KONGMOON
95%
sundries, including a variety of Japanese commodities of a cheap nature. Large quantities of softwood poles are floated down in the form of rafts, which are dismantled here. These mostly come from beyond Wuchow and also from the North River. The yearly value of this branch of the trade is estimated at about $750,000. Owing to the frequent piracies in the delta, the cocoon market hitherto established at Yunki has been transferred to Kongmoon, and the numerous steam launches and boats employed in this line of business give the port in front of the settlement a lively and animated appearance. There are two silk filatures in the town which afford employment to about 300 women each; the total out-turn of silk amounts to about 100 catties per day. An interesting local industry is the dredging of large shells, from which a good quality of lime is made. The annual production of these shells is estimated at 200,000 piculs, worth about $40,000. Quite an important industry has sprung up in Kongmoon, namely, the preserving and canning of Chinese fruit for export abroad, where it is consumed by the numerous Chinese in America, Australia and the Straits Settlements. Paper, which finds a ready market in Hong- kong, is manufactured by the Kongmoon Paper Mill, whose output of 40 piculs a day has been increased recently by 50 per cent. in consequence of the installation of additional machinery from England.
The unique opportunities presented for transport by the unrivalled waterways of the delta have been well developed by native enterprise, and there is a large and lucrative passenger trade with Canton, Fatshan, Sancheong, Hongkong, Macao, etc. Large, roomy native passenger boats towed by powerful launches are engaged in this trade.
The surrounding country is picturesque, fertile and highly cultivated, and the inhabit- ants are prosperous and industrious. Rice is, of course, the principal crop, and it is milled locally, but mulberry shoots are very extensively cultivated for sale in the silk- producing centres, and large quantities of fresh vegetables are exported to supply the Hongkong market.
The net value of the port's trade in 1922 was Hk. Tls. 10,658,177, as compared with Hk. Tls. 8,236,251 in 1921, Hk. Tls. 6,588,479 in 1920, and Hk. Tls. 4,384,902: in 1919.
DIRECTORY
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (SOUTH CHINA), | CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
LTD.-Tel. Ad: Petrosilex
G. C. Worrall, manager
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co. (CHINA),
LTD.-Tel. Ad: Powhattan
O. M. Hoh, manager
BRITISH CONSULATE
Consul-General-(residing at Canton)
CANADIAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION
Rev. B. D. Armstrong, B.A. Mrs. B. D. Armstrong, R.N. Rev. T. A. Broadfoot, B.A. Mrs. T. A. Broadfoot, B.D. Harvey Becking
Mrs. Harvey Becking Miss L. I. Crockett
Dr. Jessie A. MacBean
Miss E. M. Duncan
Dr. W. B. McClure
Mrs. McClure
Dr. John A. McDonald, secretary
Mrs. John A. McDonald
Miss B. M. Cairns
Acting Commissioner-H. D. Hilliard Assistant-H. R. J. W. Flanagan Mcdical Officer-J. A. McDonald Assistants-Fong Kun-chiu, Ng Shin-
hung, Leung Im
Tidesurveyor and Harbour-master-
T. H. Smith
Examiners--C. S. Goddard, W. Battley Tidewaiters — F. A. Strandvig, W. Neville, H. A. Stork, W. J. Morris
LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO Co. (CHINA)
W. Ramsey, manager
POST OFFICE, CHINESE
Postal Commissioner
Canton)
(residing at
Postmaster-Tong Kum Chuen
STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK-Tel. Ad::
Socony
W. C. McDonald, manager
B. B. Anthony
TEXAS COMPANY-Pakkai
Miss H. A. Shearer
Miss A. J. Dulmage
S. C. Wah
K. C. Li
S. C. Wal