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JAPANESE ASSOCIATION

Chairman-N. Takane

JAPANESE RESIDENCY

Resident S. Matsumoto

MOKPO-CHINNAMPO

KANCHIYAMA, K., Medical Practitioner

MISSIONS

For Protestant Missions see end of

Corean Directory

MISSION ETRANGÈRES DE PARIS

Père A. Deshayes

MOKPO WEEKLY NEWS

K. Tanigaki, editor and publisher

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

President M. Nakaoji

Elected Member-Q. Fukuda

MUNICIPAL POLICE

Police Inspector-N. Ichikawa

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA

K. Kimura, agent

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA

K. Suzuki, chief clerk

POST OFFICE-COREAN

Postmaster-Pak Chung-soo Secretary-Sim Eui Hyeng Kim Tjyoung Sik

POST OFFICE JAPANESE

Postmaster-T. Iwaki

RICE CLEANING MILL

Kimura Fukuda

SCHOOL-JAPANESE

Headmaster-M. Togawa Teacher-S. Michiyama

SHIMIDZU, C., M.D., Medical Practitioner

TELEGRAPH OFFICE-COREAN

Paik Nak-chine, manager

Yi Phil Kon, secretary

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YEE SUNG SING, Merchant, Shipchandlers

and Storekeepers

CHINNAMPO

浦南 Chin-nam-po

This port was opened to foreign trade on the 1st October, 1897, in pursuance of a resolution passed by the Council of State. The port is situated on the north bank of the Tatung inlet, about twenty miles from its mouth, in the extreme south-west of the province of Pyeng-yang. It is some forty miles distant by water from Ping-yang, the third city in the Kingdom, with a population of 40,000, and it is expected that it will become a place of considerable commercial activity.

commercial activity. The province is rich in agricultural and mineral wealth, the latter being now developed by foreign enterprise. Like all the other ports of Korea in 1907 Chinnampo was able to report a substantial increase in foreign trade.

The exports in 1908 amounted in value to Yen 1,978,744, and the imports to Yen 3,057,586, the total trade being nearly half a million less than in 1907. The business of the port is increasing year by year, the rich hinterland holding out good prospects for the future. Building operations in the General Foreign Settlement are going on apace, and where formerly only a few mud huts were to be seen, sub- stantial wooden and brick buildings are now taking their place. The business Community is entirely composed of Japanese and Chinese. The Japanese population is about 5,000

The principal articles of export are rice, beans, wheat, maize, cow-hides and timber. Of imports, cotton and silk piece goods, matches, kerosene, porcelain, iron and hardware deserve mention. The harbour of Chinnampo affords safe accom- modation for a great number of vessels of the deepest draught and the largest tonnage.