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AMOY

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Amoy ranks as a third-class city. It is considered, even for China, to be very dirty, and its inhabitants are unusually squalid in their habits. There are several places of interest to foreigners in the vicinity, and excursions can be made to Chang- chow-fu, the chief city of the department of that name, and situated about 35 miles from Amoy. The island of Kulangsu ["Drum Wave Island," from a hollow rock in which the incoming tide causes a booming sound] is about a third of a mile from Amoy, and the residences of nearly all the foreigners are to be found there, although most of the foreign business is transacted on the Amoy side. It is a remarkably pretty island, and will become exceedingly popular with tourists and holiday-makers as its attractions become better known. The island of Kulangsu was handed over by China as an International settlement on the 1st May 1903. In the opinion of the Commissioner of Customs, Kulangsu bids fair to become one of the most charming little republics on the coast of China. Hotel accommolation is satisfactory. There is a good Club in the settlement, adjoining which is the cricket ground. A neat little Anglican Church has also been erected. A Japanese Settlement was marked out in 1899. There is a granite dock at Amoy, being 300 feet by 60 feet, and is owned and managed by foreigners. Kerosine oil tanks, capable of turning out 4,000 tons a day, the property of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, have been erected. The foreign residents number about 280. A large fire occurred in October, 1902, which destroyed over 1,000 houses and caused a loss of between three and four millions of dollars. The new houses and shops which have been erected are of brick, two, and in some cases three stories high. In the summer of 1905 there was a small riot on the Amoy side, but it was not very serious, and a few British marines restored order.

There has always been a comparatively good trade done at Amoy. There is frequent and fairly regular steamer communication with Hongkong, Swatow, and Foochow. Direct communication with Manila and the Straits Settlements is also maintained. The total export of Tea for 1904 was 6,832 piculs. There are large exports of sugar. The net value of the trade of the port coming under the cognisance of the Foreign Customs for 1904 was Tls, 21,445,687 against Tls. 20,918,453 in 1903, and Tls. 21,495,449 in 1902.

發恒 LH Heng-hoat

DIRECTORY

An Kow, General Storekeeper and Com-

mission Agent, No. 59 Longtow Street, Kulangsu

P. Ah Kow

HART Ke-keh-yau-han-kung-se

AMOY ENGINEERING CO., LD. Engineers, Launch Builders, Commission Agents

and Repair work to steamers, &c.

J. D. Edwards, manager

G. W. Barton, secretary

Ng Lim Quee, accountant

N. Joryuk, foreman engineer

K. Kohsan, and others

司公話電門廈

Ha-mun-tin-wa-kung-sze

AMOY TELEPHONE COMPANY, Kulangsu

T. Ogino, proprietor

S. P. Yin, manager

AMOY CLUB

Committee--W. H. Wallace (chairman) T. G. Gowland, R. W. Mansfield, C.M.G., Dr. Moorehead, D. MacHaffic, F. H. Edwards (secretary)

"AMOY GAZETTE AND SHIPPING REPORT,"

Daily Newspaper

J. F. Marçal, manager

Tai-wan-gin-ko

BANK OF TAIWAN, LD.

T. Kobayashi, manager

K. Sugai

S. Hirose

J. Sogawa

記和 Ho-kee

BOYD & Co., Merchants and Com. Agents

W. Snell Orr

E. Thomas

A. F. Gardiner

F. G. Kell

J. S. Fenwick

Agencies

Mercantile Bank of India, Limited

Guaranty Trust Co. of New York

Eastern and Australian Steamship Co. Northern Pacific Steamship Co. Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. Lloyd's

China Traders' Insurance Co., Limited Royal Fire and Life Insurance Co.

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