1917

FOREIGN TRADE IN THE FAR EAST
(d.) Ports in Formosa and the Pescadores open, for the present, only to junk
traffic :—h
(1.) Forirosa—Z
Opened in
Gosei (or Tokaku) to • Taichu
Prefecture 1899
Koro (or Oulong) Taichu Pre¬
fecture 1899
Bokko (or Lukong) Taichu Pre¬
fecture 1899
(2.) The Pescadores—
Makiu (or Makung), opened i
Opened in
Kiuko (or Kiukong) Taihoku Pre¬
fecture 1899
Toko (or Tongkong), Tainan Pre¬
fecture 1899
Tosekiko (or Toncho), Tainan
Prefecture 1899
1899.
III.—COEEA
Treaty ports:—
Chemulpo (opened 1880 under Japanese Treaty 1876).
Chinnampo (opened October 1, 1897).
Chungchin (opened April 1, 1908).
Fusan (Japanese Treaty, 1876).
Kunsan (May 1, 1899).
Masampo (May 1, 1899).
Mokpo (October 1, 1897).
Seoul (Hanyang) (British Treaty, 1883).
Songchin (May 1, 1899).
Wonsan (or Gensau) (opened 1880 under Japanese Convention, 1879).
Ping-yang (held to be open by Agreement among foreign Representatives
at Seoul, November, 1899).
Yang-wha-chin (opened 1883 under Japanese Convention, 1882).
Yongampo (date of opening not yet fixed).
Wiju (date of opening not yet fixed).
N.B.—Though the opening of the ports of Yongampo and Wiju has not yet
been officially announced, the Customs opened offices at these ports in July, 1906,
and foreign steamers call there without objection on the part of the authorities.
IY.—SIAM
Article IV. of the Treaty of April 18, 1855, stipulates that:—
“British subjects are permitted,to trade freely in all the seaports of Siam, but
may reside permanently only at Bangkok or within the limits assigned by this-
Treaty.”
g At the port of Awomori the following additional goods may be imported from the-
1st December, 1907:—
Tinplates, iron tubes, solder.
h At the port of Muroran all articles may be imported after the 1st December, 1907, with
the exception of those prohibited by Article 10 of the Customs Tariff Law.
i At the port of Wakamatsu the following goods may be imported:—
Fresh eggs.
Rice, unhulled rice, barley, wheat, oats, Indian corn and beans,
Iron ore.
Pig iron.
Manure.
And from the 1st December, 1907:—
Coke, manganese ore, ferro-manganese, and spiegleisen.
j At the Port of Suminoye only the export of commodities is permitted.
k Opening notified by Decree of Formosan Government, dated August, 1899.
I The Port of Kakoko (or Hokkokei), opened with the others in 1899, was closed from the
1st July, 1907, by Decree of Formosan Government, dated May, 1907.
m The name in brackets in this case, as in the case of each of the ports of Formosa and of
the port in the Pescadores, is the local Chinese name of the port in question,