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KONGMOON-SAMSHUI

DIRECTORY

ISIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (SOUTH CHINA),

LTD. Tel. Ad: Petrosilex

V. A. J. J. Rasmussen, manager

(Temporarily closed)

TRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co. (CHINA),

LTD.-Tel. Ad: Powhattan

BRITISH CONSULATE

Consul-General-(residing at Canton)

CANADIAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION

Rev. B. D. Armstrong, B.A. (absent) Mrs. B. D. Armstrong, R.N.

do. Rev. T. A. Broadfoot, B.A., B.D., secy. Mrs. T. A. Broadfoot, R.N.

Harvey Becking (on leave)

Mrs. Harvey Becking do.

Miss L. I. Crockett

Dr. Jessie A. MacBean, M.D.

Dr. W. B. McClure, M.D.

Mrs. McClure

Dr. John A. McDonald (on leave)

Mrs. John A. McDonald

Miss B. M. Cairns

Miss A. J. Dulmage, B.A.

do.

Rev. W. R. McKay and wife, (secy.) Dr. V. Cheung

(Temporarily closed)

CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME

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Commr.-W. C. G. Howard Acting Commissioner-R. H. Talbot,

assistant-in-charge (pro temp.) Assistant-B. K. Wallace

Medical Officer-W. B. McClure Assists.-Fong Kun-chiu & Chen Shao Tidesurveyor and Harbour master—-

A. K. Tellefsen

Examiners--C. S. Goddard and J. W.

Galvin

Assist. Boat Officer-E. E. Clark Tidewaiters-S. G. Jidkoff and W.

Neville

POST OFFICE, Chinese

Postal Commr.-(residing at Canton) Postmaster-Chan Leung Chun

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK-Tel. Ad:

Socony

M. H. Varn, manager

TEXAS COMPANY-Pakkai

C. H. Bratt

S. P: Wah

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S. C. Wah

SAMSHUI

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The Treaty port of Samshui, opened in 1897 under the Burmah Convention-nearly 40 years after Consul Harry Parkes East River Expedition-is situated near the junction of the West and North Rivers, in lat. 23 deg. 6 min. 30 sec. N., and long. 112 deg. 53 min. and 48 sec. E. The anchorage known as Hokow, at which foreigners reside, was formerly an ordinary Chinese fishing village, with boat-building as its leading industry, and a flooded state in summer as its characteristic peculiarity, but it is fast becoming a busy mart. According to the Convention, the town of Samshui and Kongkun (a small village situated among the hills opposite Hokow) together constitute the port area. The formal opening took place on 4th June, 1897, since which date the trade of the port has increased steadily. The net value of the trade coming under the cognisance of the Customs during 1924 was Hk. Tls. 9,618,503, as compared with Hk. Tls. 10,832,202 in 1923. The junk traffic is large, and the likin station is said to be one of the most important in the province. The district city of Samshui itself is surrounded by an inposing wall built in the 6th year of Chia Ching of the Mings (about A.D. 1560), the year after the place attained to the dignity of a magistracy, but whatever prosperity it may once have attained has departed, and within the walls, where dwell the magistrate and the commander of the few local troops, the

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