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HAKODATE-OSAKA
Russian Volunteer Fleet, (Okhotsk-
Kamchatka Lines)
China Navigation Co., Ld. Ocean Steamship Co., Ld.
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China Mutual Steam Navigation
Co., Ld. ;
Vacuum Oil Co.
HAKODATE CITY OFFICE Toyokawa-machi;
Telephs, 280, 310 and 602
N. Suyenaga, deputy mayor
M. Matsuo, treasurer
.HAKODATE CLUB, THE-86, Funami-cho
E. S. Shinkarenko, hon. secretary and
treasurer
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HAKODATE DOCK Co.-88, Benten-machi
Toyokichi Kawada, president
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Katsunosuke Kondo, managing dir." Chuzo Okamoto, director Aisuke Kabayama, do. Hisataro Shinagawa, do. Iwao Otsuka, manager Urusaburo Wada, do.
Kumatsuchi Matsushita, auditor
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Shigeo Sakaki, auditor
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Baron Renpei Kondo, adviser Baron Ryukichi Kawada, do.
HAKODATE Koso-IN (COURT OF APPEAL)
President-Kakihara Takekuma Procur.-Gen. Nakagawa Ichisuke
HAKODATE KU SAIBANSHO (Local Court)
Chief Judge-Kai Kazuyuki
HAKODATE KUYAKUSHO (MAGISTRACY)
Vice-Mayor- N. Suyenaga
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HAKODATE POST OFFICE ·
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Director Kinjiro Fukushima
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA (Japan Mail Steam- Ship Co.)-Telephs. 137, 548, 1354, 1366 and 548; Tel. Ad: Yusen
M. Ichiki, manager
A. Fukushima, sub-manager
Y. Murakami, resident marine supt.
SALE & FRAZAR, LTD.-23, Benten-machi
Teleph. 2159; Tel Ad: Frazar
W. W. Purdue
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OSAKA
Osaka is the second city in Japan in point of size and commercial importance and has not inaptly been termed the Venice of the Far East, owing to the manner in which it is intersected by canals. Considering the extent to which the factory system of indus- trialism now holds sway, the town recalls Manchester rather than Venice. Osaka is essentially Japanese, though a go-ahead and progressive city, and possesses much of interest to the foreign visitor. It is situated in the province of Setsu, and is built on the banks and at the mouth of the river Aji, The river is only navig- able for small vessels, and on the opening of the railway to Kobe the foreign trade of Osaka commenced to decline. Almost all the foreign firms, which at one time were established in the latter city, have removed to Kobe. Hopes were very generally entertained in Osaka of a recovery of the city's lost position in this respect, and to that end a new harbour was partially constructed to accommodate ocean-going steamers. The works, however, have not had the effect upon the city's trade that was expected, and though the scheme has not been abandoned the work has been greatly delayed. The most imposing and at the same time the most interesting object to be seen in Osaka is the Castle, erected in 1583 by the famous warrior Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and which was carried by Ieyasu, the founder of the House of Tokugawa Shoguns, after a famous siege, in 1615. Though less extensive than that of Tokyo, it is a much grander and more striking edifice, and is, indeed, next to that of Nagoya, the finest example of the ancient feudal castles of Japan. It is now occupied by the Osaka garrison, and forms the headquarters of one of the eighteen great military districts, and it has also within its enclosure an extensive military arsenal. Osaka, like Tokyo and Kyoto, forms a province in itself and has its own Governor. It is the seat of numerous industries, including cotton-spinning mills, shipbuilding yards, iron works, and sugar refining. Cotton-spinning may be said to be the largest industry. There are eight spinning companies in the city representing a paid-up capital of Yen 87,308,000. Of 37,607 looms (in spinning factories only) in Japan