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Martin Tyo Mac Moon Yoshioka

SEOUL CHEMULPO

SCHOOL-FOREIGN LANGUAGES (Imperial

Japanese Govt.-General of Chosen)

Eng. Head Master-G.RusselFrampton French do. German do. Chinese do. -Do Fang Li

SEOUL CLUB

-Emile Martel -J. Bolljahn

Committee-Henry Bonar (president), E. Martel (vice-president), A. de Somow, J. H. Morris (hon, treasurer), G. P. Paton (hon. sec.)

SEOUL MINING Co.--Head Office: Seoul,

Corea

President-H. Collbran

First Vice-President-W. D.Townsend Secy, and Treas.-H. E. Collbran General Manager—A. H. Collbran Auditor-J. S. Collbran

Consulting Engineer A. R. Weigall Mine Superintendent--M. Gallagher Do. Foreman—C. Gorneman W. B.

Thorsen

Storekeeper-E. J. Land Millwright--M. J. Lidstone Mill Foreman- F. C. Brown Machinist--H. G. English Assayer-J. F. Manning Physician-Dr. E. de M. Stryker Supt. of Transport-L. C. Faulk Inspecting Supt. R. Blamey

Millmen-P. S. Haury, C. Joanan

SEOUL PRESS, Daily English Newspaper

1. Yamagata, editor

S. Miyanaga, sub-editor S. Ito, manager

SEOUL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA-

tion; Tel. Ad: Flamingo, Korea

1. L. Gillett

F. M. Brockman Geo. A. Gregg H. Hylten FG. Turner S. Rhee

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

H. Uchiyama electrical engr.

Sontag Hotel. -Tel. Ad: Sontag, Seoul J. Boher, proprietor and manager

TOKANFU TSUSHIN KWANRI KYOKU (POSTS, TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES OF THE RE- SIDENCY-GENERAL)

Juzaburo Ikeda, director general Section of General Affairs

Chief Secretary-S. Shimada

Section of Business

Chief Secretary-G. Yano Section of Finance

Chief Secretary-S. Hattori Section of Accounts

Chief Secretary-T. Endo Section of Engineering

Chief Engineer- K. Akamoto

CHEMULPO

浦物濟 Che-mul-po

This port, called by the Japanese Jinsen, and by the Chinese Jenchuan, is situated on the west coast of Chosen (Corea), in the metropolitan province of Kiongki, at the entrance of the Salée River, an embouchure of the Han or Seoul River. It was opened to foreign trade in 1883, when it was a poor fishing village, and is now a flourishing and rapidly increasing centre of trade, with a native population of under 12,000 and a foreign population of about 16,000, of which between 13,000 and 14,000 are Japanese; the Chinese number between 1,000 and 2,000, the number being greatest in the summer months; the British number 28; Germans 28; Americans 10; and French 8. A railway now runs from Chemulpo to Fusan, meeting the line from Seoul at Yong-dong-po (Yei-do-ho)

The Settlements are fairly well built over and are now fully occupied. The price of land has risen to almost fabulous rates:

Chemulpo enjoys a beautiful climate and is never shut up by ice. The port has two anchorages, the outer one accommodating ships of all sizes, and the inner one frequented by ships of about 1,000 tons. An enormous rise and fall of the tide, which averages 30 feet, renders the inner anchorage difficult of access to larger ships, and is also a serious hindrance to the navigation of the Seoul River. Only vessels not drawing over six feet may safely run between Chemulpo and Mapu, a place on the river three miles south-west of the capital.