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SAMSHUI-KONGMOON

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ITALY

Consul-General Commendatore Z.

Volpicelli (residing in Hongkong)

記公司

ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO.

Kung Kee, agent

KWONG SHIU

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昌興永

Cọ,

Wing Hing Cheong, agent

14

KWONG WING & Co.

Kwan Yik, agent

隆信

記逸

ON YIK & Co.

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Yat Kee, agent

局政郵國中

隆安福

BANKER & Co.

CHAI WO S. S. Co.

Fook On Loong, agent

關水三

CUSTOMS, MARITIME

Comm'ner.-C. E. S. Wakefield

Assistant-T. Suzuki

Acting Tidesurveyor and Harbour

Master Y. M. Mudes

Examiner A. Miller

Tidewaiters-E. P. Pretzsch, A. Borges,

H. H. P. Kaye, P. M. Thiele

隆福萬

HONGKONG. CANTON AND MACAO STEAM

BOAT CO., WEST RIVER BRITISH S. S. Co.

Man Fook Long, agent

Shun Lung, agent

POST OFFICE, CHINESE

II. Class Postmaster-Chan Chui-tung

PU TAI S. S. Co.

和安廣

Kwong On Woo, agent

南美

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK

Mee Nam, agent

局報電國中

TELEGRAPHS, CHINESE

Clerk in Charge-Hsieh I chang

昌福廣

WUCHOW CHINESE NAVIGATION CO.

Kwong Fook Cheong, agent

KONGMOON

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Kongmoon was added to the list of treaty ports on 7th March, 1904, in accordance with the stipulations of Article X. of the Mackay Treaty. A British Consulate was established, but withdrawn in 1905. Kongmoon is located some three miles up creek on the West River, in the Kwangchow Prefecture of the Kwangtung Province in Lat. 22° 34′ 49′′ N. and Long. 113' 8′ 53′′ E. and is about 45 miles distant from Macao, 70 from Canton and 87 from Hongkong. The creek on which it is built connects the West River with the sea at Gaemoon, and is a narrow and tortuous stream, the lower reaches of which, near the main river, are lined with rafts, while further up in the vicinity of the town it is crowded with native craft of every description, thus rendering navigation for steamers difficult at all times, but especially so when the current runs fast during the summer months. The steamer anchorage is in the West River at the mouth of the Creek, opposite the Chinese Maritime Customs, but the town is included in the port limits. The population of Kongmoon is about 55,000, and it has the appearance of being a more populous centre, as it extends for a considerable distance on both banks of the stream. Formerly it was a business centre of considerable importance, but various causes have arisen which appear to have lessened its commercial standing, and which have interfered adversely with the general prosperity of the port; however, of late years the volume of trade has exhibited an upward tendency.