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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 sanetioned a seheme for the improvement of the harbour involv- ing an expenditure of 32,000,000 yen. Large reclamations were undertaken at Onohama, and commodious wharves and other facilities for the working of cargo are provided.
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 1913 to 1924:--
1913.
1914.
1915...
1916..
1917....
1918.....
Imports
346,608,977
Exports
170,470,039 | 1919.......
281,959,911 167,522,636 | 1920.................
269,216,398 197,597,830 | 1921..............
374,099,070 325,671,735 1922.
530,929,041 479,770,388 1923...
Imports Exports
443,249,116
1,015,141,760
1,127,476,835 518,987,252
768,209,362 229,144,369
856,356,675 279,821,530 1,007,926,455
357,111,891
784,310,224 539,350,392 | 1924... ...................... .....1,177,039,408 580,293,517 One of the principal reasons for the recent large export figures is the increased amount of silk shipped from Kobe since the earthquake of September 1st, 1923.
DIRECTORY
ABDULALI & Co., N. F., Import and Export Merchants-410, O.S.K. Building; Teleph. 951; P.O. Box 296; Tel. Ad: Najam
ABRAHAM & Co., L. D., Import and Export Merchants-50, Harima-nachi; P.O. Box 85 (Sannomiya)
L. D. Abraham
C. A. Aslet B. Abraham J. Abraham
E. B. Kawasjee M. V. da Costa J. Medina
J. C. Guterres
Admiral Oriental Line, Managing Agents U.S.Shipping Board-7A, Kaigan- dori; Telephs. 1595 and 1558 (Sannomiya)
S. A. Stimpson, general agent
E. F. O'Connor | A. R. Č. Mawdsley R. H. Morris
Agency
American Pioneer Line
AMERICAN TRADING CO., INC., Importers, Exporters, Engineers, Shipping and Insurance-99, Yedo-machi and Kita- machi; Telephs. 482 to 485 and 3997 (Sannomiya, L.D.); P.O. Box 17 (San- nomiya); Tel. Ad: Amtraco; Codes: Amtraco;___Codes: A.B.C. 5th., A.B.C. 5th imp., Western Union 5-letter edn., Schofield's Eclectic and Bentley's
W. Gauge, agent
W. Hirzel, sub-agent
E. J. Marshall, accountant W. W. Baer
H. C. Kendall P. Hiatt
J. B. Moulton J. H. Dowling C. H. Thorn
Mrs. Bisshop Y. Seto
F. Obata
H. Funahashi H. Motomura
National Cash Register Dept.-99, Yedo-
machi; Teleph. 483 (Sannomiya)
J. H. Dowling, mgr. | C. H. Thorn
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC.-32, Akashi- machi; Teleph. 1598 (Sannomiya); P.O. Box 197; Tel. Ad: Amexco
Amico Shokai Goshi Kaisha, Im- port and Export Merchants-39, Akashi- machi; Teleph. 3778 (Sannomiya); P.O. Box 286; Tel. Ad: Amicold and Trusty; Codes: A.B.C. 5th and 6th edns., Bentley's
ASSOCNS., CLUBS AND SOCIETIES
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (KOBE)
American Baptist Foreign Mis- sion Society-39, Kitano-cho, 2- chome; Teleph. 1984 (Sannomiya); Tel. Ad: Baptisma
Rev. R. Austin Thomson, D.D., F.R.G.S. (Mission Treasurer and Legal Representative in Japan)
Mrs. R. Austin Thomson
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN (Kobe Branch)-1, Kaigan-dori; P.O. Box 40
Secretary-W. S. Antill
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