CHEMULPO
浦物濟 Che-mul-po
This port, called by the Japanese Jinsen, and by the Koreans Inchon, is situated on the west coast of Chosen (Korea), in the province of Kyongki, at the entrance of the Kan or Seoul River. Opened to foreign trade in 1883, Jinsen is now a flourishing and rapidly increasing centre of trade, with a population in October 1936 of 92,091 (Koreans 79,141, Japanese 12,950).
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The annual trade of Jinsen in 1935 was valued at Yen 204,102,858. (Export Yen 66,326,962, Import 137,775,896).
There is a wet basin, with two lock gates at Entrance, which can now accom- modate 8 vessels of 4,600 tons, and vessels can enter at all states of the tide. All ocean going vessels lie outside Sho-Getsubito Island in the outer anchorage about three miles from the port.
It has been decided to construct a new basin a little to the south of and running parallel with the present basin at a cost of Yen 10,000,000 which will accommodate vessels up to 10,000 tons. Surrounding the present basin are large warehouses suffi- cient to handle the trade.
The inner harbour is gradually being dredged to a depth of 26 feet 1. w.s. 1936. marks the fiftieth anniversary of opening of the Jinsen harbour. In this connection the plan for expanding wards of Jinsen municipal administration was put into force on October 1. As result seven villages adjoining Jinsen municipality has been in- corporated into the municipality. This means Jinsen municipality now covers 1,760 square ri in area or four times the area before enforcement of the plan with a popul- ation of 19,000 households with 93,000 members showing an increase by 2,000 in the' former and 2,300 in latter. Jinsen has become the fifth biggest city and the second biggest trade harbour in Chosen, being one of the twenty big cities throughout the Empire.
Steamers of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Chosen Yusen Kaisha, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Amagasaki Kisen Kaisha, and Shimatani Kisen Kaisha, and some outside steamers ply regularly between Japan and Korean ports on the East and West coasts, and there are good services between Jiusen and Tsingtao, Weihaiwei, Chefoo, Chin- nampo, Antung, and Dairen with an occasional vessel to Shanghai via Fusan
Every effort is being made by the Government-General of Chosen to make Jinsen the principal port in Chosen for the distribution of through freight and passengers to all parts of the country. A network of railways have been and are being extended to the N.W. and N.E. borders, with Seoul as the centre, and all the ports around the coast are being rapidly connected up with the trunk lines,
昌廣 Kwang chang
DIRECTORY
BENNETT & Co., Merchants; Lloyd's
Agents and Surveyors-Cable Ad:
Bennett
Walter Geo. Bennett, signs the firm
T. Yamaguchi
BRITISH CONSULATE
Consular Agent-W. Geo. Bennett
CUSTOM HOUSE
Director-M. Yoshioka
MUNICIPAL OFFICE-
Mayor T. Nagai
POST OFFICE—
J. Miyahara, Postmaster
TOWNSEND & Co., General Merchants-
Teleph. 13; Cable Ad: Townsend
A. C. Biddle, proprietor
WEATHER BUREAU OF TYOSEN-Zinsen,
Tyosen, Nippon
S. I. Kunitomi, director
WOLTER & Co., CARL, Gomei Kaisha- Teleph. 79; P.O. Box. 3, Cable Ad: Wolter
Paul Schirbaum
H. Rieck
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