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FORMOSA-TAMSUI AND KEELUNG

SUB-PREFECTS

M. Hoogyo

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Tainan--S. Matsuki

Toyen-B. Nshi

Taichu--T. Eda

Taipeh-D. Imura

Kagi-K. Tsuda

Pescadores-T. Yokoyama

Giran-K. Komatsu

Shinchiku-T. Iyenaga Nanto-M. Kubo

Ako---K. Sato

Taito-S. Nose

Karenko-T. Ishibashi

ANDO & Co., T., Import and Export Mer- chants and General Commission Agents; Tel. Ad: Marishiten; Code: A. B. C. 5th Edition; Teleph. No. 142. Ando Tatsuji (Yokohama)

K. Kimura, signs per pro.

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K. Kawase

Agencies

New Zealand Insurance Co., Ltd. Yokohama Fire, Marine, Transport and

Fidelity Insurauce Co., Ltd.

NANSHO YOKO; Head Office: Dairen

T. Ando & Co., general agents

TAIWAN KAIRIKU SANGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (The Formosa Land and Marine Produce and Industrial Company, Ltd.); Head Office: Toko, Akocho, Formosa

Directors-Ando Tatsuji (president), Maki Tetsu, Fujisaki Saburosuke, Aochi Genzaburo

Auditors-Arai Taiji, Abe Kobei General Agents-T. Ando & Co., Takao

TAMSUI AND KEELUNG

The port of Tamsui lies in lat. 25 deg. 10 min. N., and long, 101 deg. 26 min. E. on the north-western side of the fertile island of Formosa. The barbour, like all others in Formosa, has a troublesome bar, which greatly retards the growth of the port, This is now in course of being dredged. The town, called Hobé, is situated on the north side of the river, about two miles from the bar. In October, 1884, the French ships under Admiral Courbet bombarded Tamsui, but were unable to take the place. The Japanese took possession on the 7th June, 1895. Tea grows on the hills in the locality, and the average value of the export is about five million yen

The port of Keelung lies to the north-east of Tamsui, in latitude 25 deg. 6 min. N. and longitude 121 deg. 47 min. E. It is situated on the shores of a bay between the capes of Foki and Peton, some twenty miles apart, amidst bold and striking scenery, backed by a range of mountains. It was once a Spanish Settlement, but was subsequently captured and held by the Dutch until they in turn gave place to the Chinese under Koxinga, formerly a pirate chief who caused himself to be proclaimed King of Formosa Though a mere village, it has long carried on a considerable native trade with Amoy Chin-chew, and Foochow. Keelung was opened to foreign trade at the same time as the other Formosan ports. The limits of the port are defined to be within a straight line drawn from Image Point to Bush Island. On the 5th August, 1884, the port was boin- barded by the French under Admiral Léspes, when the forts above the town were reduced to ruins, and the place captured. It was then garrisoned by the l'rench, who held it until after the Treaty of Peace had been signed at Tientsin in June, 1885. The place was occupied by the Japanese on the 3rd June, 1895.

The trade returns for 1910 showed that the va ue of the trade of these two ports amounted to £4 684,654, of which £2,717,314 was with Japan.

At Keelung a long delayed harbour improvement scheme has been commenced, the estimated total cost of the undertaking being Yen 6,500,000. The widening and deepening of the fairway for steamers in the inner harbour has been completed. The steamer anchorage in this harbour now has a uniform depth of at least 30 feet and the harbour has been widened to 480 feet in its narrowest part. A slipway is at Keelung for vessels of 400 tons, but a project is on foot to enlarge it to accommodate vessels up to 1,000 tons. Designs for another slipway are under consideration by the naval authorities. During 1900 a lighthouse was completed on Pak-sa Point, a low eadland on the west coast, some 20 miles south-west of Tamsui, and one has been erected on Agincourt Island. A pier has been built in conjunction with the railway, alongside which most steamers are now berthed. The depth of water alongside of same is 25 feet at low tide.

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