KONGMOON-SAMSHUI
DIRECTORY
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (SOUTH CHINA),
LTD., THE-Cable Ad: Petrosilex
A. Prismall, manager
Tung Man Long, assist.
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co. (CHINA),
LTD.-Cable Ad: Powhattan'
司公限有險保昌旗
China Underwriters, Ltd., Life and
General Insurance 99, Tai Sai Road.
Head Office: Hong Kong
Agent-Lui Seng Yoon
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
Commissioner-Yang Ming Hsin
Assistants-Chan Leung Sing, Lo
Man-chung and Leung Im
Medical Officers-V. Cheung and J. R.
Lind
Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-
A. G. Borras
Boat Officers--Chiao Tung Chin, Chan Kim Hung, Wong Hop Wo and Shih U Chuen
Examiners-D. A. Carlos, Li Sui Nam,
Tang Yu Pong and Li Ka-ü
會蓄儲國萬
Man Kwok Tse Chu Way
INTERNATIONAL SAVINGS SOCIETY (TARK
YEE Co.)-Sun Yee Road; Cable Ad:
Intersavin. Head Office: 7, Ave. Ed- ward VII
Yee Gin Wah, agent
POST OFFICE, CHINESE
A485
Postal Commr.-(residing at Canton Postmaster-Su Hsüeh Jen
STANDARD-VACUUM OIL Co.-Cable Ad:
Standvac
Seung Kai Hong, manager
TEXAS Co. (CHINA), LTD., THE, Petroleum
Products-Cable Ad: Texaco
Ho Heung On
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA MISSION
Rev. T. A. Broadfoot, B.A., B.D. Mrs. T. A. Broadfoot, R.N.
Miss B. M. Cairns
Rev. W. R. McKay, M.A., B.D. and wife,
secty, and treasurer
Dr. V. Cheung Miss M. Carroll
Miss R. N. Isaac, R.N.
Rev. D. McRae, B.A., B.D. (Shek Kei)
(on leave)
Mrs. McRae (Shek Kci) (on leave)
Dr. J. O. Thomson M. D. and wife
(Canton)
Dr. J. R. Lind, M.D. Mrs. J. R. Lind, R.N. Dr. R. L. Cockfield, M.D. Mrs. R. L. Cockfield, R.N.
SAMSHUI
水三
Sam-shui
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 junc- tion 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 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 junk