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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 mild. 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

Mokpo, in Japanese "Moppo", in the province of South Zenra, owes its prosperity to the rich agricultural lands lying behind it. It has a good and well-protected harbour with deep water permitting ships up to 15,000 tons to anchor close inshore. Regular steamship lines ply to other Korean ports and to Japan. Mokpo is the principal cotton-shipping port of Korea, but even here the rice exports are of far greater importance. Both go exclusively to Japan. The population in 1933 was 55,667.

DIRECTORY

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (JAPANESE)—

CHOSEN COTTON TRADING Co.-

CHOSEN OIL REFINING Co.-

MATSUMAE & Co., Importers of Piece

Goods-

MEORITA & Co., Export Merchants-

MURAKAMI & Co., Importers of Piece

Goods--

NAMBOKU COTTON TRADING Co.---

ОITA & Co., Export Merchants-

TOмо & Co., Importers of Piece Goods-

UCHITANI & Co., Export Merchants

HEIJO AND CHINNAMPO

壞平

浦 南

Heijo (Pyengyang) is the most important city of North Korea and shares with Fusan the distinction of being the second city for population in the Peninsula. It was the capital of the ancient Korean kingdom of Kogur- yu (Kokoli) and is now the seat of government of Heian Nando Province. Heijo is situated on the right bank of the Daido River, some 60 miles from its mouth and is an important railway, military and industrial centre, with