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MOKPO

.浦水 Mok-po

Mokpo, which, like Chinnampo, 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. Mokpo has undergone a great transformation since it was opened. In 1897 it consisted of a few Corean huts surrounded by paddy fields and mud flats. The foreign settlement, which comprises about 225 acres of ground, was bought up within a couple of years, and the mud flats were rapidly converted into a town, with well laid out streets, occupied by about 1,200 Japanese and a number of substantial Chinese residents. A seawall was built and a bund road, over a mile in length, was made. The climate of Mokpo is healthy and salubrious; the scenery much resembles that of South Japan and is picturesque in the extreme. Good shooting may be had, pheasants, geese, ducks, deer, wild boar and leopards abounding. Even tigers will be met with by those who care to hunt for them. Instances are not at all rare in which pigs, dogs and even men are carried off by these animals. Many of the natives are experts in training eagles to hunt'smaller birds, like pheasants, &c.

The anticipations which were entertained of Mokpo at the time of its opening have proved over-sanguine, doubtless because the port of Kunsan was subsequently opened to foreign trade, and has flourished at the expense of Mokpo. But Mokpo would appear now to be regaining its old position, for during the last few years there has been great improvement in the trade of the port. Exports in 1908 were valued at yen 860,732 and imports at yen 659,102.

DIRECTORY

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Chairman-T. Nishikawa Clerk-K. Tanigaki

COREAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY

S.S. "Hyenik," s.s.

CUSTOMS

CC

HOSPITAL-JAPANESE

C. Shimidzu, physician in charge

INSURANCE COMPANIES

Changriong P'

Kim Pong-kui, agent

Assistant-in-charge-J. Kuroda

Clerks M. Ninomiyo, Yi Hong-nai,

M. Oba

Medical Officer-S. Yao

Assistant Examiner-H. Yanagi

T'waiters-T. Mine, H. Ito

HORI STEAMSHIP COMPANY

s.s. "Keiki," s.s. "Kyengpo," s.s. "Goyo"

Takeuchi, agent

Meiji Kasai Hoken Kaisha (Fire)

Dai Ichi Ginko, agents

Tokyo Kasai Hoken Kaisha (Marine)

Dai Ichi Ginko, agents

Nippon Kaijio Hoken Kaisha (Marine;

uhachi Ginko (18th Bank) agent Meiji Seimei Hoken Kaisha (Life)

Y. Fukuda, agent

Teikoku Seimei Hoken Kaisha (Life)

P. Kimura, agent

Nippon Kasai Hoken Kaisha (Fire)

P. Kimura, agent

Yokohama Kaijo Unso Shinyo Hoken

Kaisha (Marine and Fire)

M. Matsui, agent

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