KONGMOON-SAMSHUI
DIRECTORY
ASIATIC PETRoleum Co. (SOUTH CHINA),
LTD., THE-Cable Ad: Petrosilex
S. K. Shi, manager
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME—
Commissioner-E. T. Williams Assistants-Li Chao Yuan and Chen
Kan Sze
Chief Tidesurveyor
Master-E. Böckler...
& Harbour
Boat Officers To Chi Fan and Li
Yan Piu
會儲國萬
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
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STANDARD-VACUUM OIL Co.-Cable Ad:
Standvac
Seung Kai Hong, manager
:
TEXAS CO. (CHINA), LTD., THE, Petroleum
Products-Cable Ad: Texaco
Ho Heung On
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UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA MISSION-
Rev. T. A. Broadfoot, B.A., B.D. D.D.,
secretary treasurer
Mrs. T. A. Broadfoot, B.N. Rev. D. McRae, B.A., B.D.
Mrs. D. McRae (On leave) Miss B. M. Cairns (On leave) Dr. Victoria Cheung, M.D.
Miss R. M. Isaac, R.N. (On leave). Miss M. Carroll (On leave)
Dr. J. O. Thomson, M.D. (Canton) Mrs. J. O. Thomson (Canton) Dr. J. R. Lind, M.D. (On leave) Mrs. J. R. Lind, R.N. (On leave) Dr. R. L. Cockfield, M.D., C.м. (On
leave)
Mrs. R. L. Cockfield, R.N. (On leave) Miss Irene M. Moore, R.N.
YEE TSOONG TOBACCO DISTRIBUTORS, LTD.
-Cable Ad: Powhattan
So Man Hung
SAMSHUI
水三
Sâm - shu
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 boon to merchants. This was evidenced by the fact that the number of cargo junks have since increased remarkably. The district city of Samshui itself was once surrounded by an imposing wall built in the 6th year of Chia Ching of the Mings (about A.D. 1560), the year after the place attained to the dignity of a magistracy. This wall was completely demolished in 1930 and the tract of land obtained thereby was transformed into a circular maloo, and some of the bricks were used for the con-
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