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TAINAN-FU AND TAKOW

The city of Tainan-fu, (until 1889 known as Taiwan] situated in lat. 23 deg. 6 min N. and long. 129 deg. 5 min. E., is the commercial capital of Formosa, and has a population of 235,000 inhabitants. Compared with other Chinese cities it is moderately clean and well paved. The walls are some five miles in circumference. The shipping port of Tainan-fu is Anping, situated on the coast about three miles to the eastward of the city and connected with the suburbs by a creek. The port is an open roadstead, vessels having to anchor a mile or so from the beach. From the 1st November to the end of May the anchorage is a perfectly safe one, but during the S. W. monsoon a heavy swell sets in, rendering it difficult, and at times impossible, for vessels to load or discharge. Anping has of late risen greatly in importance, the foreign firms making it their head quarters instead of Takow, which port in former years was considered of more significance. Tempered by sea breezes, Anping during the summer months can boast of a cool and healthy climate. From 1st October to the end of April there is little or no rain, and the temperature leaves nothing to be desired. Sugar is the principal export of South Formosa, shipments in 1880 heaving reached 997,690 piculs; but declined in 1886 to 362,826 piculs. In 1887, however, it rose to 522,942 piculs, and in 1890 to 676,773 piculs. The import of Opium during 1890 was 3,076 piculs against 2,752 piculs in 1889. The value of the whole trade of the port in 1890 was Tls. 3,575,723 as compared with Tls. 2,746,464 in 1889.

Takow is a port twenty-four miles to the southward of Anping. It takes little or no share in the import trade, and is rarely visited by the foreign merchants, excepting for a few months in the winter.

DIRECTORY

ANPING LAUNCH COMPANY

Bain & Co., managers

記怡 Ee-kee

BAIN & Co., Merchants

A. W. Bain

H. W. Arthur

Agencies

Hongkong and S'hai Banking Corpn. Bank of China, Japan and The Straits Lloyd's

Norddeutscher Lloyd

Douglas Steamship Company, Limited Indo-China S. N. Company, Limited China Navigation Company Canton Insurance Office, Limited Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Limited China Traders' Insurance Company, Ld. New York Life Insurance Company

BROWN & CO., Merchants

CONSULATES

GREAT BRITAIN

also

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, Consulate

DENMARK, Consular Agency

SPAIN, Vice-Consulate

FRANCE, Consular Agency

UNITED STATES, Consular Agency

Consul-Pelham L. Warren

Assistant & Pro-Consul-P. E.

O'Brien-Butler

Constable-Antonio Alborado

GERMANY

Acting Vice-Consul-Dr. Merz Clerk-Philipp Wong

NETHERLANDS

Consul-A. W. Bain

Tai-wan-kwan

CUSTOMS-Imperial MariTIME

Act. Commissioner-P. H. Montgmery Assistant-J. H. M. Moorehead

Do. -A. Grundmann

Med. Officer-W. Wykeham Myers, M.B. Acting Tidesurveyor-W. Sanders Act. Boat Officer-R. H. Strangmann,

(Anping)

Examiner G. Whitlock (Anping) Asst. do. -A.E. Pfankuchen (Anping) Tidewaiters-F. J. Woodcock (Anping),

F. McLavy (Anping), C. A. McCallum Proby. Tidewaiter-F. Rowe (Anping)

ENGLISH PRESBYTERIAN MISSION, Tainan-fu

Rev. W. Campbell, F.R.G.S.

Rev. Thos. Barclay, M.A. (absent), Rev. Wm. Thow, M.A.

Rev. D. Ferguson, M.A.

Peter Anderson, L.R.C.P. & S.E,

Geo. Ede (absent)

Gavin Russell, M.B., C.M.

Miss Butler

Miss Stuart

Miss Barnett