1935

CHEMULPO
m m m Che-mul-po
This port, called by the Japanese Jinsen, and by the Chinese Jenchuan, is situated
on the west coast of Chosen (Korea)j in the metropolitan province of Kyongki, at the
entrance of the Salee River, an embouchure of the Ran or (Seoul River. It was opened
to foreign trade in 188,3, when it was a poor fishing village, and is now a flourishing and
rapidly increasing centre of trade, with a population in January 1932 pf 63,881 (Koreans
5'1,006, Japanese 11,373).
The annual trade of Chemulpo is about Yen 140,000,000 (about L200,d00 tons of
shipping). Its principal drawback is a tidal variation of 33 feet, owing to which there
only exists berthing acebmodstion at present for 3 vessels of 4,500 tons... All larger
vessels must lie outside Shp-Getsubito island, in the outer anchorage; A new scheme
of reconstruction, calls for an expenditure of Yen 1,400,000, and includes the
construction of a berthing pier 371 metres long on the south side of dock to accomo¬
date 5 vessels of 2,000 tons, the reclamation of an area of 87,375 square metres for
warehouses etc. and the building of a groin to prevent silting.
The steamers of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, the Osaka Shosen Kaisha and the
Chosen Yusen Kaisha ply regularly between Chemixlpo, other Korean ports and Japan,
and the latter company runs services to Antung, Dairen; Tsingtao Dairen; Chinnampo,
Dairen, and Fusan, Shanghai.
Every effort is being made by the Government-General to make Cheinulpo the
principal port in Chosen for the distribution Of through freight and passengers to all
parts of the country. Railway lines have been and are being extended to the N.W.
and N.E. borders, with Seoul as the centre, and all the ports around the Coast are being
connected up with the trunk lines.
DIRECTORY
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Meteorological Observatory of the
, Government-General of Tyosen
Bennett & Co,, Merchants — Cable Ad:
Bennett
Walter Geo. Bennett, signs the firm
H. Kiuiura
T. Yamaguchi
Townsend Jc CA, General Merchants—
Teleph. 13; Cable Ad: Townsend .
Wm. MacConnell, partner
A. C. Biddle, assistant
British Consulate
Consular Agent—W. Geo. Bennett
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(J apanese)
Wolter & Co., Carl, Gomei Kaisha—
Teleph. 79; P.O. Box. 3; Cable Ad:
Wolter
Imperial Customs
Commissioner—M. Yoshioka
Dock Master—vacant
Appraiser—K, Kara
Hermann Henkel
Raul Schirbaum
H. Rieck, sign per pro.