1926

MOKPO
if Tt: Jfot.jjo
Mokpo, which, like Chinnampo, was opened to foreign trade on the 1st October,.
1897, in pursuance of a resolution of the Council of State, is a seaport in the province
of Cholla and has an excellent harbour capable of providing anchorage accommodation
for thirty or forty vessels of large tonnage. Cholla is a great rice-growing district and
has the reputation of being the wealthiest province in the country, and Mokpo lies at
the mouth of a river which drains nearly the whole province. Mokpo has undergone
a great transformation since it was opened. In 1897 it consisted of a few native huts
surrounded by paddy fields and mud flats. The houses now number upwards of 3,500
and the population exceeds 17,900, including about 20 Europeans. A sea-wall has been
built and a bund road over a mile in length has been made.
CHINNAMPO
M Ghin-nam-po
This port was opened to foreign trade on the 1st October, 1897, in pursuance of
a resolution passed by the Council of State. The port is situated on the north bank of
the Taitong inlet, about twenty miles from its mouth, in the extreme south-west of the
province of Pyeng-yang. It is some forty miles distant by water from Ping-yang, the
third city in the peninsula, has a population of 23,000, and is a place of considerable
commercial activity. The railroad traffic between Ping-yang and Chinnampo was
started in October, 1910, the distance being 35 miles. The province is rich in agricul-.
tural and mineral wealth, the latter being now developed by foreign enterprise.
The business of the port is increasing year by year, the rich hinterland holding
out good prospects for the future. The business community is entirely composed or
Japanese and Chinese. The Japanese population numbers about 7,000.
The principal articles of export are rice, beans, wheat, maize, cow-hides and
timber. Of imports, cotton and silk piece goods, matches, kerosene, porcelain, iron
and hardware deserve mention. The harbour of Chinnampo affords safe accom¬
modation for a great number of vessels of the deepest draught and the largest?
tonnage.