CHINNAMPO-PINGYANG—KUNSAN
CHINNAMPO
浦南甑 Chin-nam-po
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This port was opened to foreign trade on the 1st October, 1897, in pursuance of a resolution passed by the Council of State. The port is situated on the north bank of the Tatung inlet, about twenty miles from its mouth, in the extreme south-west of the province of Ping-yang. It is some forty miles distant by water from Ping-yang, the third city in the Kingdom, with a population of 40,000, and it is expected that it will become a place of considerable commercial activity. The province is rich in agricultural and mineral wealth, the latter of which is now being developed by foreign enterprise.
DIRECTORY
CONSULATES
GREAT BRITAIN
Pro-Consul--E. Peugnet
JAPAN
Consul-H. Ishuin (resdg. Chemulpo) In charge H. Kirino
Chancellors-S. Tokuya, H. Saito Inspector of Police T. Kadoi
RUSSIA
Vice-Consul-E. Peugnet
CUSTOMS
Examiner in charge-E. Peugnet Clerk-Hong Ki-Mo
Assistant Examiner-Ku Ka-Ting Tidewaiters-B. Ohkuba, T. Matsuda
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
President E. Peugnet
Members H. Kirino, F. Matsura
PINGYANG
Pingyang, the capital city of the province of the same name, ranks in importance as the third city of the empire. It has been opened as a trading mart, where foreigners may reside, trade, and rent land and houses, according to native rules, anywhere within the limit to be marked off for that purpose. This limit has not yet (1899) been decided upon. No Custom-house will be opened there, all goods to and from Pingyang paying duty for and from abroad at Chinnampo. The foreigners residing at Pingyang comprise seventeen American missionaries, one French missionary, about 150 Japanese, and 60 Chinese.
KUNSAN
Kunsan, one of the new ports opened to foreign trade on the 1st May, 1899, is situated at the mouth of the Yong Dang River, which runs for many miles, forming the boundary line between the two provinces of Chulla-do and Chung-Chong-do, on the West Coast of Korea, and lies about halfway between Jenchuan and Mokpo. The two provinces referred to are so noted for their abundant supply of agricultural produce that they are called the magazines of the kingdom. The principal articles of export are: rice, wheat, beans, different kinds of medicines, ox-hides, grasscloth, paper, bamboo articles, fans both open and folding, screens and mats, bicho de mar, dried awabi, with various kinds of fish and seaweed,
The port itself was well known as the export station for the revenue rice, when the Government revenue was paid in rice, and collected in this port for transmission to the capital.