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TAINAN-FU AND TAKOW

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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 they declined in 1886 to 362,826 piculs. In 1894 the export was 671,974 piculs. The import of Opium during 1894 was 2,130 piculs against 2,608 piculs in 1893. The value of the whole trade of the port in 1894 was Tls. 4,388,547 as compared with Tls. 3,295,869 in 1893.

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.

The last stand against the Japanese was made at Tainan-fu, Takow, and Anping, by Liu Yung-fu, the Black Flag General. Takow was bombarded on the 15th October and the resistance collapsed without any serious fighting, and Tainan-fu and Anping were occupied on the 21st October.

DIRECTORY

ANPING LAUNCH COMPANY

Bain & Co., managers

BAIN & Co., Merchants

A. W. Bain

記怡 Ee-kee

H. W. Arthur

E. E. Andrus

Agencies

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

China Traders' Insurance Co., Limited Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Limited South British Fire and Marine Ins. Co. New York Life Insurance Company Nouveau Lloyd Suisse

New Takow Tug Company Anping Launch Company

BROWN & CO., Merchants

CONSULATES

GREAT BRITAIN

also

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, Consulate

DENMARK, Consular Agency

FRANCE, Consular Agency

GERMANY, Vice Consulate

SPAIN, Vice-Consulate

UNITED STATES, Consular Agency

Consul-R. W. Hurst

Assistant and pro-Consul-B. M. N

Perkins

Constable-Antonio Alborado

NETHERLANDS

Consul-A. W. Bain

DINSHAW & Co., Merchants and Com-

mission Agents

D. D. Ollia

S. P. Dalal (absent)

Dinshaw D. Ollia

Dinshaw Nowroji (Hongkong)

ENGLISH PRESBYTERIAN MISSION, Tainan-fu Rev. W. Campbell, F.R.G.S. (absent) Rev. Thos. Barclay, M.A.

Rev. D. Ferguson, M.A.

Rev. C. N. Moody, M.A.

Rev. A. B. Neilson, M.A.

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

D. Landsborough, M.B., C.M.

George Ede

Miss Butler

Miss Stuart

Miss Barnett (absent)

記瑞 Sui-kee

MALCAMPO & Co., Merchants and Com-

mission Agents

J. Malcampo Quioga (Amoy)

L. J. Malcampo

Lee Suan Hoo

Agencies

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

MCCALLUM, C. A., Commission Agent,

Tainanfoo

# # Tong-hóng.

Mannich & Co., JULIUS, Merchants: Tel,

Ad. Mannich, Anping

Julius Mannich

Johannes Petersen, signs per pro.