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city into two nearly equal portions. In the northern half are the walled enclosures con- taining the late King's Palace and the more important public buildings. A street about 50 feet wide intersects the main street at right angles, dividing the northern half of the city into eastern and western quarters. At the point of intersection stands a pavilion called Chong-kak (the "Bell Kiosk "), from a large bell, about seven feet high, which is placed there. This spot is regarded as the centre of the city; and from it another street, as wide as the main street, branches off to the south-west. The four wide streets which thus radiate from the "Bell Kiosk" are known as the four Chong-no or "Bell roads. Another conspicuous feature of this central part of the city is the row of large warehouses, two storeys high, the lower portions of which are divided off into little shops, opening into a small courtyard instead of facing the street. The width of the main streets was formerly much reduced by the construction in front of nearly every house of a rude wooden shanty used for a workshop or for business purposes, which gave the streets a poor and squalid appearance, but some of the principal streets have now been cleared of these unsightly obstructions, and the people are gradually being taught the benefits of good roads and clean surroundings. A spacious market place has been erected in one of the busiest parts of the city. An annual appropriation of $50,000 has been made by the Finance Department for the maintenance and im- provement of the roads. The shops are small and unattractive, and contain no articles de luxe or curios. The population of the city is about 260,000. About 69,000 Japanese reside in Seoul and about 2,200 other foreigners, most of whom are Chinese. An electric railway, running for three miles along the main streets of Seoul and thence three or four miles into the country, was opened in 1899, and one extends to Riong-san and Mokpo. A railway connects Chemulpo with Seoul, and another line connects the city of Fusan.

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT-GENERAL OF CHOSEN

Governor-General-Admiral Baron M. Saito

Vice-Governor-General and President of Central Council-T. Ariyoshi Private Secretaries to the Governor-General - S. Matsumura and

T. Nakamura

Government Inspector-U. Tanaka Civil Inspector-Chang Heung Sik

Director of Gen. Affairs Dept.-S. Moriya Chief of Foreign Affairs Section-Y. Sonoda Director of Civil Eng. Dept.-S. Hara

Do. of Industrial Bureau-Y. Nishimura Do. of Judicial Bureau-T. Matsudera Do. of Financial Bureau--I. Wada

Do. of Internal Affairs Bureau T.

Otsuka

Do. of Police Affairs Bureau-T. Maru-

yama

Do. of Educational Bureau--K. Nagano Do. of Railway Dept.-K. Yuge Do. of Communications Bureau

Kambara

K.

Do. of Monopoly Bureau-K. Aoki Vice-President of Central Council-Mar-

quis Yi Wan Yong

Chief Secretary of Central Council K.

Nagano

Director of Govt. Hospital-Dr. K. Shiga, Director of Central Experimental Station

-Dr. K. Mikami

Chief of Marine Product Experimental

Station-Dr. Y. Wakiya

Director of Model Farm Station-Dr.

G. Daikuhara

Chief of Preventive Serum Manufacture

Station-R. Mochizuki

Director of Heijo Mining Industry—H.

Matsubara

Director of Lumber Station-T. Node

Do. of Observatory-I. Goto

LOCAL GOVERNORS

Keiki-do-A. Tokizane

Chiseihoku-do-Pak Chun Yang

Chuseinan-do-Kin Kwan Heun

Zenrahoku-do--C. Isumi

Zenranan-do-Won Eung Yang Keishohoku-do-T. Sawata Keishonan-do-T. Wada Kwokai-do-T. Yio Heiannan-do-J. Yoneda Heianhoku-do-S. Ikuta Kogen-do-Yun Kap Pyong Kankyonan-do-Yi Kui Wan Kankyohoku-do-T. Makano