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Meyer & Co., E., merchants

Eduard Meyer (Hamburg) Carl Wolter

Robt. Seitz

Carl Lührs

CHEMULPO—FUSAN.

Hamada & Co.

Horiguchi & Co.

Morse, Townsend & Co., merchants

W. D. Townsend

Chas. A. Welch

OTHER EUROPEAN RESIDENTS. Amador, A.

Gotschalki, auctioneer and storekeeper Hollingswor h, innkeeper Meyer, master S.S. Hai Riong

CHIEF JAPANESE MERCHANTS, &c. Nippon Yuser, Kaishia

S. Sakaki, agent

Dai-ichi Ginko First National Bank

Y. Sawaki, agent

Hayashi & Co.

Kiodoshia

Keida & Co.

Tomita

Saito

Fukushima & Co.

K. Hori, "Daibutsu," restaurant keeper

CHIEF CHINESE MERCHANTS AND

TRADERS.

Tung Shun Tai & Co., merchants Tze Chong Tung & Co.,

Sin Tai & Co.,

Tein Fung & Co.,

E Yuen & Co.,

Kwong Ta & Co., Ho Yi Ann,

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Yee Sam & Co., storekeepers Tick Hing & Cv,,

Tai Ho Shun, innke. per

Kwong Shing Loong, compradore Yee Sung Shing

Lei Hing & Co., contractors

Loong Hing & & Co., furniture manufac-

turers

Shing Fung, brick manufactory

FUSAN.

Fusan, or Pusan as it is also called, is the chief port of Kiung-sang-do, the south- eastern province of Corea, and lies in lat. 35 deg. 6 min. 6 sec. N. and long. 129 deg. 3 min. 2 sec. E. It was opened to Japanese tra le in 1876 and to Western nations in 1883. The native town is a collection of thatched cabins with a population of about 2,000 inha bitants. The Japanese settlement is situated a little distance from the native town, opposite the island of Cholyongdo, and is regularly laid out, clean, and well kept. It is under the control of the Consul, who is, however, assisted by an elective Municipal Council. Order is maintained by a Police Force in uniforms of European pattern. The Japanese residents number over 2,00), of whom about half are from the island of Tsushima. The Corean town of Fusan is a walled city, situated at the head of the harbour; it contains the Royal granaries for storing rice, a few wretched houses, and the residence of the small military official in charge. The harbour is large and capacious, with a sufficient depth of water to accommodate the largest vessels. There are fourteen native villages situated at the head of the harbour, and within a few miles of the Japanese settlement. The climate is very salubrious and the place considered extremely healthy. Sea bathing may be had in perfection. The district city Toong Li Fu, which is distant about eight miles, is the local centre of trade. A branch of the Foreign Customs Service was established in July, 1883. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha run a regular line of steamers between Nagasaki and Wladi- vostock, calling at Fusan and Yuensan; and also a line from Kobe to Jenchuan, calling at Nagasaki and Fusan. Fusan was connected with Japan by a submarine telegraph cable in November, 1883.

The trade of the port has fallen off very considerably, which is attributed to the opening of Chemulpo, that port being nearer the capital. The value of the trade for 1885 was $593,119, as compared with $668,175 in 1884.