Staying only for brief business ventures, merchants tended to reside within the protective sphere provided by the consulate. On the other hand, the permanent settlers-the missionaries-built their hospitals and churches in the middle of Chinese neighborhoods.
其中，短暫停留的商人集中在領事館附近尋求保護，而深耕台灣的傳教士則將醫院及教堂蓋在靠近漢人的市街上。