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TAMSUI AND KEELUNG, TAINAN, TAKOW AND ANPING

THIRTY-FOURTH BANK, LTD., THE (Sanjushi

行銀四十三

Ginko)-Head Office: Osaka; Tel. Ad: Sanshigink

K. Kitamura, manager

TWATUTIA FOREIGN CLUB

Committee-E. Thomas (chairman), B. A. Boning, F. C. Hogg, S. R. Ford, P. O. Nicholls

Hon. Secretary-S. R. Ford

WHITNEY CO., J. C., Tea Merchants—Tel.

Ad: Whitmott, Daitotei

F. D. Mott, manager

YAMASHITA S. S. Co.

M. Naito, manager

T. Matsuo, sub-manager

CUSTOMS at Soshiryo

K. Tatsuno, director

KEELUNG DIRECTORY

M. Hayashi, accountant

S. Chihaya, inspector K. Yoshida, appraiser

HARBOUR OFFICE

M. Umetani, director

J. Kumagai, inspector

S. Mimura, medical examiner

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISIIA (Japan MailS.S.Co.)

W. Yoshihawa, manager

S. Aoike, sub-manager

S. Ikawa

T. Kagami

T. Maruyama

H. Matsuo

隆基社會式株船商阪大

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA

SAMUEL SAMUEL & Co., LTD.--Keelung,

-Tel. to Taipeh

M. Oda, in charge

TAINAN, TAKOW AND ANPING

The city of Tainan (until 1889 known as Taiwan), situated in lat. 23 deg. 6 min N., and long. 129 deg. 5 min. E., is the commercial capital of Formosa. Since the Japanese occupation many improvements in the city have been made, and at the present day the main roads are all wide and well constructed. An extensive scheme of alterations is in hand, the programme extending over ten years. When this is completed the city will be second to none in the Island in arrangement. The old Chinese walls, some five miles in circumference, have been demolished in many places and the gates removed for the passage of the railway and new roads. Waterworks are in course of construction in the hills some distance from the city. The city is lighted by electricity, the power being carried by an overhead line from a generating station a few miles south of Takow.

Anping is the shipping port for Tainan, situated about three miles west of that city. Communication is by a trolley line and a creek navigable for chutehs and small! junks. The port itself is an open roadstead, vessels anchoring outside the bar and a mile or so from the beach. From November to the end of May the anchorage is a good one, but during the S. W. Monsoon a heavy swell sets in, rendering it difficult and sometimes impossible for vessels to load or discharge. As regards climate Anping, during the summer months, can boast of a comparatively cool temperature owing to sea breezes. Tainan is usually two or three degrees warmer. From October to the end of April there is little or no rain, and the cool weather then leaves nothing to be desired.

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