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KONGMOON--SAMSHUI
DIRECTORY
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (SOUTH CHINA),
LTD, THE- Cable Ad: Petrosilex
J. A. Cooper, manager
Lo Pak Keung, chief clerk
司公限有險保昌旗
Kee chong po him ydu han kung sze
China Underwriters, Ltd., Life and
General Insurance
120, Sheong On
Road Head Office: Hong Kong
Agent-Lui Seng Yoon
CUSTOMS, Chinese MaritIME
Commissioner-Yang Ming Hsin Assistants-Doo Hing Ki, Li Chao
Yuan and Chen Kan Sze Medical Officers-J. R. Lind and
Wong Ming Iu
Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-
H. Abbott
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Boat Officers Chiao Tung Chin, Wu Hai Chun, Shih U Chuen and To Chi Fan
Examiners-H. A. Thalberg, Lo
Shiu Chi and Lo Lim Po
會蕎儲國萬
Man Kwok Tse Chu Way
INTERNATIONAL SAVINGS SOCIETY (TARK
YEE Co.)-Sun Year Road; Cable Ad: Intersavin.
Yee Gin Wah, agent
NESTLE'S
MILK PRODUCTS (CHINA), LTD., Distributors of the Goods of Nestle &
& Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co.-238, Central Bund
POST OFFICE
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.,.
secty, and treas.
Mrs. T. A. Broadfoot, R.N. Miss B. M. Cairns
Dr. V. Cheung (on leave) Miss M. Carroll (Canton) Miss R. N. Isaac, R.N.
Rev. D. McRae, B.A., B.D. (Shek Kei) Mrs. McRae (Shek Kei)
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., C.M. Mrs. R. L. Cockfield, R.N.
YEE TSOONG TOBACCO DISTRIBUTORS LTD.
-Cable Ad: Powhatan
So Man Hung
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 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 junk traffic is large, and the abolition of the likin station at this port and at the stage ports-Shiuhing and Dosing-from the beginning of 1931 was undoubtedly a great