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TAMSU'I AND KELUNG

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Though a mere village, it has long carried on a considerable native trade with Amoy, Chin-chew, and Foochow. Its staple product used to be coal, but the quantity at present produced is all absorbed by local requirements. Sulphur also abounds in a valley in the neighbourhood, but the Authorities would not allow it to be worked. Kelung was opened to foreign trade at the same time as the other Formosan ports. The limits of the port are defined to be within a straight line drawn from Image Point to Bush Island. On the 5th August, 1884, the port was bombarded by the French under Admiral Léspes, when the forts above the town were reduced to ruins, and the place captured. It was then garrisoned by the French, who held it until after the Treaty of peace had been signed at Tientsin in June, 1885. The place was occupied by the Japanese on the 3rd June, 1895. Harbour improvements on a large scale are now in progress. A railway connects Kelung with Taipeh, the capital, and will be ex- tended thence to Tainan-fu. Late in 1895 Luikong (or Rokko), 117 miles south of Tamsui on the west coast, was opened as a special port of import and export; and in March, 1896, Kiukong (or Kinko), 36 miles south of Tamsui, was opened in a similar manner to trade for Japanese-owned vessels.

記和

Ho-kee

BOYD & Co.. Merchants

TAMSUI DIRECTORY

A. F. Gardiner, tea inspector

Agencies

"Mercantile Bank of India, Limited

Lloyd's

China Navigation Company, Limited

China Traders' Insurance Company, Ld.

Brown & Co., Merchants

A. C'. Bryer, agent and tea inspector

Agency

Imperial Insurance Company, Ld.

泰公 Kung-tai

BUTLER & Co., A., Merchants

Count A. Butler (Shanghai)

Paul Schabert

Agencies

Nippon Sea and Land Insce. Co.

North German Marine Insurance Co.

Verein Hamburger Assecuradeure Magdeburg Fire Insurance Co.

CANADA PRESBYTERIAN MISSION

Rev. Geo. L. Mackay, D.D. Rev. Wm. Gauld

CHINRITSU GINKO

R. Tamura

CONSULATES

GREAT BRITAIN

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

Consul-R. de B. Layard

Pro-Conl., Twatutia--A. F. Gardiner

Constable-J. C. Cheetham Writer-B. Mutto

GERMANY

Acting Consul -H, von Varchmin Interpreter--Dr. W. Mueller Clerk H. Moeller

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FRANCE

Consul-Viscount de Bondy (abt.)

NETHERLANDS

Consular Agent-Paul Schabert

SPAIN

Consul for Formosa-Enrique Ortiz Interpreter--M. Isoda

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Consul-Jas. W. Davidson Vice-Consul-

Clerk-Y. Yazawa

CUSTOMS, Tamsui and Kelung

Superintendent S. J. Nomura Chief Appraiser-M. Suzukida Chief Surveyor--M. Yamamoto Chief Collector—T. Yamakuchi

Chief of Warehousing-K. Arishima

Chief of General Office-M. Uyeno

Chief Inspector-S. Togo

店支藤後

GoTo & Sons, K., Merchants

Y. Kawai, manager, Taipeh-fu

Agency

Imperial Marine Insurance Co., Tokyo

和怡E.co

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Merchants

Frank Leyburn, agent

C. H. Best, tea inspector

Agencies

Bank of China and Japan, Limited Yokohama Specie Bank

Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. Ben Line of Steamers

Glen Line of Steamers

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