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SEOUL

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street, as wide as the main street, branches off to the south-west. The four wide streets which thus radiate from the "Bell Kiosk" are known as the four Chong-ro or “Bell roads."

Another conspicuous feature of this central part of the city is the row of large warehouses, two storeys high, the lower portions of which are divided off into little shops, opening into a small courtyard instead of facing the street. The width of the main streets was formerly much reduced by the construction in front of nearly every house of a rude wooden shanty used for a workshop or for business purposes, which gave the streets a poor and squalid appearance, but some of the principal streets have now been cleared of these unsightly obstructions, and the people are gradually being taught the benefits of good roads and clean surroundings. A spacious market place has been erected in one of the busiest parts of the city, and arrangements are being made for establishing two or three others at suitable centres.

An annual appro- priation of $50,000 has been made by the Finance Department for the maintenance and improvement of the roads. The shops are small and unattractive, and contain no articles de huge or curios. The population of the city is about 200,000. About 40,000 Japanese reside in Seoul and about 3,000 Chinese. An electric railway, running for three miles along the main streets of Seoul and thence three or four miles into the country, was opened in 1899, and one extends to Riong-san and Mokpo. A railway connects Chemulpo with Seoul, and another line connects the city with Fusan.

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT-GENERAL OF CHOSEN

Governor-General-General Count M. Terauchi

Civil Governor and President of Central Council-Y. Yamagata Military Attaché to the Governor-General-Lieut. Colonel T. Kono

Naval Attaché to the Governor-General- Rear Admiral B. Yamagata Private Secretary to the Governor-General-Y. Kuwabara

Director of General Affairs Bureau-Count

H. Kodama

Do. of Foreign Affairs Bureau - M.

Komatzu

Do. of Civil Engineering Bureau-R.

Mochiji

Do. of Police Affairs Department--Licut.

General Akashi

Do. of Judicial Dept.(Actg.)--M. Akiyama Do. of Internal Affairs Department-K.

Usami

Do. of Local Administration Bureau--S.

Ohara

Do. of Educational Affairs Bureau-T.

Sekiya

Do. of Financial Department-K. Arai Do. of Revenue Bureau--S. Suzuki Do. of Budget Bureau-K. Arai (acting) Do. of Department of Agriculture, Com-

merce and Industry-Y. Ishizuka Do. of General Development Bureau-

Vacant

Do. of Agriculture and Forestry Bureau

-Vacant

Director of Communication Bureau-J.

Ikeda

Do. of Railway Bureau, Kogakuhakushi

--G. Oya

Vice President of Central Council-Count

Yi Kuan Yong

Chief Secretary of Central Council-S.

Kokubu

Councillor of Government - General-M.

Akiyama

LOCAL GOVERNORS

Keiki-do-N. Higaki

Keishonan-do—J. Sasaki Keishohoku-do-Yi Chinho

Heiannan-do-B. Matsunaga

Heianhoku-dlo --T. Kawakami Kokai-do-Cho Ueimun Zenrahoku-do-Yi Tuwhang Zenranan-do-Y. Kudo Chuseinan-do-Pak Chungyang Chuseihoku-do-T. Suzuki Kogen-do-Yi Kui Kuan Kankyonan-do-Shineungheui Kankyohoku-do-Vacant