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TAIHOKU (TAIPEH) AND DAITOTEI (TAWTUTIA)—TAINAN, Erc. 341

SOCONY VACUUM CORPORATION-7, 5- chome, Suyehirocho, Taihoku; Teleph. 1164; P.O. Box 97

H. T. Dew

G. E. Owens Y. Kanaike

STANDARD OIL CO. AND VACUUM OIL!

Co. (See Socony Vacuum Corpn.)

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE Co. OF CANADA-

(See Tokyo Section)

TAIT & Co., LTD., Merchants-21-22,

Minato-cho, 1-chome, Taihoku

F. C. Hogg, managing director

A. L. Pink, signs per pro.

Agencies

Peninsular and Oriental S.N. Co. Dollar Line

American Asiatic Steamship Co. American and Oriental Line Osaka Shosen Kaisha (sub-agency) South British Insurance Co., Ld. North China Insurance Co., Ld. Yangtsze Insurance Association,

Ld.

El Dia Compania Anonima de

Seguros

Board of Underwriters of New

York

Prince Line

Morris Commercial Cars, Ld.. Morris Motors, Ld.

Maersk Line

TWATUTIA FOREIGN CLUB

Committee-F. C. Hogg (chair- man), R. B. Orr (vice chair- man) B. G. Cowan, C. G. Skin-

ner

Hon. Secretary-H. L. Keen

TAINAN, TAKAO AND ANPING

The city of Tainan (until 1889 known as Taiwanfu or Taiwanfoo i.e. The capital of 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 cen- turies it was the capital under the Chinese

Chinese régime;

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 circum- ference, have been demolished 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 over- head 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. There is also a road on which is a regular service of motor buses. 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. moonsoon a heavy swell sets in, rendering it difficult and sometimes impossible for vessels to load or discharge. Form- erly 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 noth- ing to be desired.

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