SAMSHUI – KONGMOON
DIRECTORY
1043
CONSULATES
* Tai-pel-kwok Ling-s:-kon
BELGIUM
Consul Residing in Hongkong
官事領國英大
GREAT BRITAIN
also
AUSTRO-HUNGARY
Consul-General---J.W. Jamieson, C.M.G.
(residing in Canton)
*** Tai Itai-li Ling-sz-kin
ITALY
Consul-General--Comm. Z. Volpicelli
tresiding in Hongkong)
關水三
CUSTOMS, IMPERIAL MARITIME
Acting Commissioner --P. B. von Rau-
tenfeld
Assistant--J. Klubien
Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-
L. Liedeke
Examiner--J. McMahon
Tidewaiters - H. W. Beckett, N. Tra-
vers, A. A. Z. Von Stockhousen
隆安福
FOOK ON LOONG, Broker and Commission
Agent
Agency
Chai Wo Steamboat Company
渣
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Merchants
Man Fuk Lung, agent
Agencies
H'kong, Canton & Macao S.B. Co., Ld. Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.
China Navigation Company
Canton Insurance Office
Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.
和公
KUNG-wo, Broker and Commission Agent.
签圴
KWAN YIK. Broker and Commission Agent
局政郵清大
Post OFFICE, IMPERIAL CHINESE
District-postmaster-C. H. Shields
(Canton)
Postal Clerk in charge Neg Po Yuen
Assistant -Ling Ye Chung
局報電國中
TELEGRAPHS, IMPERIAL CHINESE --Sainam
Clerk Mak King Hang
昌興永
WING HING CHEONG, Broker and Com
mission Agent
司公和怡
Wo & Co., E., Merchs, and Commsn. Agents
KONGMOON
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Kong-moon
Kongmoon was added to the list of treaty ports on 7th March, 1904, in accordance with the stipulations of Article X. of the Mackay Treaty, A British Consulate was established, but withdrawn in 1905. Kongmoon is located some three miles up a creek on the West River, in the Kwangehow Prefecture of the Kwangtung Province in Lat. 22° 34′ 49′′ N, and Long. 113' 8′ 53′′ E. and is about 45 miles distant from Macao, 70 from Canton and 87 from Hongkong. The creek on which it is built connects the West River with the sea at Gaemoon and is a narrow and tortuous stream, the lower reaches of which, near the main river, are lined with rafts, while further up in the vicinity of the town it is crowded with native craft of every description, thus rendering navigation for steamers difficult at all times, but especially so when the current runs fast during the summer months. The steamer anchorage is in the West River at the mouth of the Creek, opposite the Imperial Maritime Customs, but the town is included in the port limits. The population of Kongmoon is about 55.00, and it has the appearance of being a more populous centre, as it extends for a considerable distance on both banks of the stream. Formerly it was a business centre of consider: De importance, but various causes have arisen which appear to have lessened its commercial standing, and which have interfered adversely with the general prosperity of the port.
In this connection the Commissioner of Customs in his trade report