TAINAN, TAKAO AND ANPING
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The Government Railway now runs day and night trains between Keelung and Takao, the length of which line is approximately 246 niles.
There are many private light railways running inland from the main line, tapping the country districts. The chief of these was the Arisan Railway, which has now been acquired by the Government. This line taps the valuable timber forests on Mount Arisan, and is notable for its gradients and the number of tunnels along the route.
Many of the private lines are owned by sugar companies who, in addition to transporting their materials, also carry passengers and goods.
The import trade is mainly in the hands of Japanese firms, the only item still in the hands of foreigners being kerosene. The Government has given every encourage- ment to the sugar industry, and many large modern mills have been erected during the past few years. Of the six staple industries of Formosa, Opium, Camphor and Salt have been monopolised by the Formosan Government.
DIRECTORY
BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.-Tel. Ad: Taigin
BRUNNER, MOND & Co. (JAPAN), LTD.- 1, Sakae-machi, Itchome, Takao; Tel. Ad: Crescent, Takao
P. Houghton, manager
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Agents for
Java-China-Japan Lijn
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MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD., General Merchants-Tainan, Takao; Tel. Ad: Mitsui; Codes: A.B.C. 5th edn., Bentley's
Agencies
Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Ld. Kinkai Yusen Kaisha, Ld. Blue Funnel Line
Ellerman & Bucknall S.S. Co. Norddeutscher Lloyd Hamburg-Amerika Linie
Tokyo Marine and Fire Insce. Co. Taisho Marine and Fire Insce. Co.
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA (Osaka Mercantile. S.S. Co., Ltd.)-Taishio-machi, Tainan;. Telephs. 37 and 250; Tel. Ad: Shosen
S. Yamamoto, manager
T. Yoshitani, sub-manager S. Kuroda
M. Irimajiri
Takao Branch-Telephs. 3, 115 and 636
S. Yamamoto, manager
M. Matsumura, sub-manager
N. Takeshita
K. Nishina
Agency
N. Takagi
S. Uno
Tokyo Fire and Marine Insurance Co.
TAIWAN SOKO KAISHA, LTD. -Tel. Ad.
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