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FUSAN MASAMPO-MOKPO

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, Merchants

RISING SUN PETROLEUM Co., LTD.

SOCONY VACUUM CORPORATION

SUISAN KAISHA, LTD., Marine Products

Minami Hama-che, 1-cliome

TAKASE GOMEI Kaisha→12, Hon-machi

TANAKA & Co., Y., Import and Export, Shipping and Insurance Agents Telephs. 54 and 545; Cable Ad: Tanaka; Codes: A.B.C. 5th, Imp. and 6th, Acme Bentley, Duo, Scott's, Western Union and Private Codes

Y. Tanaka, director

TATEISHI HONTEN-25,

25, Hon-cho

TEXAS QIL CO., Oil Merchants

MASAMPO

浦山馬

Masampo was opened to foreign trade on the 1st May, 1899 The population in December 1933 was 27,470 (Koreans 22,242, Japanese 5,187). The climate is very inild. The harbour is good and in summer it serves as an excellent sea-bathing place. The superior accommodation of Fusan greatly interferes with the commercial expansion of Masampo.

MOKPO

浦木 Mok-po

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Mokpo, which, like Chinnampo, was opened to foreign trade on the 1st October 1897, in pursuance of a resolution of the Council of State, is a seaport in the province of South Zenra and has an excellent harbour capable of providing anchorage accom- modation for thirty or forty vessels of large tonnage. South Zenra is a great rice- growing district and has the reputation of being the wealthiest province in the country, and Mokpo lies at the mouth of a river which drains nearly the whole province. Mokpo has undergone a great transformation since it was opened. In 1897 it consisted of a few native huts surrounded by paddy fields and mud flats. houses now number upwards of 3,500 and the population according to the census of December 1933, was 53,165 (Koreans 44,535, Japanese 8,414)., A sea-wall has been built- and a bund road over a mile in length has been made.

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