FUSAN MASAMPO-MOKPO
DIRECTORY
CHOSEN BOSHOKU KAISHA, LTD., Spinners
CHOSEN GAS DENKI KAISHA, LTD. (Gas and Electric Co.,)-Tomihira-cho, 3-chome
G. Sakuma, director
CHOSEN KOSHITSU TOKI KAISHA, · LTD.,
Earthenware Manufacturers
CHOSEN SENSUIKI GYOGYO KAISHA (Fish Trawling) 7, Minami Hama-cho, 3- chome
CHOSEN SUISAN YUSHUTSU KAISHA, Marine Products Exports-Hon-cho, 1-chome
FUKUEI & Co., Wholesale Provision Mer-
chants
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, Merchants.
OIKE & Co., Cereal Exporters
RISING SUN PETROLEUM CO., LTD.
367
SANDER SHOKAI, Electrical Machines and
Fittings-17, Benten-cho, 1-chome
SOCONY VACUUM CORPORATION
SUISAN KAISHA, LTD., Marine Products
Minami Hama-che, 1-chome
TANAKA & Co., Y., Import and Export, Shipping and Insurance Agents- Telephs. 532 and 545; Cable Ad: Tanaka; Codes: A.B.C. 5th, Imp. and 6th, Acme Commodity and Phrase and Due'
Y. Tanaka, director
FUSAN SUISAN KAISHA, LTD., Marine Pro-D. Yamaguchi
ducts-Minami Hama-cho, 1-chome
MATSUMOTO SHOTEN, Marine Products-
2, Hon-cho, 1-chome
K. Umesaki
S. Beppu, Radio dept.
K. Obata
TEXAS OIL CO., Oil Merchants
MASAMPO
浦山馬
Masampo was opened to foreign trade on the 1st May, 1899. The population in January 1931 was: 25,810. (Coreans 20,149, Japanese 5,559). The climate is very mild. The harbour is good and in summer it serves as an excellent sea-bathing place. The Masampo branch of the Seoul-Fusan railway besides several lines of small steamers connect with the port of Fusan, and the superior accommodation of the latter port greatly interferes with the commercial expansion of Masampo.
MOKPO
浦木 Mok-po
Mokpo, which, like Chiunampo, was opened to foreign trade on the 1st October, 1897, in pursuance of a resolution of the Council of State, is a seaport in the province of Cholla and has an excellent harbour capable of providing anchorage accommodation for thirty or forty vessels of large tonnage. Cholla is a great rice-growing district and has the reputation of being the wealthiest province in the country, and Mokpo lies at the mouth of a river which drains nearly the whole province. Mokpo has undergone a great transformation since it was opened. In 1897 it consisted of a few native huts surrounded by paddy fields and mud flats. The houses now number upwards of 3,500 and the population according to the census of January 1931, was 31,817 (Coreans 23,488, Japanese 8,003.) A sea-wall has been built and a bund road over a mile in length has been made.