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when the tide has reached a certain level. Near the harbour a large area has been reclaimed and is now covered with streets and buildings, including the custom-house, offices and godowns. Chemulpo is growing industrially and possesses flour mills and a cotton spinning and weaving, mill. The popula- tion in 1935 was 82,992.

The annual trade of Jinsen in 1936 was valued at Yen 231,660,525. (Export Yen 72,754,220, Import 158,906,305).

There is a wet basin, with two lock gates at Entrance, which can now accom- modate 8 vessels of 4,600 tons, and vessels can enter at all states of the tide. All ocean going vessels lie outside Sho-Getsubito Island in the outer anchorage about three miles from the port.

It has been decided to construct a new basin a little to the south of and running parallel with the present basin at a cost of Yen 10,000,000 which will accommodate vessels up to 0,000 tons. Surrounding the present basin are large warehouses suff- cient to handle the trade.

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The inner harbour is gradually being dredged to a depth of 26 feet 1. w.s. 1936 marks the fiftieth anniversary of opening of the Jinsen harbour. In this connection the plan for expanding wards of Jinsen municipal administration was put into force on October 1. As result seven villages adjoining Jinsen municipality has been in- corporated into the municipality. This means Jinsen municipality now covers 1,760 square ri in area or four times the area before enforcement of the plan with a popul- ation of 19,000 households with 93,000 members showing an increase by 2,000 in the former and 2,300 in latter. Jinsen has become the fifth biggest city and the second biggest trade harbour in Chosen, being one of the twenty big cities throughout the Empire.

Steamers of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Chosen Yusen Kaisha, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Amagasaki Kisen Kaisha, and Shimatani Kisen Kaisha, and some outside steamers ply regularly between Japan and Korean ports on the East and West coasts, and there are good services between Jinsen and Tsingtao, Weihaiwei, Chefoo, Chin- nampo, Antung, and Dairen with an occasional vessel to Shanghai via Fusan

Every effort is being made by the Government-General of Chosen to make Jinsen the principal port in Chosen for the distribution of through freight and passengers to all parts of the country. A network of railways have been and are being extended to the N.W. and N.E. borders, with Seoul as the centre, and all the ports around the coast are being rapidly connected up with the trunk lines.

昌廣 Kwang chang

DIRECTORY

BENNETT & Co., Insurance and Ship- ping Agents; Lloyd's Agents and

Surveyors-Cable Ad: Bennett

Walter Geo. Bennett, signs the firm

T. Yamaguchi

Miss M. Nakamura

BRITISH Consulate

Consular Agent-W. Geo. Bennett

CUSTOM HOUSE

Director-M. Oda

MUNICIPAL OFFICE-

Mayor T. Nagai

POST OFFICE—

J. Miyahara, Postmaster

TOWNSEND & Co., General Merchants-

Teleph. 13; Cable Ad: Townsend A. C. Biddle, proprietor

WEATHER BUREAU OF TYOSEN-Zinsen,

Tyosen, Nippon

S. 1. Kunitomi, director

WOLTER& Co., CARL, Gomei Kaisha- Teleph. 79; P.O. Box. 3, Cable Ad: Wolter

Paul Schirbauni

H. Rieck