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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



SAMPANS NEARING THE BUND: TAIHOKU, FORMOSA 



DAITOTEI IS UNNATURALLY CLEAN FuR A CHINESE CITY 



Formerly Manka, Daitotei. and Taihoku proper (within the castle walls) were three 

 independent cities, but with the establishment of the Governor General's Office in the castle 

 and the principal administration offices around it. the three sections became amalgamated 

 into Taihoku. Daitotei is the Chinese section of Formosa's busy capital. 



