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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 ferule 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 1878 were as follow:-Tea, 80,261 piculs; Camphor, 13,502 piculs; Coal, 25,788 tons. The import of Opium in 1878 was 1,847 piculs, and in 1877, 1,669 piculs, The total revenue of the port in 1878 was Tls. 272,266, and in 1877, Tls. 235,504. The population is estimated at 65,000.

Consulates. BRITISH.

Consul-A. Frater (absent) Acting Consul-C. M. Ford Writer-Lin Hsün Chên Linguist-Ung Pock Chuan Constable-P. W. Petersen

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN. Acting Consul-C. M. Ford

German.

Acting Vice-Consul C. M. Ford

UNITED STATES.

Consular Agent John Dodd

NETHERLANDS.

Consul-John Dodd

DIRECTORY.

Imperial Maritime Customs. Commissioner-W. T. Lay

Assistants-J. L. Blackmore, C. Le Bas

Rickman

Tide-surveyor-

Tide-waiters-J. W. Paterson, J. F. Bor- rowdale, H. T. Wavell, C. P. C. Lynborg Clerk See Bwan Ann

Insurances.

Boyd & Co., agents-

China Traders Insurance Company, i

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

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 Tansui and Keelung

Tait & Co., merchants

C. H. Best, agent

STEAM TUG "FEILOONG."

Elles & Co., agents

CANADA PRESBYTERIAN MISSION. Rev. Geo. L. Mackay

Rev. K. F. Junor

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