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SEOUL-CHEMULPO

REVENUE BUREAU (Finance Department)

Director-S. Suzuki

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Secretary M. Fukao (Chief of

Customs Section)

Appraiser and Expert T. Saida

(Customs)

昌大 Tah-chang

RONDON & Co., L., General Storekeepers, Importers and Exporters-Tel. Address: Rondon

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY (Korea Branch) President-Rev. J. S. Gale, D.D. Vice.-President-R. S. Miles, M.D. Librarian-Gerald Bonwick

SCHOOL-FOREIGN LANGUAGES (Imperial

Japanese Govt.-General of Chosen)

Eng. Head Master-G.KusselFrampton

SEOUL CLUB

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Committee G. R. Frampton (act. president) J. H. Morris (hon, treas.), R. S. Curtice (hon. sec.), H. W. Davidson, A. Plaisand

SEOUL MINING Co.-Head Office: Seoul

President-H. Collbran

First Vice-President-H. R. Bostwick

Second Vice-President and General

Counsel-S. L. Selden

Secy, and Treas.-H. E. Collbran Genl. Manager-Suan, A. H. Collbran Auditor-Suan, J. S. Collbran Agent-Seoul, H. W. Davidson

SEOUL PRESS, Daily English Newspaper

1. Yamagata, editor

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

SEOUL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA-

TION-Tel. Ad: Flamingo, Korea

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK-No. 78

1-Chome, Gishudori ; Teleph. 1,279; P.O- Box No. 3, Seidaimon; Tel. Ad: Socony

A. E. McGlew, manager

N. B. Morton, assist. manager W. Crosby, assistant

W. Gray,

do.

A. Gorman, accountant J. D. Julien

TIRIOLO & Co. C. (LI-CHANG YOKO)-

Telep. 1,324; Tel. Ad: Tiriolo

Cesare Tiriolo

Franco de Marchi Gherini

Ambrogio de Marchi Gherini, Milan

CHEMULPO

浦物濟 Che-mul-po

This port, called by the Japanese Jinsen, and by the Chinese Jenchuan, is situate 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 European population numbers about 50. A railway 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.

The steamers of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Osaka Shosen Kaisha call regularly and have the bulk of the trade and passenger communication with Japan, and, in