[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
257
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[October 22.]
SECTION 7. C 0.
43805
[35551]
No. 1.
(No. 360.) Sir,
Mr. Carnegie to Sir Edward Grey.~(Received October 22.)
Peking, September 3, 1906.
REP
I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith copy of a Report on Antung forwarded to me by His Majesty's Consul at Chefoo, which was drawn up by a British merchant who recently visited the port with a view to establishing himself in business there.
(No. 23.) Sir,
I have, &c.
(Signed) LANCELOT D. CARNEGIE.
Inclosure 1 in No. 1.
Consul Brady to Mr. Carnegie.
Chefoo, August 22, 1906.
I HAVE the honour to inclose herewith an interesting Report on Antung which has been kindly furnished to me by a British merchant who has lately visited the port with the object of establishing himself there in business. It corroborates to some extent the view which seems to be held by many regarding the hold which the Japanese have acquired on the trade of Manchuria.
I have, &c. (Signed)
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
HERBERT F. BRADY.
Report on Antung Hsien, Southern Manchuria.
SITUATED about 25 miles from Ta Tung-kou on the estuary of the Yalu River and on the Chinese (Manchurian) side is the town of Shaho commonly called Antung or, by the Japanese, Antung Ko, owing to its position in the district of that name. To the north-east is the Corean town of Wiju which will be commercially very important in the near future for reasons hereinafter detailed.
Steamers of small tonnage and light draught (say 7 feet) have no difficulty in anchoring from 3 to 3½ miles below Shaho, where there is enough water for them to lie fairly close to the river bank.
At Lan Tao, about 8 miles below Antung, the Chinese native customs are established.
The Chinese town is very similar to the usual type. During the rainy season the river overflows and the Chinese inhabitants have to seek refuge in the hills at the back of the town, and for this reason there is an absence of any good godowns or stores. The natives have very inflated ideas of the value of land, and at the present time extravagant prices are demanded.
Walking through the Chinese town one comes to a wide and deep overflow cutting, which has bridges thrown across it and here the Japanese town commences, the moat being the boundary.
The Japanese Government have acquired a large area of ground for divers purposes, and within their appropriated ground a township has been laid out after the most approved Japanese methods.
There are five or six streets laid out parallel to the river, and these are frequently intersected by cross streets. A large number of buildings are already erected and occupied and others are going up daily and are practically entirely Japanese wooden houses.
In the main business streets shops and stores abound and where it is possible to purchase almost anything, and there is also a foreign restaurant (i.e., a Japanese, on foreign system) where all kinds of European cooked food can be obtained.
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
257
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[October 22.]
SECTION 7. C 0.
43805
[35551]
No. 1.
(No. 360.) Sir,
Mr. Carnegie to Sir Edward Grey.~(Received October 22.)
Peking, September 3, 1906.
REP
I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith copy of a Report on Antung forwarded to me by His Majesty's Consul at Chefoo, which was drawn up by a British merchant who recently visited the port with a view to establishing himself in business there.
(No. 23.) Sir,
I have, &c.
(Signed) LANCELOT D. CARNEGIE.
Inclosure 1 in No. 1.
Consul Brady to Mr. Carnegie.
Chefoo, August 22, 1906.
I HAVE the honour to inclose herewith an interesting Report on Antung which has been kindly furnished to me by a British merchant who has lately visited the port with the object of establishing himself there in business. It corroborates to some extent the view which seems to be held by many regarding the hold which the Japanese have acquired on the trade of Manchuria.
I have, &c. (Signed)
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
HERBERT F. BRADY.
Report on Antung Hsien, Southern Manchuria.
SITUATED about 25 miles from Ta Tung-kou on the estuary of the Yalu River and on the Chinese (Manchurian) side is the town of Shaho commonly called Antung or, by the Japanese, Antung Ko, owing to its position in the district of that name. To the north-east is the Corean town of Wiju which will be commercially very important in the near future for reasons hereinafter detailed.
Steamers of small tonnage and light draught (say 7 feet) have no difficulty in anchoring from 3 to 33 miles below Shaho, where there is enough water for them to lie fairly close to the river bank.
At Lan Tao, about 8 miles below Autung, the Chinese native customs are established.
The Chinese town is very similar to the usual type. During the rainy season the river overflows and the Chinese inhabitants have to seek refuge in the hills at the back of the town, and for this reason there is an absence of any good godowns or stores. The natives have very inflated ideas of the value of land, and at the present time extravagant prices are demanded.
Walking through the Chinese town one comes to a wide and deep overflow cutting, which has bridges thrown across it and here the Japanese town commences, the moat being the boundary.
The Japanese Government have acquired a large area of ground for divers purposes, and within their appropriated ground a township has been laid out after the most approved Japanese methods.
There are five or six streets laid out parallel to the river, and these are frequently intersected by cross streets. A large number of buildings are already erected and occupied and others are going up daily and are practically entirely Japanese wooden houses.
In the main business streets shops and stores abound and where it is possible to purchase almost anything, and there is also a foreign restaurant (ie., a Japanese, on foreign system) where all kinds of European cooked food can be obtained.
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