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TAMSUI AND KELUNG TAINAN-FU AND TAKOW

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JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Merchants

Frank Leyburn, agent

A. A. Donaldson, tea inspector

Agencies

Bank of China, Japan and The Straits Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. Ben Line of Steamers Glen Line of Steamers

Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Canton Insurance Office, Limited Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.

London and Lancashire Fire Insurance

New York Life Assurance Company

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MALCAMPO & Co., Merchants and Commis-

sion Agents

J. Malcampo Quioga (Amoy)

Joseph Malcampo

Cheo Sooh Peck

Yeo Tock Haing

Agencies

Strs. "Peking" and "Kwang Mo" Man On Insurance Company

OLLIA & Co., D. D., Merchants and Com-

mission Agents

A. N. Gamir

RAILWAY-FORMOSAN GOVERNMENT

H. C. Matheson, A.M.I.C.E., consulting

engineer

RENNIE, ALEX., M.A., M.B., C.M., ANGEAR, F. C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Medical Practitioners

TAIT & Co., Merchants

F. B. Marshall, agent

Agencies

Java Sea and Fire Insurance Company North China Insurance Company Straits Insurance Company

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 having reached 997,690 piculs; but it declined in 1886 to 362,826 piculs. In 1887, however, it rose to 522,942 piculs, and in 1890 to 676,773 piculs, falling in 1891 to 545,347 piculs. The import of Opium during 1891 was 3,401 piculs against 3,076 piculs in 1890. The value of the whole trade of the port in 1891 was Tls. 3,131,260 as compared with Tls. 3,575,723 in 1890.

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.

ANPING LAUNCH COMPANY

Bain & Co., managers

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BAIN & CO., Merchants

A. W. Bain

H. W. Arthur

A genc ies

DIRECTORY

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

Norddeutscher Lloyd

Douglas Steamship Company, Limited Indo-China S. N. Company, Limited China Navigation Company Canadian Pacific Railway Company Lloyd's

Canton Insurance Office, Limited Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Limited China Traders' Insurance Company, Ld. New York Life Insurance Company

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