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KOBE (HIOGO)—OSAKA.
R. B. Smith (absent)
D. B. Taylor
UNION PROTESTANT CHURCH.
Stucken, E., merchant-55, Foreign Cou-
cession
W. Bohlens
Tabor & Co., H. W., compradores, con-
tractors H.B.M.'s Navy-55 Bund
H. W. Tabor
T. Shaw
E. Tomoson
T. Larkin, J. Gillingham, D. W.C. Jencks,
trustees
Missionaries.
CATHOLIC MISSION.
Notre Dame des sept douleurs, 37. L'Abbe Jules Chatron, mission. apost. L'Abbe Anselme M. C. Luneau
SISTERS OF CHARITY.
Orphelinat des Sœurs du St. Enfant Jesus.
Tillson & Co., D. H., compradores, &c., Rév. Mère Justine, Sup.
-18, Native Town
Sœur Elie
D. H. Tillson
Sœur Bernardine
C. M. Nicel
Variety Store-43, Native Town
L. Goettlinger L. Hosley
Walsh, Hall & Co., merchants-2
John G. Walsh (Yokohama)
Thomas Walsh
do.
Arthur O. Gav
do.
R. G. Walsh
H. G. O. Chase
Watson, E. B.-122
E. B. Watson (Yokohama)
G. Wauchope
P. K. Dumaresq
Wilkinson, J. C.-91
Young, George--83
do.
Sœur Borgia
ENGLISH MISSION.
Ikuta Baba Suji-2
Rev. H. J. Foss
H. Hughes
Miss Hutchins
AMERICAN BOARD MISSION.
Rev. O. H. Gulick
Rev. J. L. Atkinson, M.D.
Rev. R. H. Davis
Rev. D. C. Jencks
Rev. J. T. Gulick
Miss Gulick
Miss Dudley Miss Talcott
Miss H. F. Parmalee
Miss V. A. Clarkson
Miss M. J. Barrows
OSAKA.
Osaka is the second city in Japan in point of size and commercial importance and has not inaptly been termed the Venice of Japan, owing to the manner in which it is intersected by canals. It is situated in the province of Settsu, and is built on the banks of the river Ajikawa, about five miles from the sea. The river is only navigable for small vessels, and on the opening of the railway to Hiogo the foreign trade of Osaka commenced to decline. Almost all the foreign firms in the latter city have removed to Hiogo, and there is now not a single British firm in Osaka. The city is the seat of the provincial Government, which is called Fu-cho, in contradistinction to the other provincial Governments, which are termed Kencho. Osaka is the seat of numerous industr es, and the Imperial Mint is located there. In 1876 coins to the value of $6,613,405 were struck at this Mint, in 1877 to the value of $5,701,555, in 1878 to the value of $4,615,676, and a continuous supply of yen (dollars) is issued from the establishment, which are of similar weight and fineness to the Mexican dollar, hut owing to Chinese combination they only obtain currency in China and Hongkong at a discount. The population of the city is given as 549,280. The value of the imports for 1878 was $452,527 compared with $518,256 in 1877, and that of the exports $198,902 against $175,340 in 1877.
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