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OSAKA
provincial government, which is called Fucho, in contradistinction to most of the other provincial governments, which are termed Kencho. Osaka is the seat of numerous industries, including cotton spinning mills, shipbuilding yards, iron works, and sugar refining, and the Imperial Mint is located there. This establishment is in active operation and turns out a coinage not surpassed by any in the world. The trade statistics of Osaka in recent years have shown remarkable growth. In 1900 the imports amounted to yen 9,741,436 and the exports to yen 9,626,595, showing an increase of nearly 40 per cent. on the previous year's returas. In each succeeding year there was steady growth in imports, while exports jumped up astonishingly. In 1904 the figures were: imports yen 16,977,392 and exports yen 20,790,208, The returns for 1905 showed a further increase in the trade of Osaka, the imports amounted to 18,499,831 yen while the exports increased to 51,938,208 yen, being over 25 millions more than in 1974, which was the record year. Supplies for the large army in Manchuria were of course responsible for these abnormal figures. The British and American residents, numbering about 100 are, with few exceptions, missionaries.
DIRECTORY
ASAI & Co. T., Import and Export General Commission Agents, 149 and 150, Na- kanoshima, 5-Chome: Tel. Ad. Tomo
Tomotaro Asai
Rokuro Nakaseko, manager George Asai
Meguru Ozawa
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CHINA AND Japan Trading Company, Ld.
Agency
Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, Ld.
of London
D. Kennedy
A. du Bousquet
CHOREI TAKEDA, Wholesale and Export Druggist, Doshomachi; Tel. Address :— "Takedacho"
CONSULATES
BELGIUM
(See Advertisement)
Consul--James Favre-Brandt
NORWAY
Consul-William Campbell
DAI NIPPON BREWERY Co., L., Suita; Products: Yebisu Beer, Sapporo Beer, Asahi Beer; Tel. Ad. Beer,” Osaka Head Oflice--Meguro, Tokio
President--Kiohei Makoshi
Mang. Director-Chozaburo Uyemura Directors-Baron Eiichi Shibusawa,
Taisuke Miura. Ichitaro Tanaka, Shintaro Ohashi. Tokuhei Taku
(See Advertisement)
EDGAR ALLEN & Co., LD. (Imperial Steel Works, Sheffield, England), 184, Naka- no-shima, Go-Chome; Tel. Ad. "Chikara," Osaka; Teleph. Nishi, 1740
Directors William
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Edgar Allen,
Robert Woodward, Alfred E. Wells, Frederick A. Warlow, William Crosby (Shetfield)
J. C. Ward, registered representative
(signs per pro.) Joseph Willoughby R. F. A. Malabar T. Hayashi Manufacturers of
Tool Steel, Miners's Drill Steel, Saws, Files, High Speed Twist Drills, Steel Castings and Forgings, Wheels and Axles, Imperial Manganese Steel Tramway Points and Crossings and Tramway Material of all kinds, Coal Screening and Conveying Plants, Elevators, Pulverizers. Ore Crushers,Stone Breakers, Separators, etc., etc.
Favre-Brandt, C. & J., Merchants-10
Concession
C. Favre-Brandt (Neuchatel) J. Favre-Brandt (Yokohama)
J. Favre, M.E., signs per pro. C. Favre,
F. Favre
do.
GOVERNMENT OFFICES
IMPERIAL CUSTOMS
Director-R. Otsuki Controller-T. Morimoto
Chief Inspector—Miyaki Matasichi Chief Appraiser-K. Sekiguchi
IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT MINT(Kawasaki)
Director-T. Hasegawa Assayer --Y. Koga, H., F.C.S.
OSAKA CASTLE
Commandt.-Lt.-Gl. Baron M.Ogawa Digitized by
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