CUSTOMS
WONSAN (GENSAN OR YUENSAN)—FUSAN
Acting Commisnr.-C. E. S. Wakefield Assistant-F. L. Ahrendts
Do. -G. Miyasaki Do. -Kuan Chong-in
Clerks-Yang K'uei-chiu, M. Iwashita Medical Officer-Dr. R. Grierson Tidesurveyor-J. Knott
Tidewaiter-P. E. Mannheimer
GENSAN HOTEL
Fukuya, proprietor
HOSPITAL (JAPANESE)
Physician-J. Sayama
First Assistant--M. Nakamura
JAPANESE MERCHANTS, &c.
Eighteenth Bank
S. Ishida, agent
Japan Marine & Land Insurance Co.
S. Ishida, agent
Japan and Corea Trading Co.
N. Sato, agent
Meiji Fire Insurance Co. Meiji Life Insurance Co.
S. Ishida, agent
Kaikoku Life Insurance Co.
S. Ishida, agent
Nichi In Trading Company
M. Ichikawa, agent
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
N. Kawamura, acting manager
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Osaka Fire Insurance Co.
M. Iwata, agent
Tokyo Marine Insurance Co. N. Kawamura, agent
LAVRENTIEFF, T. N., Agent for Sheveleff
& Co.'s Steamers
Agency
China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld.
MISSIONS
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH MISSION
Dr. W. B. McGill and wife
CANADIAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION Dr. R. Grierson and wife Rev W. R. Foote and wife Rev. D. McRae and wife Miss McCully
MISSIONS ETRANGÈRES DE PARIS
Rev. L. Bret
Rev. A. Grisard
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL (JAPANESE)
Chairman-K. Yoshisoye Vice-Chairman--S. Ishida
POST OFFICE (Japanese)
Postmaster S. Okamoto
TRADERS' REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE Representative-K, Yoshizoye
FUSAN
山釜 Fu-san
Fusan, or Pusan as it is also called by the Coreans, is the chief port of Kiung-sang- do, the south-eastern province of Corea, and lies in lat. 35 deg. 6 min. 6 sec. N. and long. 129 deg. 3 min. 2 sec. E. It was opened to Japanese trade in 1876 and to Western nations in 1883. The native town consists of some 550 houses with a population of about 5,000 inhabitants. The Japanese settlement is situated a little distance from the native town, opposite the island of Cholyongdo (Deer Island). It is under the control of the Consul, who is, however, assisted by an elective Municipal Council. Order is maintained by a police force in a uniform of European pattern. Water, conducted from the neighbouring hills, is distributed through the Settlement by pipes and hydrants. The Foreign residents numbered 6,356 in 1898, of whom 6,249 were Japanese, 85 Chinese, and 22 Europeans. The Corean town of Fusan is a walled city, situated at the head of the harbour; it contains the Royal granaries for storing rice, a few wretched houses, and the residence of the small military official in charge. The harbour is good and capacious, with a sufficient depth of water to accommodate the largest vessels. The climate is very salubrious and the place is considered extremely healthy. Sea bathing may be had in perfection, and there is a nice hot spring near Tongnai. The district city Tong-nai Fu, which is distant about eight miles, is the local centre of trade. It contains a population of 33,350. A branch of the Foreign Customs Service was established in July, 1883. Regular lines of steamers connect the port with Japan, Shanghai, northern ports of China, and Vladivostock. Fusan was con- nected with Japan by a submarine telegraph cable in November, 1883. The imports from foreign countries in 1899 amounted to $2,389,000 against $2,447,000 in 1895 and $2,735,000 in 1897, and the exports to foreign countries to $1,822,000 against $2,812,000 in 1898 and $1,700,000 in 1897.