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VTAMSUI.
The port of Tamsui is in lat. 25 deg. 10 min. N. and long. 101 deg. 26 min. E., on the northern side of the fert le island of Formosa. It is an uninteresting place. The trade at Tamsui is not extensive. Tea grows on the hills in the locality, but the quality is inferior. Camphor is manufactured here and elsewhere in Formosa, the tree from which it is made being very common on the island. The principal exports in 1879 were as follow:-Tea, 85,032 piculs; Camphor, 11,048 piculs; Coal, 28,823 tons. The import of Opium in 1879 was 2,164 piculs, and in 1878, 1,847 piculs. The value of the trade of the port in 1879 was Tls. 3,632,410, and in 1878, Tls. 3,043,351. The population is estimated at 86,500.
Consulates. BRITISH.
Consul-Thos. Watters Writer-Lin Hsün Chên Linguist-Ung Pock Chuan Constable-P. W. Petersen
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN.
Acting Consul-Thos. Watters
GERMAN.
DIRECTORY.
Acting Vice-Consul-Thos. Watters
UNITED STATES.
Consular Agent―John Dodd
NETHERLANDS.
Consul--John Dodd
Imperial Maritime Customs. Commissioner-W. T. Lay Assistant-C. Le Bas Rickman Acting Tide-surveyor-A. W. Field
Tide-waiters-W. E. Clodû, C. P. C. Lyn-
borg
Clerk-See Bwan Ann
Insurances.
Boyd & Co., agents-
China Traders Insurance Company,
Limited
Chinese Insurance Company, Limited
Dodd & Co., agents-
Yangtsze Insurance Association Lancashire Fire Insurance Co.
Elles & Co., agents-
Lloyds'
Union Insurance Society of Canton
Tait & Co., agents-
Java Sea and Fire Insurance Co. North China Insurance Company
Merchants.
Boyd & Co., merchants
Walter Laidlaw, tea inspector
Brown & Co., merchants
Dodd & Co., merchants
J. Dodd
Edward Fisher, godown keeper
Elles & Co., merchants
Francis Cass, agent
Grant Scott
Johanssen. C. H., medical practitioner for
Ta » Keelung
Tait & Co., merchants
C. H. Best, agent
Missionaries.
CANADA PRESBYTERIAN MISSION.
Rev. Geo. L. Mackay
Rev. K. F. Junor
ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION. Dominicans-R. C. Arranz, Rev. J. Khanh
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