TAMSUI.
The port of Tamsui lies in lat. 25 deg. 10 min. N. and long, 101 deg. 26 min. E., on the northern side of the fertile island of Formosa. It is an uninteresting place. The harbour, like all others in Formosa, has a troublesome bar, which greatly retards the growth of the port. Dredging would do much to render it more accessible. 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 1880 were as follow:-Tea, 90,475 piculs; Camphor, 12,335 piculs; Coal, 24,654 tons. The import of Opium in 1880 was 2,149 piculs, and in 1879, 2,165 piculs, The value of the trade of the port in 1880 was Tls. 3,907,436, and in 1879, Tls. 3,632,410. The population is estimated at 90,000.
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-
Assistant-W. Hancock
Acting Tide-surveyor-W. Brennan
Assistant Examiner-J. H. Patersson
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
J. A. Straube, godown keeper
Elles & Co., merchants
W. Christy, agent
Johansen, C. H., M.D. medical practitioner
for Tamsui and Kelung
Tide-waiters-W. E. Clodd, C. Claremont Tait & Co., merchants
Chinese Clerk-Li Wang Yang
Insurances.
Boyd & Co., agents-
China Traders Insurance Company,
Limited
Chinese Insurance Company, Limited
Dodd & Co., agents-
Yangtsze Insurance Association Lancashire Fire Insurance Co.
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