CHEMULPO
浦物濟 Che-mul-po
This port, called by the Japanese Jinsen, and by the Chinese Jenchuan, is situated on the west coast of Chosen (Corea), in the metropolitan province of Kyongki, at the entrance of the Salée River, an embouchure of the Han or Seoul River. It was opened to foreign trade in 1883, when it was a poor fishing village, and is now a flourishing and rapidly increasing centre of trade, with a native population, including Japanese, of about 32,295. A railway runs from Chemulpo to Fusan, meeting the line from Seoul at Yong-dong-po (Yei-do-ho). The price of land has risen to almost fabulous rates.
Chemulpo enjoys a beautiful climate and is never shut up by ice. The port has two anchorages, the outer one accommodating ships of all sizes, and the inner one frequented by ships of about 1,000 tons, but a scheme of reconstruction is now under way. An enormous rise and fall of the tide, which averages 30 feet, renders the inner anchorage difficult of access to larger ships, and is also a serious hindrance to the navigation of the Seoul River. Only vessels not drawing over six feet may safely run between Chemulpo and Mapo, a place on the river three miles south-west of the capital.
The steamers of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Osaka Shosen Kaisha call regularly and have the bulk of the trade and passenger communication with Japan, and, in the case of the former, with North China. The Chosen Yusen Kaisha maintains a regular service between the port and Dairen, touching at Tsingtao.
There are telegraphic communications with China (overland), and with Japan.
DIRECTORY
BANK OF CHOSEN-110, Nandaimon-dori, 3- chome; Tel. Ad: Chosen-bank. Head Office: Seoul
Kwang-chang
BENNETT & Co., Merch'ts.-Tel. Ad: Bennett
Walter Geo. Bennett, signs the firm
Alex. Carnduff
G. Nakamoto
K. Nakamura
Agencies
S. Uyeno
G. Hamaya
K. Nagano
"Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co.
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.
Ocean Steamship Co., Ld.
China Mutual S. N. Co., Ld.
China Navigation Co., Ld. Butterfield & Swire
Cie. des Messageries Maritimes
Dodwell Line of Steamers American Asiatic S.S. Co.
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
Ben Line of Steamers
Eastern & Australian S.S. Co., Ld.
Bank Line of Steamers
Robert Dollar Co.
Andrew Weir & Co.
Lloyd's
Phoenix Assurance Co., Ld.
Norwich Union Fire Ins. Society, Ld.
Union Marine Insurance Co., Ld, North China Insurance Co., Ld. China Mutual Life Insurance Co., Ld. The Central Agency, Ld. B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. Yokohama Rubber Co., Ld.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Japanese)
CHEMULPO Club
Hon. Secretary-A. C. Biddle
CUSTOMS, IMPERIAL
HORI & Co., R.
R. Hori, manager
Agency
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY OF THE
GOVERNMENT-GENERAL OF CHOSEN
Director-I. Goto
Chemulpo - K.
Nakamura,
M.
Haramaki, T. Mine, T. Ito, Y. Shibano, T. Moriyama, Y. Yama- mura, C. K. Kim, J. Asakawa, G. Kotoma, H. Shichida, T. Kageura and C. Maaeda