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CHEMULPO.

OTHER EUROPEAN RESIDENTS. Allmacher, ch ef engineer str. Hai Riong Amador, A.

Closter, chief officer str. Hai Riong Gorschalki, inspector of nursery and supdt.

H.M. mulberry plantation Hagomann, chief engineer str. Signal Herzberg, second engineer str. Hai Riong Meyer, F., master str. Signal Petersen, B, master str. Hai Riong Tessington, chief officer str. Signal Tode, second officer str. Signal

CHIEF JAPANESE MERCHANTS, &c.

Fukushima & Co.

Hamada & Co.

Hayashi & Co.

Daibutsu, hotel

K. Hori, proprietor

Horiguchi & Co.

Kaiso Gaisha, schooner agent Keida & Co.

Kugimiya & Co., porcelain merchants Mirayama & Co. Miyata & Co. Mukoy ima & Co. Tomita & Co. Wooyeda & Co. Yamaguchi & Co.

CHIEF CHINESE MERCHANTS &C. Ho Yi Aun, merchant

Kwong Ta & Co., merchants Lei Hing & Co., contractors Say Shing

Shing Fung, brick manufactory Shuan Shin Tai & Co., merchants Tick Hing & Co., merchants

Tung Shun Tai & Co., merchants Tze Chong Tung & Co., merchants Yu Tseng Swng

MISSIONS ETRANGERES DE PARIS. Rev. J. Wilhelm

FUSAN.

Fusan, or Pusan as it is also called by the Coreans, 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 trade in 1876 and to Western nations in 1883. The native town is a collection of thatched cabins with a population of about 2,000 inhabitants. The Japanese settlement is situated a little distance from the native town, opposite the island of Cholyongdo (Deer Island), 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 some 3,000. 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 good and capacious, with a sufficient depth of water to accommodate the largest vessels. climate is very salubrious and the place is considered extremely healthy. Sea bathing may be had in perfection. The district city Tong-nai 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 Wladivostock, calling at Fusan and Yuensan; a line from Kobe to Jenchuan, Chefoo and Tientsin, calling at Nagasaki and Fusan; and a line from Shanghai to Wladivostock, calling at Chefoo, Jenchuan, Fusan, and Yuensan. Fusan was connected with Japan by a submarine telegraph

cable in November, 1883.

The

The trade of the port fell off considerably after the opening of Chemulpo, that port being nearer the capital, but it is now reviving. The value of the trade for 1888 was $1,447,267, as compared with $1,300,909 in 1887, and $699,777 in 1886.