So it was that the precious deposits under the soil of Keelung were left undisturbed for 200 years.In 1894, Taiwan was ceded to Japan under the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
就這樣，埋在「雞籠」地底下的寶藏，一直靜靜地躺了二百年。一八九四年（清光緒廿年），台灣因一紙馬關條約被割讓給日本。