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SAMSHUI-KONGMOON

The telegraph and postal services have agencies at the port, but there are no Consulates established; the consuls within whose districts Samshui lies reside either in Canton or Hongkong.

CONSULATES

DIRECTORY

MX Tai-peh-kwok Ling-sz-kun

BELGIUM

BANKER STEAM SHIP Co.

Yat Kee, agent

Consul-General--Residing in H'kong.

官事頜國英大

GREAT BRITAIN

Consul-General-

(residing in Canton)

T¶ION★#Tail-tai-liLing-sz-kùn

ITALY

Consul-General--

亞細亞

ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (SOUTH CHINA),LTD.

P. Drummond

逸

CHAI WO S. S. Co.

宏

關水三

CUSTOMS, MARITIME

Comm'ner.-J. H. M. Moorhead

Assistant-L. L. R. Baranoffsky

Tidesurveyor and Harbour

Master M. Hellstrand

Asst. Examiner A. Borges

POST OFFICE, CHINESE

局政郵國中

南美

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK

BANKER & Co.

Yat Kee, agent

局報電國中

TELEGRAPHS, CHINESE

KONGMOON

門江 Kong-moon

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 A British Consulate was established, but withdrawn in 1905.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 a 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 Gaenioon, 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, with the exception of 1915, when there was a considerable falling off, the volume of trade has exhibited an upward tendency.