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MOPKO
MOKPO
Mok-po
Mokpo, which, like Chennampo, was opened to foreign trade on the 1st October, 1897, in pursuance of a resolution of the Council of State, is a seaport in the province of Chulla, and has an excellent harbour capable of providing anchorage accommodation for thirty or forty vessels of large tonnage. Chulla is a great rice growing district and has the reputation of being the wealthiest province in the country, and Mokpo lies at the mouth of a river which drains nearly the whole province. The Consular report for 1898 says:-Mokpo has undergone a great transformation since it was opened eighteen months ago. It then consisted of a few Corean huts surrounded by paddy fields and mud flats. The foreign settlement, which comprises about 225 areas of ground, has now nearly all been bought up, and the mud flats are rapidly being converted into a town, with well laid out streets, occupied by about 1,200 Japanese and a number of substantial Chinese residents.
DIRECTORY
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CONSULATES
GREAT BRITAIN
Pro-Consul-W. Armour
JAPAN
Consul-K. Morikawa
Elève Consul-J. Sakata Chancellor--S. Koike
Do. -N. Ishiyama Corean Interpreter-K. Fukuda Superintendent of Police-T. Yendo
CUSTOMS
Examiner in charge-W. Armour Clerks-Yi Chong-won, Yi Chi-soo Assistant Examiner-Chow Shih-yung Tidewaiters T. Mishima, K. Inamasu
FIRST BANK OF JAPAN
T. Nishigawa, manager
K. Fujii
Agencies
Tokyo Marine Insurance Company Meiji Fire Insurance Company Meiji Life Insurance Company Imperial Life Insurance Company
JAPANESE CLUB
Chairman-N. Takane 709 Members
JAPANESE MERCHANTS, AGENCIES, &c.
Fishing Company
B. Shirai, manager
Imperial Life Insurance Co.
H. Shibuya, agent
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Japan Marine and Land Insurance Co.
C. Ioi
Oike Agency of Nihon Yusen Kwaisha
K. Kimura
MISSIONARIES American-
Rev. E. and Mrs. Bell
Rev. C..C. Owen, M.D. Miss M. Bissel
Mission Etrangères de Paris
Père Albert Deshayes
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
President-K. Morikawa
Members-S. Chin, W. Armour, T.
Nishikawa
Secretary--Y. Hara
OSAKA SHOSEN KWAISHA
B. Matsudzaki, manager
POST OFFICE JAPANESE
Acting Postmaster-Y. Watanabe Clerk T. Matsuhara
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