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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

官事國比大

DIRECTORY

***** Tai-peh-kwok Ling-sz-kun

BELGIUM

Consul-General-Residing in H'kong.

官事領國英大

Assistant-P. H. Everhart

Harbour Master and Tidesurveyor--

M. Hellstrand

Examiner - J. H. Thatcher

Asst. Examiner A. Borges

局政郵國中

POST OFFICE, CHINESE

GREAT BRITAIN

Consul-General—

(residing in Canton)

T*1##★#Tail-tai-liLing-sz-kun

ITALY

Consul-General-Residing in H'kong.

亞細亞

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STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK

Leon Ellis, assist. in charge

ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO. (SOUTH CHINA),LTD TELEGRAPHS, CHINESE

D. Willis

局報電國中

司公榮腦

司公船輪和天

KWONG WING Co. Ltd.

Kwan Yik, agent

Yat Kee, agent

BANKER STEAM SHIP Co.

司公船輪和濟

CHAI WO S. S. Co.

Wang Yik, agent

關水三

Act. Comin'ner.-W. MacDonald

CUSTOMS, MARITIME

司公業航江西

WEST RIVER CHINESE NAVIGATION CO.

Kwong Fuk Cheong, agent

司公與西

SAI HING S. S. Co.

Man Fuk Loong, agent

KONGMOON

P 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 A British Consulate was established, but withdrawn in 1905.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 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