YOKOHAMA-HAKODATE
INSURANCE OFFICES, Continued.
Oberrheinische Versicherungs Ges., in Mannheim Palatine Fire Insurance Company Phoenix Assurance Company, London..
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Provident Clerks' Mutual Life Assurance Association Providentia in Frankfurt
Prussian National Insurance Company Queen Insurance Company
Reliance Marine Insurance Company Rheinisch-Westphälischer Lloyd
Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation (Fire).. Royal Exchange Assurance (Marine) Royal Insurance Company, Liverpool Scottish Imperial Life Insurance
Scottish Metropolitan Life and Accident Assurance Scottish Union and National Fire Insurance Co. Sea Insurance Company, Limited, Liverpool.. Second Colonial Sea and Fire Insce. Co. of Batavia... South British Fire and Marine Insurance Company Standard Life Assurance Company.
Straits Insurance Company (Marine) La Suisse, Compagnie
Sun Insurance Office
Sun Life Assurance Company, Canada
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Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company Tokyo Marine Insurance Company Transatlantic Marine Insurance, Berlin Transatlantische Feuer Vers. Actien Ges., Hamburg Underwriting Agency Association, Limited Union Assurance Society, 1714
Union Insurance Society of Canton.. Union Marine Insurance Company Union Marine Insurance Company
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United Swiss Marine Insurance Companies Württembergische Transport Versicherungs Ges. Yangtsze Insurance Association
Carl Rohde & Co.
W. J. S. Shand
Kingdon, Schwabe & Co. W. J. S. Shand Grosser & Co.
Simon, Evers & Co. W. M. Strachan & Co.
China Traders' Insurance Co. C. Illies & Co. Butterfield & Swire Cornes & Co. Otto Reimers & Co. C. Illies & Co.
H. MacArthur & Co. Fraser, Farley & Co. Butterfield & Swire J. Ph. von Hemert Smith, Baker & Co. Fraser, Farley & Co. C. W. Ure, agent F. Schoene Robison & Co. W. J. S. Shand Mollison & Co. Mitsui Bussan Kaisha C. Weinberger & Co. C. Illies & Co. Cornes & Co. Flint Kilby & Co.
A. J. Easton, acting agent Findlay, Richardson & Co. Kingdon, Schwabe & Co. Kingdon, Schwabe & Co. Carl Rohde & Co.
J. Johnstone, agent
HAKODATE
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This, the most northerly of the treaty ports of Japan, is situated in the south of Yezo on the Straits of Tsugaru, which divide that island from Honshiu. The port lies in latitude 41 deg. 47 min. 8 sec. N., and longitude 140 deg. 45 min. 34 sec. E., and the harbour is nearly land-locked. The town clusters at the foot and on the slope of a bold rock known to foreigners as Hakodate Head, 1,106 feet in height. The surrounding country is hilly, volcanic, and striking, but the town itself possesses few attractions. The foreign concession has never been built upon, the few foreign residents in the port having taken up their quarters in Japanese buildings. A row of fine temples, with lofty picturesque roofs, occupying higher ground than the rest of the town, are the most conspicuous buildings. There are some Public Gardens at the eastern end of the town, which contain a small but interesting Museum. Waterworks for supplying the town with pure water were completed in 1889. The climate of Hakodate is healthy and bracing. The hottest month is August, but the thermometer then rarely rises above 90 degrees Fahr.; in the winter it sometimes sinks to 18 degrees. The mean temperature throughout the year is about 48 degrees. The population of Hakodate in 1895 was 68,594. The number of foreign residents in 1895 was 85, of whom 53 were Europeans and Americans, and 32 Chinese.
The foreign trade of the port is small. The value of the imports declined from $676,534 in 1890 to $12,101 in 1892, but had risen to $160,362 in 1895. The exports for 1895 amounted to $748,388, which was about the average for the past ten years. The agricultural resources of Yezo have been to some extent developed under the auspices of the Kaitakushi or Colonization Department. The rich pasture lands are well adapted