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FUSAN-MASAMPO—MOKPO

Board of Underwriters of New York Lloyds, London

London Salvage Association New Zealand Insurance Co., Ld. Norwich Union Fire Insur. Soc., Ld. North China Insurance Co., Ld.

N. British and Mercantile Ins. Co., Ld. Royal Exchange Assurance Corp.

S. British Fire & Marine Ins. Co., Ld.

Sun Insurance Co.

Union Insurance Soc. of Canton, Ld.

Western Assurance Co.

Yangtsze Insurance Association, Ld.

關海鮮朝大

CUSTOMS SERVICE IN FUSAN

G. Yamoka, director

A. Nishikawa, appraiser (chief of

examination section)

Y. Murai, chief, Mokpo Branch

S. Moda, chief, Masampo Branch

K. Kaizu, chief, Taiku Detached

Customs

G. Yamaoka, commissioner

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T. Fujita, inspector and controller (chief of inspection and revenue sections)

A. Nishikawa, appraiser (chief of

examination section)

T. Murai, chief of Mokpo Branch

Customs

M. Jono, chief of Masampo Branch

Customs

K. Kaizu, chief of Taiku Detached

Customs

局便郵本日大

JAPANESE POST OFFICE

R. Siga, director

S. Koshiro, chief engineer of En-

gineering and Telephone Sections

H. Hosaka, chief clerk of Mail Section M_Okabe, do. of Accounting Section S. Kajiyama, do. of Gen. Affairs Section S. Toshima, do. of Telegraph Section

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA

K. Yamamoto, manager

MASAMPO

浦山馬

Masampo was opened to foreign trade on the 1st May, 1899. It has a native population of roughly 34,000. The climate is very mild and the harbour is also good. In summer it serves as a good sea-bathing place; the Japanese Settlement is making nowadays very great progress, and the inhabitants amount to about 3,000. Regular lines of small steamers connect the port of Fusan. Its proximity to Fusan and the superior accommodation of the latter port greatly interferes with the com- mercial expansion of Masampo. The foreign trade at this port in 1913 was of the value of 1,289,000 yen.

1897, in

MOKPO

浦木 Mole-po

Mokpo, which, like Chinnampo, was opened to foreign trade on the 1st October, pursuance of a resolution of the Council of State, is a seaport in the province of Chulla and has an excellent harbour capable of providing anchorage accommodation for thirty or forty vessels of large tonnage. Chulla is a great rice-growing district and has the reputation of being the wealthiest province in the country, and Mokpo lies at the mouth of a river which drains nearly the whole province. Mokpo has undergone a great transformation since it was opened. In 1897 it consisted of a few native huts surrounded by paddy fields and mud flats. The foreign settlement, which comprises about 225 acres of ground, was bought up within a couple of years, and the mud flats were rapidly converted into a town, with well laid out streets, occupied by about 1,200 Japanese and a number of substantial Chinese residents. A seawall was built and a bund road over a mile in length was made.

The trade of the port in 1913 amounted to 4,766,000 yen. firms in the port, all the business being in Japanese hands.

There are no European