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FUSAN

山釜 Fu-san

Fusan, or Pusan, as it is called by the native population, is the chief port of Kiung-sang-do, the south-eastern province of Chosen, and lies in lat. 35 deg. 6 min, 6 sec. N. and long 129 deg. 3 min. 2 sec. E. It was opened to Japanese trade in 1876 and to Western nations in 1883. The native town consists of some 550 houses with a population of about 5,000 inhabitants. The Japanese settlement is situated a little distance from the native town, opposite the island of Cholyongdo (Deer Island). It is under the control of the Prefect appointed by the Government-General of Chosen. The Japanese population in Fusan numbers about 15,000, and there are about 3,500 more resident inland in the vicinity of the port. The Seoul-Fusan Railway and a daily service of steamers to Japan have combined to make Fusan a great centre of activity, and the volume of trade passing through the port has greatly increased. In connection with the railway a big scheme of harbour reclamation is being carried out, and this will provide building sites suitable for godowns, which are now sadly deficient. Many public improvements have been carried out in recent years, including the erection of a new settlement, the construction of water-works, the instal- lation of electric light, and the making of good roads in the neighbourhood of the foreign quarter. Fusan was connected with Japan by a submarine telegraph cable in November, 1883.

As a trading centre Fusan has become the first port of the peninsula, the value of the trade in 1913 being 27,400,000 yen, imports representing about two-thirds of the amount. There are no European firms in the port, and business is carried on principally by the Japanese.

DIRECTORY

BANK OF CHOSEN-44, Dachi-machi Ichi-

chome: Tel. Ad: Chogin

H. Abe, manager,

M. Mizuma, acting manager

HOLME, RINGER & Co., Import, Export and Commission Merchants - Tel. Ad: Ringer; Teleph. 545

S. A. Ringer (Nagasaki) F. E. E. Ringer (Nagasaki) N. B. Reid (Shimonoseki) J. H. Wallace (Nagasaki) P. J. Buckland

do.

H. Yamano, in charge

M. Nakamura

Y. Tanaka

W. Takumi

Coal Dept.

C. Kuniyasu

S. Mori

C. Kuniyasu, jr.

Agencies

International Sleeping Car Co.

Banking

Chartered Bank of India, Australia

and China

Hongkong and S'hai. Banking Corp.

Shipping

Barber & Co's Line of Steamers Ben Line of Steamers

Canadian Pacific Railway Co. Chargeurs Reunis (French S. S. Ca) China Mutual S. N. Co., Ld. China Navigation Co., Ld. Cie. des Messageries Maritimes Eastern & Australian S. S. Co. Mogul Line of Steamers Norddeutscher Lloyd

Ocean Steamship Co., Ld.

Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co.

Pacific Mail Steamship Co.

Shire Line of Steamers

Toyo Kisen Kaisha

John Warrack & Co.'s Steamers

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