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TAMSUI.

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 fertile 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 1877 were as follows:-Tea, 69,230 piculs; Camphor, 13,176 piculs; Coal, 28,948 tons. The import of Opium in 1877 was 1,669 piculs, and in 1876, 1,859 piculs. The total revenue of the port in 1877 was Tls. 235,504, and in 1876, Tls. 207,300. The population is estimated at 65,000.

DIRECTORY.

Consulates. BRITISH.

Acting Vice-consul-A. Frater Writer-Lin Hsün Chên Linguist-Ung Pock Chuan Constable-P. W. Petersen

GERMAN ANd Austro-HUNGARIAN. Vice-Consul-A. Frater

UNITED STATES.

Consular Agent-John Dodd

NETHERLANDS.

Consul-John Dodd

Imperial Maritime Customs. Commissioner-W. T. Lay

Assistants—J. L. Blackmore, C. W. Davies Tide-surveyor-H. Vierow Examiner P. Baudain

Tide-waiter-J. H. Logan

Merchants.

Boyd & Co., merchants

Walter Laidlaw, tea inspector

Brown & Co., merchants A. Francis

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Dodd & Co., merchants

J. Dodd

Grant Scott, tea inspector Edward Fisher, godown keeper

Elles & Co., merchants

Francis Cass, agent

J. W. Graham

Ringer, Beverley Stewart, M.R.C.S. Eng.,. L.S.A. Lon., medical practitioner for Tamsui and Keelung

Tait & Co., merchants

T. E. Ludlam, agent

Linguist-Chew Tiam Eck

Insurances.

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

RECEIVING SHIP "CESAR."

Elles & Co., agents

W. Götz, in charge

STEAM TUG "FEILOONG."

Elles & Co., agents

T. Bentley, master

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