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KOBE (HYOGO)
for the Restoration of the Mikado's power. In connection with the Imperial Shipbuilding Yard at Hyogo is a Patent Slip, which will accommodate vessels up to 2,000 tons. Its total length is 900 feet; length above water, 300 feet; breadth, 38 feet; declivity, 1 in 20. The slip is worked by hydraulic power.
Kobe is connected with Osaka by rail, the distance between being twenty miles. This line, which was subsequently extended to Kyoto (the ancient capital of Japan), a distance of 27 miles from Osaka, was formally opened to traffic by the Mikado on the 5th February, 1887. It was further extended to Nagoya in 1888, and thence by degrees to Yokohama and Tokyo, and is now known as the Tokaido Railway. It was opened through its entire length (376 miles) in July, 1889. The connection of these important places with Kobe by rail has naturally tended to centralise trade at this fast rising port. The Sanyo railway is also now open as far as Hiroshima, and is being vigorously pushed on to Shimonoseki, its ultimate terminus, 320 miles from Kobe.
In 1893 the values of the different classes of imports were as follows:-
Arms, Machinery, Clocks, &c. ...$ 3,320,095 Metals and Manufactures of ...$ 2,805,070 Beans, Peas, and Pulse
Cotton, Raw
Cotton Yarn
Cotton Piece Goods
...
2,219,957 Rice
10,284,896 Sugar
...
1,117,122
3,779,054
3,567,131 Wool and Woollen Manufactures 3,544,613 2,745,318 Sundries...
Drugs, Medicines and Chemicals 1,689,482 Kerosine Oil ...
2,149,905
...
•
4,041,633
$41,294,276
The value of the import trade for 1892 was $36,220,175; that of the exports $22,345,665. In 1891, the value of imports was $25,700,501, and that of the exports $21,733,718. The quantity of tea shipped from Kobe-Hyogo was 18,163,325 lbs. in 1893, compared with 20,066,120 lbs. in 1892. Practically the whole of this went to the United States of America and Canada.
The values of the principal articles of export in the same year were :— Camphor
...$ 1,265,630 Rice...
Grain, Beverages, and Provns. 1,720,346 Tea
..$ 3,623,402
2,801,430
Matches...
DA
3,234,649 Textile Fabrics and Clothing .
1,261,397
Mats for Floor...
C
1,720,299 Sundries
-
5,913,122
Metals
...
2,591,719
Porcelain and Earthenware...
836,980
$24,968,974
DIRECTORY
ABELL & RALSTON, Bill and Bullion Brokers
J. C. Abell
J. Ralston
ABRAHAM & Co., L. D.~90
L. D. Abraham
V. E. Abraham
J. W. Ottoson
AHRENS & CO., H., Nachfolger, Merchs.—10
E. Wisiner (absent)
A. Hofmann (Yokohama)
M. Sürth
A. Harmssen
Agencies
Norddeutscher Lloyd Steam Nav. Co. Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society London Assurance Corporation
AMERICAN TRADING Co.-17
C. W. Dimock, agent
J. Ball
A. G. Leppere
Agencies
Yangtsze Insurance Association Economic Fire Office, Limited
AMOORE, H. E., Manager Japanese Tree
Importing Co., Tenno Springs
BAKER, EDWIN, Preacher, 117, Gokentai,
Himeji, Harima Kuni
BECKER & Co., 8B, Concession
E. Becker
Theodor Bunge, signs per pro. Chr. Kipp
Sub-Agency
Manchester Palatine Insurance Co.
BERIGNY & CO., Merchants-118
Th. de Berigny
W. F. K. Fearon
Agencies
British India Steam Navigation Co. Boston Board of Underwriters