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KOBE (HIOGO)—-OSAKA.
SISTERS OF CHARITY,
386
Variety Store-43, Native Town
L. Goettlinger
Walsh, Hall & Co., merchants-2
John G. Walsh (Yokohama)
do.
Thomas Walsh
Arthur O. Gay
do.
C. P. Hall
Orphelinat des Sœurs du St. Enfant Jesus. Rév. Mère Justine, Sup.
Sœur Elie
Soeur Bernardine
Sœur Borgia
H. G. O. Chase
Watson, E. B.-122
E. B. Watson (Yokohama)
G. Wauchope
P. K. Dumaresq
do.
Whymark & Co., Geo., butchers, bakers, compradores, and general storekeepers
Geo. Whymark
M. Voysey
H. Xavier
Lyeemoon
Young, George-83
UNION PROTESTANT CHURCH.
T. Larkin, D. C. Jencks, trustees
Missionaries.
CATHOLIC MISSION.
Notre Dame des sept douleurs, 37. L'Abbe Jules Chatron, mission. apost. L'Abbe Anselme M. C. Luneau
ENGLISH MISSION.
Ikuta Baba Suji—2
Rev. H. J. Foss
H. Hughes
AMERICAN BOARD MISSION. Rev. O. H. Gulick (absent) Rev. J. L. Atkinson, M.D. Rev. R. H. Davis Rev. D. C. Jencks Rev. J. T. Gulick J. C. Berry, M.D. Rev. J. H. Pettee Rev. O. Cary Miss Gulick Miss Dudley Miss Davis 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 The river is only navigable banks of the river Ajikawa, about five miles from the sea. 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 most imposing and at the same time the most interesting object to be seen in Osaka is the Castle, erected in 1583 by one of the Shoguns, the famous Tai-ko-Sama. Though less extensive than that of Tokio, it is a much grander and more striking edifice, and is indeed, on the whole, the first among the many hundreds of castles in Japan. It is now occupied by the Osaka garrison, and forms the headquarters of one of the six great military districts. The city is the seat of the provincial Government, which is called Fucho, in contradistinction to the other provincial Governments, which are termed Kencho. Osaka is the seat of numerous industries, 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, but 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 1879 was $547,563 compared with $452,527 in 1878, and that of the exports $351,172 against $198,902 in 1878.
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