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FOREIGN TRADE IN THE FAR EAST

(d.) Ports in Formosa and the Pescadores open, for the present, only to junk traffic:-k

(1.) Formosa-l

Opened in

Opened in

Gosei (or Tokaku) m Taichu

Prefecture...

1899

Koro (or Oulong) Taichu Pre-

fecture

1899

Kiuko (or Kiukong) Taihoku Pre-

fecture Toko (or Tongkong), Tainan Pre-

fecture

1899

1899

Rokko (or Lukong) Taichu Pre-

fecture

1899

Tosekiko (or Toncho), Tainan

Prefecture

1899

......

(2.) The Pescadores-

Makiu (or Makung), opened in 1899.

Treaty ports:-

III.-COREA

Chemulpo (opened 1880 under Japanese Treaty 1876).

Chinnampo (opened October 1, 1897).

Chungchin (opened April 1, 1908).

Fusan (Japanese Treaty, 1876).

Kunsan (May 1, 1899).

Masampo (May 1, 1899).

Mokpo (October 1, 1897).

Seoul (Hanyang) (British Treaty, 1883).

Songchin (May 1, 1899).

Wonsan (or Gensan) (opened 1880 under Japanese Convention, 1879). Ping-yang (held to be open by Agreement among foreign Representatives

at Seoul, November, 1899).

Yang-wha-chin (opened 1883 under Japanese Convention, 1882).

Yongampo (date of opening not yet fixed).

Wiju (date of opening not yet fixed).

N.B.—Though the opening of the ports of Yongampo and Wiju has not yet been officially announced, the Customs opened offices at these ports in July, 1906, and foreign steamers call there without objection on the part of the authorities.

IV. SIAM

Article IV. of the Treaty of April 18, 1855, stipulates that:-

"British subjects are permitted to trade freely in all the seaports of Siam, but may reside permanently only at Bangkok or within the limits assigned by this Treaty."

g At the port of Awomori the following additional goods may be imported from the 1st December, 1907 :-

Tinplates, iron tubes, solder.

h At the port of Muroran all articles may be imported after the 1st December, 1907, with the exception of those prohibited by Article 10 of the Customs Tariff Law.

i At the port of Wakamatsu the following goods may be imported:-

Fresh eggs.

Rice, unhulled rice, barley, wheat, oats, Indian corn and beans,

Iron ore.

Pig iron,

Manure.

And from the 1st December, 1907:-

Coke, manganese ore, ferro-manganese, and spiegleisen.

j At the Port of Suminoye only the export of commodities is permitted.

k Opening notified by Decree of Formosan Government, dated August, 1899.

The Port of Kakoko (or Hokkokei), opened with the others in 1899, was closed from the

1st July, 1907, by Decree of Formosan Government, dated May, 1907,

m The name in brackets in this case, as in the case of each of the ports of Formosa and of the port in the Pescadores, is the local Chinese name of the port in question,

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