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WONSAN (GENSAN OR YUENSAN)—FUSAN
Commissioner—C. E. S. Wakefield Assistant-W. M. Bowie
Do. -Kuan Chong-in
Do. Yang Kuei-chiu, Y. Fujisaki, N. Takezūru, Wang Huan Kuei, K. Araki
Medical Officer-Dr. R. A. Hardie, M.B. Tidesurveyor-P. E. Mannheimer Tidewaiters-J. M. Smith & 3 Japanese
GENSAN HOTEL
Fukuya, proprietor
Grineff, Th. Z.: Tel. Ad. Steam
Agencies
Chinese Eastern Railway Co's S. S. Count H. H. Keyserling & Co.
HOSPITAL (JAPANESE)
Physician-M. Saito
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
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Meiji Fire 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 Osaka Shosen Kaisha
G. Ota, agent
Tokyo Marine Insurance Co. N. Kawamura, agent
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For Protestant Missionssee end of Corean
Directory
MISSIONS ETRANGÈRES DE PARIS
Rev. L. Bret
Rev. A. Grisard
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL (JAPANESE) Chairman T. Ashihama Secretary-K. Yoshizoye
POST OFFICE (JAPANESE)
Postmaster-S. Okamoto
Clerks--S. Ujinaga, R. Hayama
TRADERS REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE
Representative-K. Yoshizoye
FUSAN
山蟹 Fu-8am
山釜
Fusan, or Pusan as it is also called by the Coreans, is the chief port of Kiung-sang- do, the south-eastern province of Coren, 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. The British Consul, in his report for 1901, says :-"The commencement of work at the south-eastern terminus of the Seoul-Fusan Railway has made Fusan a great centre of activity, and the opening of the line to traffic will greatly increase the volume of trade passing through the port. In connection with the railway a vast scheme of harbour reclamation is to be carried out, and this will provide building sites suitable for godowns, which are now sadly deficient. Amongst other works in progress are the erection of a new municipal hall in the Japanese settlement, the construction of water- works, the installation of electric light, and the making of good roads in the neigh- hourhood of the foreign quarter."
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
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