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KONGMOON--SAMSHUI

DIRECTORY

ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (SOUTH CHINA),

LTD, THE- Cable Ad: Petrosilex

J. A. Cooper, manager

Lo Pak Keung, chief clerk

司公限有險保昌旗

Kee chong po him ydu han kung sze

China Underwriters, Ltd., Life and

General Insurance

120, Sheong On

Road Head Office: Hong Kong

Agent-Lui Seng Yoon

CUSTOMS, Chinese MaritIME

Commissioner-Yang Ming Hsin Assistants-Doo Hing Ki, Li Chao

Yuan and Chen Kan Sze Medical Officers-J. R. Lind and

Wong Ming Iu

Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-

H. Abbott

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Boat Officers Chiao Tung Chin, Wu Hai Chun, Shih U Chuen and To Chi Fan

Examiners-H. A. Thalberg, Lo

Shiu Chi and Lo Lim Po

會蕎儲國萬

Man Kwok Tse Chu Way

INTERNATIONAL SAVINGS SOCIETY (TARK

YEE Co.)-Sun Year Road; Cable Ad: Intersavin.

Yee Gin Wah, agent

NESTLE'S

MILK PRODUCTS (CHINA), LTD., Distributors of the Goods of Nestle &

& Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co.-238, Central Bund

POST OFFICE

Postmaster-Su Hsüeh Jen

STANDARD-VACUUM OIL Co.-Cable Ad:

Standvac

Seung Kai Hong, manager

TEXAS CO. (CHINA), LTD., THE, Petroleum

Products-Cable Ad: Texaco

Ho Heung On

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA MISSION

Rev. T. A. Broadfoot, B.A., B.D.,.

secty, and treas.

Mrs. T. A. Broadfoot, R.N. Miss B. M. Cairns

Dr. V. Cheung (on leave) Miss M. Carroll (Canton) Miss R. N. Isaac, R.N.

Rev. D. McRae, B.A., B.D. (Shek Kei) Mrs. McRae (Shek Kei)

Dr. J. O. Thomson M. D. and wife

(Canton)

Dr. J. R. Lind, M.D.

Mrs. J. R. Lind, R.N. →→

Dr. R. L. Cockfield, M.D., C.M. Mrs. R. L. Cockfield, R.N.

YEE TSOONG TOBACCO DISTRIBUTORS LTD.

-Cable Ad: Powhatan

So Man Hung

SAMSHUI

水三

Sam-shui

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 junc- tion 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 increased steadily until July, 1925, when the strike and boycott inaugurated against Hongkong shipping caused an unprecedented falling off in imports. The junk traffic is large, and the abolition of the likin station at this port and at the stage ports-Shiuhing and Dosing-from the beginning of 1931 was undoubtedly a great