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SAMSHUI-KONGMOON

DIRECTORY

CONSULATE

官事領國英大

GREAT BRITAIN

also

AUSTRO-HUNGARY

Consul-general

R. W. Mansfield

(residing in Canton)

★¶¤B★★ Tai-peh-kwok Ling-sz-kun

BELGIUM

Consul for Hongkong, Macao and

South China (residing in Hongkong)

É***★★★ Tai I-tai-li Ling-sz-kùn

ITALY

Consul-General-Com. Z. Volpicelli

(residing in Hongkong)

Commercial attache-Chev.R. Pescio |

Clerk-E. Gallo

關水三

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME

Act. Commsner.-K. H. von Lindholm

Assistant-A. J. da S. Basto

Acting Tidesurveyor-H. T. Wavell

Assistant Examiner--E. T. Young

Tidewaiters-H. Walpole, A. M. Mor-

tensen, E. Day, H. H. d'A. Carneiro

甸渣

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Merchants

Man Fuk Lung, agent

Agencies

H'kong, Canton & Macao S.B. Co., Ld.

Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.

China Navigation Company

Canton Insurance Office

Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.

公司

KUNG-wo, Broker & Commission Agent

局政郵清大

POST OFFICE-IMPERIAL CHINESE

Manager--Liang Lai-tsün

Clerk-Lui Kam Wo

局報電國中

TELEGRAPHS IMPERIAL CHINESE, Sainan

Clerk-Yu Tsze Hing

得同

TUNG TAK, Merchant

司公和怡

E. Wo & Co., Merchs, and Commsn. Agents

KONGMOON

Kong-moon

Kongmoon was added to the list of treaty ports on 7th March, 1904, in accordance- with the stipulations of Article X. of the Mackay Treaty. A British Consulate was established, but withdrawn in 1905. Kongmoon is located some three miles up a creek on the West River, in the Kwangchow Prefecture of the Kwangtung Province in Lat. 22° 34′ 49′′ N. and Long. 113' 8′ 53′′ E. and is about 45 miles distant from Macao, 70 from Canton and 87 from Hongkong. The creek on which it is built connects the West River with the sea at Gaemoon and is a narrow and tortuous stream, the lower reaches of which, near the main river, are lined with rafts, while further up in the vicinity of the town it is crowded with native craft of every description, thus rendering navigation for steamers difficult at all times, but especially so when the current runs fast during the summer months. The steamer anchorage is in the West River at the mouth of the Creek, opposite the Imperial Maritime Customs, but the town is included in the port limits. The population of Kongmoon is about 55,000, and it has the appearance of being a more populous centre as it extends for a considerable distance on both banks of the stream. Formerly it was a business centre of considerable importance, but various causes have arisen which appear to have lessened its commercial standing, and which have interfered adversely with the general prosperity of the port.

In this connection the Commissioner of Customs in his trade report for 1904 remarks: "The opinion generally prevails that the proximity of Kongmoon to-

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