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KONGMOON SAMSHUI
DIRECTORY
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (SOUTH CHINA),
LTD. Tel. Ad: Petrosilex
V. A. J. J. Rasmussen, manager
W. J. van der Star
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co. (CHINA),
LTD.-Tel. Ad: Powhattan
BRITISH CONSULATE
Consul-General-(residing at Canton)
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
Commissioner-T. A. M. Castle Assistant-K. Ehara
Medical Officer-J. A. Macdonald Assistants - Fong Kun-chiu, Chen
Shao and Ho Chan Hua
Tidesurveyor and Harbour-master-
A. K. Tellefsen
Examiner-J. W. Galvin Tidewaiter-S. G. Jidkoff
POST OFFICE, CHINESE
Postal Commr.-(residing at Canton) Postmaster-Chan Leung Chun
STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK-Tel. Ad÷
Socony
M. H. Varn, manager
TEXAS. COMPANY-Pakkai
K. H. Robinson
Shek Wah
C. W. Shek
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADIA MISSION Rev. T. A. Broadfoot, B.A., B.D. Mrs. T. A. Broadfoot, R.N. Harvey Becking (on leave) Mrs. Harvey Becking do. Dr. W. B. McClure, M.D.
Mrs. McClure
Dr. John A. McDonald, M.D., C.M.
Mrs. John A. McDonald
Miss B. M. Cairns
Rev. W. R. McKay, M.A., B.D., and wife
(secretary)
Dr. V. Cheung Miss M. Carroll
SAMSHUI
H = Sàm-shu
The Treaty port of Samshui, opened in 1897 under the Burmah Convention-nearly 40 years after Consul Harry Parkes' East River Expedition-is situated near the junction of the West and North Rivers, in lat. 23 deg. 6 min. 30 sec. N., and long. 112 deg. 53 min. and 48 sec. E. The anchorage known as Hokow, at which foreigners reside, was formerly an ordinary Chinese fishing village, with boat-building as its leading industry, and a flooded state in summer as its characteristic peculiarity, but it is fast becoming a busy mart. According to the Convention, the town of Samshui and Kongkun (a small village situated among the hills opposite Hokow) together constitute the port area. The formal opening took place on 4th June, 1897, since which date the trade of the port increased steadily until July, 1925, when the strike and boycott inaugurated against Hongkong shipping caused an unprecedented falling off in imports. The net value of the trade coming under the cognisance of the Customs. during 1925 was Hk. Tls. 4,245,082, as compared with Hk. Tls. 9,618,503 in 1924. The junk traffic is large, and the likin station is said to be one of the most important in the province. The district city of Samshui itself is surrounded by an imposing wall built in the 6th year of Chia Ching of the Mings (about A.D. 1560), the year after the place attained to the dignity of a magistracy, but whatever prosperity it may once have acquired has departed, and within the walls, where dwell the magistrate and the commander of the few local troops, the space is but half occupied by poor dwelling- houses and one small street containing provision shops. Outside the North Gate stands.
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