FOOCHOW—AMOY
907
局政郵 Yu-chêng-chi
POST OFFICE, CHINESE (Fukien District) -Head Office: Foochow. Teleph. 171; Tel. Ad: Postos. Sub-Offices: Nanchieh, Fuhsinchieh, Yangtoukou, Kulochien, Simenchieh, Shanghangchieh and Hung- shankiao
Acting Commissioner-J. A. Greenfield Acting Deputy Commissioner-Li
Yung Fuk
Postmaster (Amoy)-H. H. Molland District Accountant-E. Larsen Assistant-Lin Ching-ch'i
POST OFFICE, FRENCH
Postmaster-M. Floch
POST OFFICE, Japanese
Postmaster-N. Mishima
Postal Officer-Y. Okamura
Do.
-M. Hashimoto
REUTER'S TELEGRAM Co.
H. S. Brand, agent
司公記太新
SIN TAI KEE & Co.-General Importers,
Exporters, Store-keepers, Drapers, Silk
Merchants and Commission Agents
W. S. Young, manager
S. H. Ou-Young
Agencies
J. Ullmann & Co., Hongkong
Kwong Sun Knitting Factory, H'kong.
K. Hattori, Clock Factory, Tokyo
The Owari Clock Co., Nagoya
李美 Mei.hu
STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK-
Tel. Ad: Socony
H. W. Livingston, manager (absent).
C. J. Lafferty, in charge
T. B. Williams, assistant
Miss Dorothy Grant (absent)
T. Chubb
At Pagoda Anchorage
M. Duffy, supt. of installation
局總報電國中
TELEGRAPHS, CHINESE ADMINISTRATION
Cheng Lung, manager
K. B. Woo, line inspector
T. Y. Wei, clerk-in-charge
D. Y. Ling, in-charge (Sharp Peak)
Wong Kai (Pagoda Anchorage) Y. D. Wei, clerk-in-charge (Santuao) P. C. Ching,
(Whitefort)
do.
TURNER & Co., Merchants
C. Skerrett-Rogers
A. M. d'Oliveira
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION--Tel.
Ad: Flamingo
Nantai Branch-Teleph. Nantai 130
E. N. Munson, gen. secy. R. G. Gold, edcl. secy. R.A. Leake, phys. secy. Walled City Branch-Teleph. 41
T. C. McConnel, exec. secy.
AMOY
門廈 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 Pe- 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