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SAMSHUI – KONGMOON

DIRECTORY

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CONSULATES

* Tai-pel-kwok Ling-s:-kon

BELGIUM

Consul Residing in Hongkong

官事領國英大

GREAT BRITAIN

also

AUSTRO-HUNGARY

Consul-General---J.W. Jamieson, C.M.G.

(residing in Canton)

*** Tai Itai-li Ling-sz-kin

ITALY

Consul-General--Comm. Z. Volpicelli

tresiding in Hongkong)

關水三

CUSTOMS, IMPERIAL MARITIME

Acting Commissioner --P. B. von Rau-

tenfeld

Assistant--J. Klubien

Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-

L. Liedeke

Examiner--J. McMahon

Tidewaiters - H. W. Beckett, N. Tra-

vers, A. A. Z. Von Stockhousen

隆安福

FOOK ON LOONG, Broker and Commission

Agent

Agency

Chai Wo Steamboat Company

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.

和公

KUNG-wo, Broker and Commission Agent.

签圴

KWAN YIK. Broker and Commission Agent

局政郵清大

Post OFFICE, IMPERIAL CHINESE

District-postmaster-C. H. Shields

(Canton)

Postal Clerk in charge Neg Po Yuen

Assistant -Ling Ye Chung

局報電國中

TELEGRAPHS, IMPERIAL CHINESE --Sainam

Clerk Mak King Hang

昌興永

WING HING CHEONG, Broker and Com

mission Agent

司公和怡

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

KONGMOON

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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1904, in accordance with the stipulations of Article X. of the Mackay Treaty, A British Consulate was established, but withdrawn in 1905.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 Kwangehow 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 55.00, 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 consider: De 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