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OSAKA-KOBE (HYOGO).
GULICK, Dr. THEODORE W., Daisan Koto
Chu Gakko, 2, Yoshidamachi
KENSHI SILK Spinning and Weaving MILL
Nobayashi Sakubei, president
H. Binns, manager
RUSSIAN ECCLESIASTICAL MISSION Rev. Sergy Stragorodsky
SHARP, E. HAMILTON, Professor of English Literature, Dai San Koto Chu Gakko
NAGOYA
METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSION
Rev. D. S. and Mrs. Spencer Miss Mary A. Wilson
Mrs. Van Petten
MISSION OF WYCLIFFE COLLEGE, Toronto
(Church of England)
Rev. J. Cooper, 43, Higashi Kataha-
machi Sanchome
Rev. J. Macqueen Baldwin, do. Mrs. Robinson,
Rev. H. J. Hamilton, M.A.
do.
METHODIST PROTESTANT MISSION
Rev. F. C. and Mrs. Klein, 101, Minami
Buheicho
Rev. L. L. and Mrs. Albright (absent) Rev. E. H. and Mrs. Van Dyke, 25,
Nishi Kusabuke, Shidzuoka
Miss A. L. Forrest, 84, Minami Kaji-
vacho
Miss Jane R. Whetstone
OKAYAMA
AMERICAN BOARD MISSION
Rev. J. H. and Mrs. Pettee Rev. S. S. and Mrs. White
Miss Alice P. Adams
Miss Nina C. Stewart
Miss Carrie M. Telford
Davis, A. A., B.A., 14, Concession MULLER, FRANK, Chu Gappo
TOTTORI
AMERICAN BOARD MISSION
Rev. Geo. M. and Mrs. Rowland Miss A. Danghaday
KOBE-HYOGO
Kobe was until 1892 the foreign port of the adjoining town of Hyogo and was opened to foreign trade in 1868; in October, 1892, Hyogo was also declared by the Japanese Government to form part of the open port. The port is finely situated on the Idzumi-nada, at the gate of the far-famed Inland Sea. The harbour is good and affords safe anchorage for vessels of almost any size. The two towns face the landlocked water covered with white sails, while behind, at a distance of about a mile, rises a range of picturesque and lofty hills, some of which attain an altitude of about 2,500 feet, and the steep sides of which are partly covered with pines. Kobe and Hyogo stretch for some three miles along this strip of land between the hills and the water. The Foreign Concession at Kobe is well laid out, the streets are broad and clean, and lighted with gas. There is a Municipal Council consisting of the Governor, the Foreign Consuls, and three elected members of the community. The Bund has a fine stone embankment and extends the whole length of Kobe. The foreign houses are neatly built, and the Sannomiya railway station, within three minutes' walk of the Concession, has a very English look. The railway terminus is at the other end of Kobe, where it meets Hyogo, and there are extensive carriage works adjoining the station. A rice-cleaning mill was started here in 1885. The foreign concession at Kobe is the “model settlement" of Japan. There is a good Club and spacious recreation ground at the East end of the settlement. The Union Protestant Church and a French Roman Catholic Church are in the Concession, and there is also a native Protestant Church in Kobe town. The Hyogo Hotel, situated on the Bund, is at present closed; the Oriental Hotel has a monopoly now, new premises have been recently acquired, and building, it is expected, will commence thereon soon. foreign daily papers, the Hyogo News, the Kobe Herald, and the Kobe Chronicle, are published in Kobe, and there are one or two native papers. The population of Kobe- Hyogo in December, 1892, was 148,519. The number of foreign residents in Kobe in 1892 was 553, exclusive of Chinese, who numbered 949.
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The old town of Hyogo is only divided from Kobe by the river Minato, which is spanned by a substantial stone bridge. Hyogo contains few features of interest, and the streets and shops are inferior to those of Kobe, its population being much smaller
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