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inhabitants. The Japanese settlement is situated a little distance from the native town, opposite the island of Cholyongdo (Deer Island). It is under the control of the Prefect appointed by thic Government-General of Chosen. The Japanese population in Fusan numbers nearly 28,000 and there are about 5,000 more resident inland in the vicinity of the port. The Korean population is about 83,000. The Seoul-Fusan Railway and a daily service of steamers to Japan have combined to make Fusan a great centre of activity, and the volume of trade passing through the port has greatly increased. Many public improvements have been carried out in recent years, including the erection of a new settlement, the construction of water-works, the installation of electric light and the making of good roads in the neighbourhood of the foreign quarter. Fusan was connected with Japan by a submarine telegraph cable in November, 1883.
As a trading centre Fusan has become the first port of the peninsula, the value of the trade in 1916 being 37,904,000 yen compared with 32,254,000 yen in 1915 and 28,704,000 yen in 1914. There are few European firms in the port and business is carried. on principally by the Japanese.
DIRECTORY
BANK OF CHOSEN-44, Daicho Machi, It-
chome; Tel. Ad: Chosen Bank
T. Takeyasu, manager
S. Tajima, p.p. manager M. Minobe, do.
HOLME, RINGER & Co., Import, Export and Commission Merchants - Telephs. 545 and 475; Tel. Ad: Ringer
S. A. Ringer (Nagasaki)
F. E. E. Ringer do.
H. Yamano, in charge
Y. Tanaka
W. Takumi
S. Idzumiya
H. Kishimoto
Agencies
Banking
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation
Chartered Bank of India, Australia
and China
Shipping
Asiatic Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. American Asiatic Steamship Co., Ltd. American & Oriental Line
Barber & Co.'s Line of Steamers Ben Line of Steamers
British India Steam Nav. Co., Ltd.
Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, Ltd. Chargeurs Reunis (French S.S. Co.) China Navigation Co., Ltd. China Mutual Steam Nav. Co., Ltd. Cic. des Messageries Maritimes Eastern & Australian S.S. Co., Ltd. East Asiatic Co., Ltd. Java-China-Japan Lijn Mogul Line of Steamers Ocean Steamship Co., Ltd. Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Nav. Co. Prince Line, Ltd. -
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.
Russian East Asiatic Co., Ltd. Shire Line of Steamers Swedish East Asiatic Co., Ltd. Toyo Kisen Kaisha
John Warrack & Co's Steamers
Insurance
Board of Underwriters of New York Cassa Navale & D'Assicuraz. Genova Lloyds, London
London Salvage Association
New Zealand Insurance Co., Ltd.
North British & Mercantile Ince.
Co., Ltd.
North China Insurance Co., Ltd. Norwich Union Fire Ince. Society, Ltd.. Royal Exchange Assurance
poration
Cor-
South British Fire & Mar. Ins. Co., Ltd. Sun Insurance Co.
The Sea Insurance Co., Ltd.
Travellers' Baggage Ince. Association,
Ltd.
Union Ince. Society of Canton, Ltd.
Western Assurance Co.
Yangtsze Insurance Association
局便郵本日大
POST OFFICE, JAPANESE
R. Shiga, director
E. Inatsuka, chief engineer of En- gineering and Telephone Sections
K. Watanabe, chief clerk of Mail Sec. M Okabe, Accounting Section S. Kajiyama, General Affairs Section S. Toshima, Telegraph Section
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD. (Fusan Branch) Kotohira-cho; Telephs. 655 and 43; Tel. Ad: Mitsui Agency
Ellerman & Bucknall S.S. Co.
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