1924

KONGMOON
sundries, including a variety of Japanese commodities of a cheap nature. Large
quantities of softwood poles are floated down in the form of rafts, which are
dismantled here. These mostly come from beyond Wuchow and also from the North
River. The yearly value of this branch of the trade is estimated at about $750,000.
Owing to the frequent piracies in the delta, the cocoon market hitherto established
at Yunki has been transferred to Kongmoon, and the numerous steam launches and
boats employed in this line of business give the port in front of the settlement a
lively and animated appearance. There are two silk filatures in the town which
afford employment to about 300 women each; the total out-turn of silk amounts to
about 100 catties per day. An interesting local industry is the dredging of large
shells, from which a good quality of lime is made. The annual production of these
shells is estimated at 200,000 piculs, worth about $40,000. Quite an important
industry has sprung up in Kongmoon, namely, the preserving and canning of Chinese
fruit for export abroad, where it is consumed by the numerous Chinese in America,
Australia and the Straits Settlements. Paper, which finds a ready market in Hong¬
kong, is manufactured by the Kongmoon Paper Mill, whose output of 40 piculs a day
has been increased recently by'50 per cent, in consequence of the installation of
additional machinery from England.
The unique opportunities presented for transport by the unrivalled waterways of the
delta have been well developed by native enterprise, and there is a large and lucrative
passenger trade with Canton, Fatshan, Sancheong, Hongkong, Macao, etc. Large,
roomy native passenger boats towed by powerful launches are engaged in this trade.
The surrounding country is picturesque, fertile and highly cultivated, and the inhabit¬
ants are prosperous and industrious. Rice is, of course, the principal crop, and it is-
milled locally, but mulberry shoots are very extensively cultivated for sale in the silk-
producing centres, and large quantities of fresh vegetables are exported to supply the
Hongkong market.
The net value of the port’s trade in 1922 was Hk. Tls. 10,658,177, as compared
with Hk. Tls. 8,236,251 in 1921, Hk. Tls. 6,588,479 in 1920, and Hk. Tls. 4,384,902
in 1919.
DIRECTORY
Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South China),
Ltd.—Tel. Ad: Petrosilex
G. C. Worrall, manager
British-American Tobacco Co. (China),
Ltd.—Tel. Ad: Powhattan
O. M. Hoh, manager
British Consulate
Consul-General—(residing at Canton)
Canadian Presbyterian Mission
Rev. B. D. Armstrong, b.a.
Mrs. B. D. Armstrong, r.n.
Rev. T. A. Broadfoot, b.a.
Mrs. T. A. Broadfoot, b.d.
Harvey Becking
Mrs. Harvey Becking
Miss L. I. Crockett
Miss E. M. Duncan
Dr. Jessie A. MacBean
Dr. W. B. McClure
Mrs. McClure
Dr. John A. McDonald, secretary
Mrs. John A. McDonald
Miss B. M. Cairns
Miss H. A. Shearer
Miss A. J. Dulmage
Customs, Chinese Maritime
Acting Commissioner—H. D. Hilliard
Assistant—H. R. J. W. Flanagan
Medical Officer—J. A. McDonald
Assistants—Fong Kun-chiu, Ng Shin-
hung, Leung Im
Tidesurveyor and Harbour master—
T. H. Smith
Examiners—C. S. Goddard, W. Batcley
Tidewaiters — F. A. Strandvig, W.
Neville, H. A. Stork, W. J. Morris
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. (China)
W. Ramsey, manager
Post Office, Chinese
Postal Commissioner— (residing at-
Canton)
Postmaster—Tong Kum Chuen
Standard Oil Co. of New York—Tel. Ad:
Socony
W. C. McDonald, manager
B. B. Anthony
Texas Company—Pakkai
S, C. Wah
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