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which thus radiate from the "Bell Kiosk" are known as the four Chong-ro or "Bell roads. Another conspicuous feature of this central part of the city is the row of large warehouses two storeys high, the lower portions of which are divided off into little shops, opening into a small courtyard instead of facing the street. The width of the main streets was formerly much reduced by the construction in front of nearly every house of a rude wooden shanty used for a workshop or for business purposes, which gave the streets a poor and squalid appearance, but some of the principal streets have now been cleared of these unsightly obstructions, and the people are gradually being taught the benefits of good roads and clean surroundings. A spacious market place has been erected in one of the busiest parts of the city, and arrangements are being made for establishing two or three others at suitable centres.
An annual appro- priation of $50,000 has been made by the Finance Department for the maintenance and improvement of the roads. The shops are small and unattractive, and contain no articles de luxe or curios. The population of the city is variously estimated at from 150,000 to 240,000 persons; official returns give the number of houses as 30,000. An electric railway, running for three miles along the main streets of Seoul and thence three or four miles into the country, was opened in 1899 and now extends to Riong-san. A railway connects Chemulpo with Seoul and another line to connect the capital with Fusan is being constructed.
COREAN GOVERNMENT
DIRECTORY
Adviser to the Minister of Justice-
L. Crémazy
Adviser to Home Office-A. Delcoigne
W. F. Sands
Adviser to Fgn. Office--Mühlensteth Physicians to Imperial Household-
Dr. Wunsch, Miss L. R. Cooke
ARSENAL IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT ALLI-
ANCE FRANÇAISE
Captain-Payeur
Assistants-Louis, Remmieff
COLLBRAN & BOSTWICK, General and Rail- way Contractors; Managers of the Seoul Electric Railway and Lighting Co., and Water Works, and Contractors for con- struction of the Toh Soh Extension Railway
H. Collbran
H. R. Bostwick
E. A. Elliott, signs per pro. Herbert E. Collbran, accountant B. C. Donham, chief engineer M. Tanka
H. S. Kwack
BUREAU DES MINES DE LA MAISON IM- COOKE, DR. LOUISE R., Physician to the
PERIALE De Coree
Charles Alévêque, déléguè
Hyen Sang Kien, directeur Trémoulet, inspecteur général L. Cuvillier, ingenieur, E.C.P.
H. Lecoy de la Marche, ingénieur A. Rabec, conducteur
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (JAPANESE)
Y. Kaku, chairman
K. Shigeno, vice-chairman C. Nakamura, chief secretary
CHEMINS DE Fer du Nord-Ouest, Maison
IMPÉRIALE DE CORÉE
G. Lefèvre, directeur
J.de Lapeyriére, ingénr., chef de service
E. Bourdaret, ingénieur adjoint
ECKERT, F., Professor of Music
"CHRISTIAN NEWS," Weekly Newspaper
James S. Gale, editor
C. C. Vinton, business manager
Imperial Household
CUSTOMS
Chief Commissioner
Brown, C.M.G.
J. McLeavy
Secretary J. L. Chalmers
Assistant-H. W. Davidson
Medical Officer-Dr. E. H. Baldock
部工商農國帝韓大
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & COMMERCE
Min Chung Mook, Minister
Yu Uh Sik, vice
M. Kato, Adviser
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H. J. Mühlensteth, Inspector General
of Coast Fisheries
DAI ICHI GINnko, Ld.
K. Takaki, agent
T. Semba
FARM
E. Schott
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