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FUSAN-MASAMPO-MOKPO
Shire Line of Steamships
Ben Line Steamship
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society
Limited
South British Fire and Marine Insur-
ance Co., Ltd.
Royal Insurance Co.
North China Insurance Co., Ltd. Royal Exchange AssuranceCorporation Equitable Life Assurance Society Sun Insurance Co.
Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld. Yangtsze Insurance Association, Ltd. International Sleeping Car Co. Thomas Cook & Son Lloyds
局便郵本日大
JAPANESE POST OFFICE
R. Siga, director
T. Kato, chief clerk of Telegram Section
M. Hatta, do. of Mail Section
S. Koshiro, chief engineer of Telephone
Section
M. Okabe, chief clerk of AccountSection I. Hisano, sub-chief
NIPPON YUSEN Kaisha
K. Yamamoto, manager K. Nakamuro, clerk
Y. Taga. clerk
O. Tachibana, do. T. Tyezumi, do.
MASAMPO
浦山馬
Masampo was opened to foreign trade on the 1st May, 1899. Its native population is 34,000 and foreign 300. The climate is very mild and the harbour is also good. In summer it serves as a good sea-bathing place; the Japanese Settlement is making nowadays very great progress and the inhabitants amount to about 3.000. 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 com- mercial expansion of Masampo. The foreign trade at this port fluctuates considerably, but never exceeds a million yen a year.
MOKPO
浦木 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 Mokpo lies 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 native huts surrounded by paddy fields and mud flats. The foreign settlement, which comprises about 225 acres 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 Japanese and a number of substantial Chinese residents. A seawall was built and a bund road, over a mile in length, was made. The climate of Mokpo is healthy and salubrious; the scenery much resembles that of South Japan and is picturesque in the extreme. Good shooting may be had, pheasants, geese, ducks, deer, wild boar and leopards abounding. Even tigers will be met with by those who care to hunt for them. Instances are not at all rare in which pigs, dogs and even men are carried off by these animals. Many of the natives are experts in training eagles to hunt smaller birds, like pheasants, &c.
The anticipations which were entertained of Mokpo at the time of its opening have proved over-sanguine, doubtless because the port of Kunsan was subsequently opened to foreign trade, and has flourished at the expense of Mokpo. But Mokpo would appear now to be regaining its old position, for during the last few years there has been great improvement in the trade of the port, which amounts to about a million and a half pounds sterling per annum. port, all the business being in Japanese hands. Digitized by 00g e
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