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there are several native Protestant churches. There are several foreign hotels in the city, the principal being the Oriental, the Tor and Sanborn's. The first-named is now owned by the Toyo Kisen Kaisha, the Japanese shipping company, and compares favourably with any hotel in the Far East. Two foreign daily papers, the Japan Chronicle and the Kobe Herald, and one weekly, the Japan Weekly Chronicle, are published in Kobe. There are, also, two native papers. The population of Kobe City in 1921 was 714,976. Of this number 4,727 were foreigners, the chief nationalities represented being:-Chinese, 3,295; British, 445; American, 260; German, 130; Portuguese, 81; Russian, 72; Indian, 158; French, 54; and Dutch, 46.
The Temple of Nofukuji, which possesses a large bronze Buddha, is situated in the old town of Hyogo and is worth a visit; and there is a monument to the Japanese hero Kiyomori, erected in 1286, in a grove of trees in the vicinity of the temple, which claims some attention from its historic associations, The bed of the old river Minatogawa was reclaimed in 1910. The upper part of the reclaimed area is now known as Minatogawa Park, where there is a City Hall, behind which is a large market. The lower part of the river-bed is a centre for public entertainments, such as theatres, cinematographs, etc. The shrine dedicated to Kusunoki Masashige, who fell on this spot in 1336 during the unsuccessful wars for the restoration of the Mikado's power, stands between Kobe Station and the Okurayama Park, where there is, also, a large City Library. In the park stands a bronze statue of the late Prince Ito, who was one of the most influential and powerful statesmen of Japan in the Meiji period. The Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard situated at Hyogo is one of the largest in Japan. The Mitsubishi Co., also, have a dockyard at the Western extremity of the port. The Government in 1906 sanctioned a scheme for the improvement of the harbour involv- ing an expenditure of 32,000,000 yen. Large reclamations were undertaken Onohama, and commodious wharves and other facilities for the working of cargo are provided.
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Kobe's excellent railway communications, both north and south, have naturally tended to centralise trade at this port.
The following table of values in Yen shows the total trade of the port from 1912.
to 1921:
1912......
1913....
1914.. 1915.
1916...
Imports
302,199,803
Exports 150,475,871
1917..
346,608,977 170,470,039
170,470,039 | 1918.
281.959,911 167,522,636
1919...
269,216,398 197,597,830 1920.. 374,099,070 325,671,735 1921...
1922 (to Aug)
Imports Exports 530,929,041 479,770,388. 784,310,224 539,350,392. 1,015,141,760 443,249,116. 1,127,476,835
518,987,252:
768,209,362 229,144,369- 631,073,000
DIRECTORY
AALL & Co.-15, Naniwa-machi; Teleph.
Sannomiya 1955 (L.D.); Tel. Ad: Aall
B. Owrum-Andresen, manager
Miss A. C. dos Remedios
ABDOOLA & Co., C.-28, Sannomiya-cho, Itchome; Telephs. 760, 703 (L.D.) San- nomiya and 895; P.O. Box 171; Tel. Ad: Abdoola
H. R. Muljiani
ABDULALI & Co., Import and Export Merchants-95, Kitano-cho, 3-chome; Teleph. 951 (L.D.) Sannomiya; P.O. Box 296; Tel. Ad: Najam; Codes: Á.B.C. 6th edn., A B.C. 5th edn. improved, Bentley's, Schofield's Eclectic, Schofield's 13-figure code, Lieber's & Lieber's 5-letter
N. F. Abdulali
M. F. Abdulali C. Lal
W. H. Kendrick M. Sanura
Higuchi
ABRAHAM & Co., L. D., Commission Mer- chants-51, Harima-machi; P. O. Box 85 (Sannomiya)
L. D. Abraham C. A. Aslet B. Abraham J. Abraham
L. Abraham
S. Ohashi K. Shundo I. Shindo
Admiral Line (Pacific Steamship Co.), Managing Agents U. S. Shipping Board Steamers, Passenger and Freight. -7A, Kaigan-dori; Teleph. 1595 (San- nomiya)
E. F. Townsend, agent
E. G. Froberg
C. Roswell Sharp | E. W. Latie
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