1. Distinctive features of Hokko-gun. Hokko-gun had a population in 1935 of 107,251, of whom 1,532 were Japanese; and a population in 1940 of 117,988, of whom 1,603 were Japanese. Hokko is the seat of the gun administration and the dominating center of the gun with a population in 1935 of 15,269. The next largest town is Karon with a population of 4,178.

The gun is on the coast, but has no harbors and very little fishing. Fish-cultivation is much more important than fishing. Belts of trees have been planted in places along the coast to protect the crops from the wind and to reduce the blowing of sand by the wind.

The Kanan Irrigation System extends into the gun, but irrigation facilities remain inadequate.

2. The gai and sho. a. Hokko-gai.

Population, 1935: 27,942, of whom 1,103 were Japanese. Administrative seat: Hokko.

Post office: at Hokko.

Police stations: at Koshu.

Schools: the Hokko Girls Practical School, the Hokko Higher and Primary School and a primary school for Formosan-Chinese. A primary school for FormosanChinese is at Koshu and another is elsewhere in the gai. Doctors, 1939: 11 Formosan-Chinese doctors and 3 Japanese doctors.

Transportation : Hokko is on a Japan Sugar Co. railroad which starts at Seira, runs southwest to Hokku, and then turns southeast to Kagi. A private railroad or pushear line runs from Hokku west to Koko.

The provincial north-south highway from Tainan to Seira runs through Hokku, as does an important east-west highway which starts from the government north-south highway on the east and goes west to the coast.

Business firms: Washun Gomoi Kaisha (Washun Co.); real estate and agricultural products; founded in Hokku in 1933; capital ¥190,000.

Satsuyokaku Gomoi Kaisha (Satsuyokaku Co.); agricultural management; founded in 1938; capital ¥160,000. The Japan Sugar Co. has a mill with a cane crushing capacity of 2,000 long tons per day. In 1935 the mill employed 461 workers.

Taiwan Soifun K. K. (Taiwan Milling Co.): founded in 1918; capital ¥300,000.

Taiyu Shoten (Taiyu Stores): rice, fertilizer, cement, grains; founded 1938 at Hokko; capital ¥130,000.

Branch of the Shoka Bank.

Hokko Hotel.

Special features: The Hokko Ma-tsu Shrine, also called Chotongu, is the foremost Ma-tsu shrine in Taiwan. In 1936 its worshippers numbered about 300,000. Worshippers travel to the shrine throughout the year, but especially for the festival held annually on March 23 (lunar calendar). The Amitabha Temple and the Gimin Shrine are also in the area.

b. Kancho-sho.

Population, 1935: 19,149, of whom 94 were Japanese. Administrative seat: Kancho.

Post office at Hokko in Hokko-gai.

Police stations: at Kancho, Kyakushisoki and Kayoryo. Schools: primary schools for Formosan-Chinese at Kancho, Nairyo and Rokuryo.

Doctors, 1939: three Formosan-Chinese doctors at Kancho, and one at Rokuryo.

Transportation: the Japan Sugar Co. railroad line from Hokko northeast to Seira has three stations within the sho. The provincial highway paralleling the railroad traverses the sho.

Sho area: 6.2 miles from east to west; 6.2 miles from north to south; total area, 24 square miles.

Sho budget (1936): ¥52,630.

Production: production has increased since the construction of the Kanan Irrigation System. Total agricultural production about 1936 was valued at ¥1,300,000. Livestock and poultry were valued at ¥70,000, with some livestock and poultry being shipped outside the sho. Dai Nippon Soito K. K. (Japan Sugar Co.) makes advances to farmers.

Credit association:- Kancho-sho Shinyo Hambai Kobai Riyo Kumiai (Kancho-sho Credit Consumers Retailers Utilization Cooperative).

c. Koko-sho.

Population, 1935: 18,605, of whom 81 were Japanese. Administrative seat: Shinko.

Post office at Kakoko.

Police stations: at Gigo, Shinko, Karon and Koko. Schools: a primary school for Formosan-Chinese at Koko, and another elsewhere in the sho.

Doctors, 1939: two Formosan-Chinese doctors at Gigo, and one at Shinko.

Transportation: a main east-west highway which runs from the coast east to the government north-south highway traverses the sho. A pushcar line or private railroad runs from Koko east to Hokko, paralleling the pushcar line.

Sho area; the sho is 3.7 miles east-west, 6.2 miles northsouth, with an area of 31 square miles.

Sho budget, 1936: ¥27,344.

Production in 1936, rice was valued at ¥50,000, fish culture at ¥120,000 to ¥130,000, and coastal fishing at ¥15,000. Thirteen thousand tons of sweet potatoes were produced.

Credit association: Koko Credit Consumers Retailers Utilization Cooperative (Koko Shinyo Kobai Hambai Riyo Kumiai); capital: Y35,260.

Special features: There are no harbors along the shallow coast, but a breakwater has been constructed which probably serves to prevent inundation by the sea. d. Shiko-sho.

Population, 1935: 18,120, of whom 126 were Japanese. Administrative seat: Hisha is reported to be the administrative center, but its population of 1,884 was smaller than that of Shiko, which was 2,461.

Post office: at Kakoko in Koko-sho.
Police stations: at Sanjoron and Shiko.

Schools: primary schools for Formosan-Chinese at Hisha and at Shiko.