English: The office of the British Consulate at Takow situated on the coast at Shaochuantou, the office of the Consulate faces the port, and is next to the customs to provide easy access for consular affairs and commercial trade. A gaol (jail) and a constabulary room were also provided for the consulate. During the Japanese colonial period it was converted to Kaohsiung Aquatic Research Station, and was engaged in canning research, development and manufacturing. Meanwhile, the building underwent extensive reconstruction. In 1941, the Kaohsiung Branch of the Aquatic Research Station was officially set up. After the national government came to Taiwan, it renamed it as the Kaohsiung Branch of Taiwan Provincial Fisheries Research Institute, where aquatic product research continued. In 1976, it was utilized as an official dormitory, and later it fell into an idle state. In 2005, it was publicly proclaimed a municipal historic site.