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KEELUNG-TAINAN, TAKAO AND ANPING

KEELUNG DIRECTORY

Tea Department

CUSTOMS

Commissioner-K. Aoki

K. Mizawa, chief

HARBOUR OFFICE

Inspector-S. Fukii

KINKAI YUSEN KAISHA (Keelung Branch)

K. Matsumoto, manager

M. Nakamura

Agents

Nippon Yusen Kaisha

社會式株產物井三

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD. (Mitsui &

Co.), Merchants

S. Kodera, manager

K. Suganuma, assist. manager

MIZUSAKI KUMIAI (Pilot Society)

Capt. J. Sokimoto, licensed pilot, mgr. Capt.. Hyodo,

do., do.

隆基社會式株船商阪大

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA

T. Ohara, manager

Yamaguchi, signs per pro.

TAIWAN SOKO KAISHA, LTD.-Tel. Ad: Tai-

wansoko

F. Inaba, director and manager

S. Toyama, assist. manager M. Santo

S. Shimidzu

TAINAN, TAKAO 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 oldest city in Formosa. For nearly two centuries it was the capital under the Chinese régime; prior to that it had been held by both the Dutch and Koxinga, and relics of the former's occupation still exist. Next to Taipeh, it is the principal city, and in it the District Garrison Headquarters, Law Courts, Hospital, Higher Schools, etc., are located. 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. The old Chinese walls, some five miles in circumference, have been demolished in many places to make room for improvements. Waterworks have been constructed in the hills some distance from the city and it is now lighted by electricity, the power being carried by an overhead line from a generating station a few miles south of Takow. Tainan is distant 218 miles from Taipeh by rail.

Anping is the shipping port for Tainan, situated about three miles west of that city on the border of a lagoon. 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. Formerly Anping was a small but thriving port, but, since the improvements to Takao harbour were effected, its importance has materially declined, and it is now almost deserted, though its proximity to Tainan still necessitates a certain amount of shipping calling. 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.

Takao is a port twenty-nine miles to the southward of Tainan. Located on the edge of what, less than 20 years ago, was a large, shallow lagoon with an extremely narrow and dangerous entrance, Takao has since been converted into a fine harbour with four buoys and a quay frontage capable of accommodating six large vessels (up to 23 feet draught) at one time alongside. At low-water the depth is 24 feet, with 30 feet at the harbour entrance, which is 350 feet wide. The harbour improvements under the first period of construction work are now completed, and vessels drawing less than 23 feet can readily enter the harbour. The second period of construction has been postponed for the present, but, when undertaken, will include the

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