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city into two nearly equal portions. In the northern half are the walled enclosures con- taining the late King's Palace and the more important public buildings. A street about 50 feet wide intersects the main street at right angles, dividing the northern half of the city into eastern and western quarters. At the point of intersection stands a pavilion called Chong-kak (the "Bell Kiosk "), from a large bell, about seven feet high, which is placed there. This spot is regarded as the centre of the city; and from it another street, as wide as the main street, branches off to the south-west. The four wide streets which thus radiate from the "Bell Kiosk" are known as the four Chong-no or "Bell' roads." Another conspicuous feature of this central part of the city is the row of large warehouses, two storeys high, the lower portions of which are divided off into little shops, opening into a small courtyard instead of facing the street. The width of the main streets was formerly much reduced by the construction in front of nearly every house of a rude wooden shanty used for a workshop or for business purposes, which gave the streets a poor and squalid appearance, but some of the principal streets have now been cleared of these unsightly obstructions, and the people are gradually being taught the benefits of good roads and clean surroundings. A spacious market place has been erected in one of the busiest parts of the city, and arrangements are being made for establishing two or three others at suitable centres.
An annual appro- priation of $50,000 has been made by the Finance Department for the maintenance and improvement of the roads. The shops are small and unattractive, and contain no articles de luxe or curios. The population of the city is about 253,000. About 67,000 Japanese reside in Seoul and about 2,200 other foreigners, most of whom are Chinese. An electric railway, running for three miles along the main streets of Seoul and thence three or four miles into the country, was opened in 1899, and one extends to Riong-san and Mokpo. A railway connects Chemulpo with Seoul, and another line connects the city of Fusan.
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DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT-GENERAL OF CHOSEN
Governor-General-Admiral Baron M. Saito
Vice-Governor-General and President of Central Council-T. Ariyoshi Private Secretaries to the Governor-General-S. Moriya and T Nakamur Government Inspector-A. Tokizane Civil Inspector-Chang Heung Sik
Director of Gen. Affairs Dept.- Chief of Foreign Affairs Section-S. Ikuta Director of Civil Eng. Dept.-S. Hara
Do. of Industrial Bureau-Y. Nishimura Do. of Judicial Bureau-G. Yokota Do. of Financial Bureau-I. Wada Do. of Internal Affairs Bureau T.
Otsuka
Do. of Police Affairs Bureau-T. Maru-
yama
Do. of Educational Bureau--Z. Shibata Do. of Railway Dept.-K. Yuge Do. of Communications Bureau
Takeuchi
Chief of Marine Product Experimenta
Station K. Nagatomo
Director of Model Farm Station-Dr.
S. Hashimoto
Chief of Preventive Serum Manufacture
Station-R. Mochizuki
Director of Heijo Mining Industry-O.
Muzuya
Director of Lumber Station-T. Node
Do. of Observatory-I. Goto
LOCAL GOVERNORS
T.
Keiki-do-E. Kudo
Do. of Monopoly Bureau-K. Aoki Vice-President of Central Council-Mar-
quis Yi Wan Yong
Chief Secretary of Central Council T.
Matsunaga
Director of Govt. Hospital-Dr. K. Shiga Director of Central Experimental Station
-Dr.K. Mikami
Chuseihoku-do-J. Yoneda
Chuseinan-do-Kin Kwan Heun
Zenrahoku-do--C. Isumi
Zenranan-do-Won Eung Yang Keishohoku-do-R. Fujikawa Keishonan-do-T. Sawata Kwokai-do-Pak Chong Yang Heiannan-do-J. Shinoda Heianhoku-do-T. Iio