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articles de luxe or curios. The population of the city is about 260,000. About 69,000 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.
DIRECTORY
(For Government Departments see Chosen (Corea) section, page 552-4)
Andrews & George Co., Inc.-Teleph.
3859 (Honkyoku); Tel. Ad: Yadzu
Paul Baumann, manager
S. W. Tehirkine
J. Kroeker
BANK OF CHOSEN-110, Nandaimon-dori;
Tel. Ad: Chosenbank
BRIEN, DR.D.H. Takezoye-machi, 3-chome
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY--
Teleph. 283; Tel. Ad: Testaments
H. Miller, secretary
Thomas Hobbs, assist. secretary
CHOSEN HOTEL (Keijo Office: S. Manchuria Railway Co.)— Hasegawa-cho, Keijo; Telephs. 2708 and 2709; Tel. Ad: Choho. Kongosan Hotel; Choanji Hotel (Dia- mond Mountain); Refreshment Room, Nandaimon Station (Keijo)
Chosen Industrial Bank, Ltd.-Nan- daimon-dori; Tel. Ad: Shokugiu. Branches throughout Korca
M. Aruga, president
CHOSEN MINERALS Co., Owners and Opera- tors of Tungsten Mines, etc. Teleph. 2938; P. O. Box 9; Tel. Ad: Allen
G. R. Allen, president and general
manager, Seoul and Yokohama Herbert Salinger (San Francisco)
HRISTIAN LITERATURE SOCIETY OF KOREA, Publishers and Booksellers, Publishing Office of the "Korea Mission Field,' "Christian Messenger," "Theological Review," "Bible Magazine," "Sunday School Magazine"-Teleph. 275; Tel. Ad: Bonwick
D. A. Bunker, general secretary G. Bonwick, publication do.
ONSULATES
KAMERICAN Consulate-Gen.-Teleph. 772 Consul-General-Ransford S. Miller Clerk-J. S. Dieson
BELGIUM
Consul-H. W. Davidson
FRANCE-Teleph. 797 (Kokamon); Tel.
Ad: Fransulat
Consul-E. Gallois Secretary--Yjong-yep Ni
GREAT BRITAIN (CONSULATE-GENERAL)—
Teleph. 30 (Kokamon); P.O. Box 16; Tel. Ad: Britain
Consul-General-A. Hyde Lay, C.M.G. Vice-Consul-P. D. Butler
ITALIAN CONSULATE
H.B.M. Consul-Gencral in charge of
Italian interests
RUSSIA (CONSULATE-GENERAL)
Acting Consul-General-M. Hefftler
DAI-ICHI GINKO, LTD. (Formerly the First
National Bank of Japan)
K. Nagai, manager
K. Yoshioka, sub-manager S. Takahata, p.p. do.
DAVIDSON, H. W., Merchant and Com- mission Agent-Teleph. 337; Tel. Ad: Davidson; Codes: A.B.C. 5th edn., Bent- ley's, Western Union
H. W. Davidson
S. P. Yi
Agent
North British & Mercantile Insce. Co.
FOREIGN TRADING CORPORATION, Importers and Exporters-Hasezawa-cho; Teleph. 1593; Tel. Ad: Foreignt
H. Nakao, manager Agencies
Oudstak Typewriter Co. Demountable Typewriter Co. James Cycle Co., Birmingham Rymer Son & Co, London, Woollen
Merchants
Stanley Works, Osaka. Hardware Socran Paper Co., Germany
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