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SEOUL

surroundings. A spacious market place has been erected in one of the busiest parts of the city, and arrangements are being made for establishing two or three others at suitable centres. An annual appropriation of $50,000 has been made by the Finance Department for the maintenance and improvement of the roads, and a similar sum was appropriated for expenditure on drainage in 1897. The shops are small and nnattractive, and contain no articles de luxe or curios. The population of the city is variously estimated at from 150,000 to 240,000 persons; official returns give the number of houses as 30,000. An electric railway running for three miles along the main streets of Seoul and thence three or four miles into the country was opened in 1899. A railway to connect Chemulpo with Seoul is in course of construction.

DIRECTORY

CERCLE DIPLOMATIQUE ET CONSULAIRE

President--F. Krien

Secretary G. Lefèvre

"CHRISTIAN NEWS," Weekly Newspaper

H. G. Underwood, editor

C. C. Vinton, business manager

H. Miller, acting

do.

COLLBRAN & BOSTWICK, Contractors for

Construction of Seoul Electric Light Works and Song-do Railway

H. Collbran

H. R. Bostwick

H. Maki, electrical engineer

J. T. Nagasse, auditor

H. S. Kwack

CUSTOMS

Chief Commissioner--J. McLeavy

Brown, C.M.G.

Secretary-C. E. S. Wakefield Assistant-Ho Kam-ün

Medical Officer--Dr. E. H. Baldock

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF JAPAN

K. Sasaki, agent

M. Harada

HOME FOR DESTITUTE CHILDREN Miss Perry, superintendent

HOSPITAL

J. Yasuda, M.D., physician

JAPANESE MERCHANTS

Fuchigami & Co.

Hamada & Co.

Kameya & Co.

Kiya & Co.

Koinishiwa & Co.

Tsuji & Co.

Yamaguchi & Co.

"KOREAN INDEPENDENT," Bi-weekly News-

paper

W. H. Emberley, editor

LEGATIONS AND CONSULATES

CHINA

In charge of Chinese interests-J. N. Jordan (British Chargé d'Affaires)

FRANCE

Chargé d'Affaires and Consul Gene-

ral-V. Collin de Planey Secretary--G. Lefèvre Clerk-P. M. Saltarel

GERMANY (CONSULATE)

Acting-Consul-F. Reinsdorf Clerk R. Brinckmeier

GREAT BRITAIN (LEGATION)

Chargé d'Affaires and Consul Gene-

ral J. N. Jordan, C.M.G. Secretary--H. A. Ottewill

JAPAN (LEGATION)

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister

Plenipotentiary-G. Hayashi

Second Secretary-S. Akitzuki

-Y. Yamaza

Do.

Attaché-M. Hanihara

Secty.-Interpreter-Shotaro Kokubu Clerks--G. Ichioka, K. Mayema

Consulate

Consul-S. Akitzuki

Elève Consul-J. Shinobu

Clerks U. Oyama, S. Yoshiye

Postal Agency

Postmaster G. Tsuchiya

RUSSIA (LEGATION)

Chargé d'Affaires and Consul Gen-

eral-A. Pavlow

Secretary-E. Stein

Interpreter-Paul de Kehrberg

Student Interpreter A. Maximow Military Attaché-Col. Strelbitsky In Charge Legation Guard--Lieut.

Rodkevitch

Vice-Consul--S. Sokoff