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MASAMPO-MOKPO
MASAMPO
浦山馬
Masampo was opened to foreign trade on the 1st May, 1899. Its native population is 34,000 and foreign 300. Regular lines of small steamers connect the port of Fusan. Its proximity to Fusan and the superior accommodation of the latter port greatly interferes with the commercial expansion of Masampo. Before the war between Russia and Japan broke out it was freely rumoured that Russia was endeavour- ing to obtain from Corea the cession of this port as a coaling station for her Pacific fleet. If the rumour was merely a balon d'essai it served the purpose of eliciting the fact that the project would meet with strong opposition.
The imports at Masampo in 1903 amounted to £17,300 and the Exports to £8,925.
官事領本日
CONSULATE- APAN
Consul-Y. Miura
Secretary-8. Tachibana
Do. -H. Noguchi
Inspector of Police-E. Sakai
官事領國俄
CONSULATE RUSSIA
Vice-Consul-
CUSTOMS
關海浦山馬國韓
DIRECTORY
Comsnr.--W. McC. Osborne (Fusan)
Acting Assnt. in charge-W. Armour
T-waiters--S, Fujimoto, S. Miyasaki
Clerk-Kim Yi Hyen
JAPANESE HOTELS
T. Horiye
T. Matsunobu
院信通國帝韓大
IMPERIAL Korean CommUNICATION DEPT-
Postmaster-Chiung Cha Sun
Telegraph Manager-So Sung Sock
MISSION
MISSIONS ETRANGÈRES
Rev. G. Mousset
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
Chairman-Y. Miura Secretary-K. Ikuwo Treasurer-K. Ikuwo Chief of Police S. Akiyoshi
POST OFFICE (JAPANESE)
Director Y, Kawai Secretary-Y. Kawai Dc. H. Shinjio
MOKPO
Mok-po
Mokpo, which, like Chinnampo, was opened to foreign trade on the 1st October. 1897, in pursuance of a resolution of the Council of State, is a seaport in the province of Chulla, and has an excellent harbour capable of providing anchorage accommodation for thirty or forty vessels of large tonnage. Chulla is a great rice-growing district and has the reputation of being the wealthiest province in the country, and Mokpolies at the mouth of a river which drains nearly the whole province. Mokpo has undergone a great transformation since it was opened. In 1897 it consisted of a few Corean huts surrounded by paddy fields and mud flats. The foreign settlement, which comprises about 225 areas of ground, was bought up within a couple of years, and the mud flats were rapidly converted into a town, with well laid out streets, occupied by about 1,200
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