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Telegraph cable.-It is proposed to supplement the existing cable between Kagoshima, in the south of Japan, and Keelung, with one between Nagasaki and Tamsui, frequent interruptions on the former line having caused great inconvenience.

Work will be commenced in 1910, the necessary appropriation having been voted.

Harbour works. Keelung.-720 feet of quayage, with 30 feet of water at low tide, has now been completed, but only passenger steamers are allowed to come alongside.

Extensive dredging operations are in progress and the harbour has ample accommodation for steamers drawing 30 feet.

Tamsui.-A little dredging has been done during the year in the Tamsui River, but practically no improvement has been effected. Vessels drawing more than 14 feet cannot pass the bar.

Immigration.-4,343 Chinese labourers arrived at and 3,404 left Formosa viên Tamsui during 1909.

Gold mining. Three Japanese companies are engaged in gold mining in the neighbourhood of Keelung. The purchases of gold by the Keelung branch of the Bank of Taiwan during 1909, which represent practically the whole amount mined, were 108,000.

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Annex 3.-RETURN of all Shipping engaged in Foreign Trade Entered at Tamsui during the Years 1907-09.

1907.

1908.

1909.

Nationality.

Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage.

Annex 4.-RETURN of all Shipping engaged in Foreign Trade Entered at Keelung during the Years 1907-09.

1907.

1908.

1909.

Nationality.

Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage.

Annex 5.—RETURN of Shipping Entered at Keelung engaged in Trade with Japan during the Years 1907-09.

1907.

1908.

1909.

Nationality.

Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage.

Japanese

302 454,546 364 554,049 368 606,452