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owing to the growth of the town, were found to be insufficient for its wants and a large extension of the works was completed in March, 1904. The reservoirs hold 405,240,000 gallons, and there are three filter beds and a service reservoir. The Sanyo Railway is now completed between Shimonoseki and Yatsushiro, in Hyogo province. Connection is made at Moji (across the narrow strait) with the Kiushiu line to Nagasaki, so that it is possible, with a brief sea passage of ten minutes between Moji and Shimonoseki, to travel by rail to Kobe and thence to Tokyo. The climate in Nagasaki is mild and salubrious, and there are several very popular health resorts in the neighbourhood, the most famous being Mount Unzen.
In 1906 the imports were valued at Yen 13,635,401, a decrease of Yen 5,513,744 as compared with the abnormal figures for 1904, while exports increased by Yen 1,207,795 the value being Yen 4,305,949.
Though the foreign trade has fallen off considerably, the population of the port has increased greatly. In December, 1906, it was returned as 168,436, nearly double what it was fifteen years ago. The foreign population, exclusive of Chinese, was 438, including 42 Russian. 106 British, 105 American, 55 French and 30 German, a slight increase on the previous return. An English newspaper, entitled the Nagasaki Press, is published daily; a monthly magazine is published from the same office, entitled Cherry Blossoms: The Nagasaki Press Monthly.
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