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司公記太新
FOOCHOW-AMOY
SIN TAI KEE & Co.-General Importers,
Exporters, Store-keepers, Drapers, Silk
Merchants and Commission Agents
W. S. Young, manager
SINGER'S SEWING MACHINE Co.
G. W. Drollette
P. Cruz
李美 Mei-hu
STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK-Tel.
Ad: Socony
H. W. Livingston, local manager
H. W. Palmer
At Pagoda Anchorage
G. L. Dains, supt. of installation
STAR GINSENG Co., THE-Tel. Ad: Bucknall
E. H. Bucknall
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE Co. of Canada
Dodwell & Co., Ltd., agents
局總報電國中
TELEGRAPHS, CHINESE ADMINISTRATION
Li Yoh, manager
K. B. Woo, line inspector
T. Y. Wei, clerk in-charge
D. Y. Ling, in-charge, Sharp Peak T. S. Ching, in-charge, Pagoda An-
chorage
Y. D. Wei, clerk-in-charge (Santuao) P. C. Ching, do. (Whitefort)
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, FOOCHOW
Siemssen & Krohn, proprietors
TURNER & Co., Merchants
Geo. L. Greig
C. Skerrett-Rogers
A. M. d'Oliveira
WESTPHAL, KING&RAMSAY, LTD., Merchants
Agencies
New Zealand Insurance Co., Ld. Yangtsze Insurance Assoc., Ld. Russian Volunteer Fleet
The Robert Dollar S. S. Co.
The Bank Line, Ld.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION--Tel.
Ad: Flamingo
AMOY
門屓
Hiá-mun
Amoy was one of the five ports open to foreign trade before the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin. It is situated upon the island of Haimun, at the mouth of the Pei Chi or Dragon River, in lat. 24 deg. 40 min. N. and long. 118 deg. E. It was the scene of trade with Western nations at a very early date. The Portuguese went there in 1544, but in consequence of their cruelty towards the natives, the Chinese authorities forcibly expelled them and burned thirteen of their vessels. The English had com- mercial dealings there up to 1730, when the Chinese Government issued an edict prohibiting trade with foreigners at all ports except Canton. They made an exception as regards Spanish ships, which were allowed to trade at Amoy.
In describing Amoy Dr. Williams says:-"The island upon which Amoy is built is about forty miles in circumference, and contains scores of large villages besides the city. The scenery within the bay is picturesque, caused partly by the numerous islands which define it, surmounted by pagodas or temples, and partly by the high barren hills behind the city. There is an outer and an inner city, as one approaches it seaward, divided by a high ridge of rocky hills having a fortified wall running along the top. A paved road connects the two. The entire circuit of the City and suburbs is about eight miles, containing a population of 300,000, while that of the island is estimated at 100,000 more. The harbour is one of the best on the coast; there is good holding ground in the outer harbour, and vessels can anchor in the inner, within a short distance of the beach, and be perfectly secure; the tide rises and falls from fourteen to sixteen feet. The western side of the harbour, here from six hundred and seventy-five to eight hundred and forty yards wide, is formed by the island of Kulangsu. It is a picturesque little spot and maintains a rural population of 3,500 people. Eastward of Amoy is the island of Quemoy or Kinmun (Golden Harbour), presenting a striking contrast in the low foreground on its south shore to the high land on Amoy." The population of the city is, however, now estimated at 96,000.