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MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
CHINNAMPO-PINGYANG
Chairman-T. Akimoto
Members-C. W. Chang, C. Matsuda,
C. C. Howang
Secretary-T. Mochihara, I. Yukimura Civil Engineer-Kocho Mura
MUNICIPAL POLICE
Inspector of Police-K. Shibanuma
6 Japanese policemen
ORIENTAL CONSOLIDATED MINING CO.
Capt. E. S. Barstow, agent
OSAKA SHOSEN Kaisha (Osaka Mercantile
s.s. Co.)
H. Ichihara, manager
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H. Kanokogi, vice manager
S.S. Kankow Maru” s.s. "Fukusher Maru 8.8. "Keelung Maru" s.s. "Anping Maru"
8.8. "Shinanogawa Maru" s.s. "Chikugogawa Maru "
POST OFFICE, Japanese
G. Tojo, director, and 22 clerks
JAPANESE MERCHANTS, &c.
Iwoi & Co., general merchants Keida & Co., shipping agents Arai & Co., general merchants Okura & Co., general contractors Gihei Hamada, agent for Awa Kyodo
Kisen Kaisha
Horikiu Steamship Co., branch office Osaka Shosen Kaisha, branch office Tetsusaku Harada, agent for Nippon
Yusen Kaisha
Dr. U. Kondo, Sanwa Hospital Dr. S. Koto, Chinnampo Hospital Y. Goto, gen. contractor and civil engr. Nakamura Gumi, agent Amagasaki
Kisen Kaisha
PINGYANG
Pingyang, the capital city of the province of the same name, about 44 miles from the port of Chinnampo, ranks as the third city of the empire. It has been opened as a trade- ing 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 was however ignored, and the Government allowed the matter to slide. 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 are American, British and French missionaries, a few Chinese traders, and a growing number of Japanese. Two steamers under the Corean flag keep up communication between Pingyang and the port of Chinnampo, making the trip in about five hours. The famous city of Pingyang with its historical battlefields is well worth a visit, fairly good Japanese house accommodation being procurable. The city is beautifully situated in an extensive plain, on the right bank of the Ta-tong River. To the northward of Pingyang city, about 100 li distant, are situated the American and British mining concessions where less than 20 years ago the foot of the Occidental had never been allowed to tread; the natives are now quite familiarized with western mining life as it unfolds. itself before their eyes. Both mines are worked by foreigners with native help.
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