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CHEMULPO-WONSAN

社會式株易實韓日

NIKKAN BOYEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japanese & Korean Trading Co., Ltd.) Import and Export Merchants, Custom

Brokers, Forwarding and Commission Agents

President-T. Kono

Acting Director-T. Kato Manager--B. Inamasu

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA (Japan Mail S. S.Co.)

K. Kondo, manager

N. Kohyama, H. Kitahara, T. Taka- yanagi, D. Matsunaga, S. Tamaki

ORIENTAL CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., Tel.

Ad. Pukchin

H. F. Meserve, general manager

T. W. Van Ess, auditor Townsend & Co., agents

Capt. E. S. Barstow, supt. of

transportation (Chinnampo)

·OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA

S. Hiroi, manager

POST OFFICE -

Director-T. Yendo

619

Clerks-M. Yasuda, H. Tashiro, M. Kitamura, R. Hayama, T. Matsuro, S. Hirose, S. Otsuji, and 16 others Electrical Engineer-S. Kimura

Tah-chang

RONDON, PLAISANT & CIE., General Store- keepers, Importers and Exporters, Coal Merchants and Commission Agents

E. J. Sauveur, signs per pro.

A. J. Rondon

SIEMENS-SCHUCKERT KANKOKRU DENKI GOMEI KAISHA: Tel. Ad. Siemens Chemulpo Head Office: Tsukiji 48, Tokyo

H. Kessler, elec. eng., signs per pro. K. Wolter, manager

R. Ogawa, elec. engr.

STEWARD, E. D., & Co., Shipchandlers

Forwarding Agents, & Hotelkeepers

TOWNSEND & Co., Merchants

W. D. Townsend

J. D. Atkinson

Jas. Cruze

Agency

Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld. Sub-Agency

Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ld.

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WONSAN (GENSAN OR YUENSAN)

山元 Yuen-san

This port, situated in Broughton Bay, on the north-eastern coast of Corea, is in the southern corner of the province of South Ham-kiung, about half way between Fusan and Vladivostock. It was opened to Japanese trade on the 1st May, 1880, and to other nations in November, 1883. It is called Gensan by the Japanese and Yuensan by the Chinese. The native town has grown considerably since the port was opened to trade, and contains now a population of fully 20,000 inhabitants. The town is built along the southern shore of the bay, and through it runs the main road which leads from Seoul to the Tumen river. Markets are held five times a month for the sale of agricultural produce and Foreign imports. The Custom House is situated in the heart of the Foreign Settlements about a mile distant from the Native town. The Japanese have a well-kept settlement containing about 250 houses, with 2,000 inhabitants. The Chinese number 120, and the European and American residents about 30. The harbour is a good one, being spacious, easy of access, well sheltered, with excellent holding ground, and convenient depth of water. When the railway line to Seoul is laid the trade of Wonsan may be expected to show rapid development. January is the coldest month, and one corner of the harbour-that before the native town-is sometimes frozen over, but the part used by shipping is never covered with ice of such a thickness as to interfere with navigation. It has been decided to illuminate the harbour by three lighthouses.

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