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CHEMULPO.

Province of JENCHUAN, called also JINSEN and INCHIUN.

This port, known to the Japanese as Jinsen, is situated in lat. 37 deg. 28 min. 30 sec. N. and long. 126 deg. 37 min. E., at the entrance to the Saleć river, an embouchure of the Han-kang close to and immediately east of Roze island, on the west coast of Cores, in the metropolitan province of Kiung-kei. Though only five years ago a mere fishing village, and now still in its infancy, many buildings of a substantial character have been erected and the port is rapidly rising into importance as a commercial

centre.

The sub-prefectural town of Jenchuan is situated 10 distant from the port, which latter is locally known as Chemulpo. Fut-bing on the Han-kang is the nearest prefectural city, and is distant some 35 li, near which place is situated, also on the Han-kang, the rising town of Mapu, which lies on the main road to Hanyang (Soul) some 75 li distant from the port (Chemulpo), or 30 li from Soul. The whole of the land formimg the Japanese Settlement at Chemulpo was sold publicly early in 1884; and the first land sales in the general Foreign Settlement bok place on the 7th November of the same year. There is a Municipal Council at Chemulpo composed of the Foreign Consuls, one Corean official, and three represen- tatives of the landholders. The Council employs two foreign and four Chinese police constables. The approaches to the river (Salée) are now well surveyed, and the latest British Admiralty charts are quite reliable. The outer anchorage is accessible to ships of all sizes, and the inner one to coasting vessels and steamers ordinarily employed in the local trade. The river is navigable for vessels not drawing over 10 feet up to Mapu; but seeing that at certain seasons there are a few places where the fall in the river is very considerable, owing to the existence of sand banks, it is desirable that river steamers, intended to run regularly, should not draw over six feet. An overland telegraph line from China to this port and the city of Seoul was opened to traffic in November, 1885. The climate is healthy and may be compared to that of Chefoo. The foreign population was 976 (including Japanese) in 1886, and the natives were estimated at 2,000.

The port was opened to Japanese trade on the 1st January, 1883, and to foreign trade on the 16th June of the same year. The value of the imports from foreign countries in 1887 was $1,466,550, and that of the exports $313,673. The total value of the trade of the port in 1887 was $1,965,895 compared with $1,760,832 in 1886.

DIRECTORY.

ERITISH CONSULATE.

關海國鮮朝大

ROYAL CUSTOMS.

H. E. Fulford, acting vice-consul

JAPANESE CONSULATE.

Gousuke Hayashi, vice-consul and judge

S. Hisamizu, chancelier and assistant

judge and postmaster

M. Odagiri chancelier

K. Okuyama, do. and paymaster

T. Hamano,

K. Takao,

do, and postal agent

do.

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J. F. Schóenicke, acting commissioner

E. Laporte, assistant

Woo Li Tang, assistant (absent)

S. K. Nakabayashi,

do.

K. Ideta, medical officer

F. H. Mörsel, a-ting tidesurveyor and

harbour master

F. R. Borioni, examiner

J. Shiwokawa, do. and assistant clerk of A. Seredin-Sabatin, L. A. Hopkins, R.

court

CHINESE CONSULATE.

Li Yin Woo, consul

K. T. Chang, secretary

Yin Paw-Lin, Japanese interpreter Kim Yi-Mann, Corean interpreter

Brinckmeier, C. Erichsen, tidewaiters

J. Hollingworth, watcher

JAPANES MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

T. Yenami, president

S. Sakaki, vice do.