests
Vice-Consul--A. J. Sundius
JAPAN
Consul-K. Ishii
Vice-Consul-K. Shidehara Chancellors - S.
Nakamura,
J.
Hirai, K. Akamatsu, T. Ide Inspectors of Police K. Yoshida,
K. Koïdzumi
Post Office
Director S. Matsumura
DAIBUTSU HOTEL AND RESTAURANT
R. Hori, proprietor
CUSTOMS
關海國鮮朝大
Act. Comissioner J. L. Chalmers
Assistant--D. Pegorini
Do. Woo Li Tang
Do. -S. K. Nakabayashi
Clerks-L. A. Hopkins, S. G. Hara, T.
Kato, J. C. Staden, É. Batavus
Medical Officer-W. A. Carden
Acting Tidesurveyor and Harbour
Master---C. A. Meyer
Examiners-F. R. Borioni, P. Mondini Tidewaiters-T. Hollingsworth, J.
Stevens, and Japanese
DAI ICHI GINKO, LIMITED, & CUSTOMS BANK
C. Nishiwaki, manager
S.
S. Aso, T. Kamejima, S. Uba, S.
Yamamoto, T. Murakami, Ohtsuka, S. Matsuda, clerks
Agencies
Tokio Marine Insurance Company Meiji Fire Insurance Company Meiji Life Insurance Company
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