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KOBE (HYOGO).
which possesses a large bronze Buddha, 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. A new Slip, which will accommodate vessels up to 2,000 tons, has been constructed in the Imperial Shipbuilding Yard at Hyogo, and was opened on the 20th September, 1885. Its total length is 900 feet; length above water, 300 feet; breadth, 38 feet; declivity, 1 in 20. The slip is worked by hydraulic power. The population of Hyogo in January, 1886, was 27,720.
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Kobe is connected with Osaka by rail, the distance between being twenty miles. This line, which has been extended to Kyoto (the ancient capital of Japan), a distance of 27 miles from Osaka, was formally opened to traffic along its whole length by the Mikado on the 5th February, 1877, and has since been successfully worked. The connection of Osaka with Kobe by rail has naturally tended to centralise trade at the port of shipment. Among the exports, tea, rice, camphor, copper, and vegetable wax, take the lead. The value of the foreign import trade for 1886 was $11,038,563; that of the exports $12,519,900. In 1885, the value of the imports was $8,567,100, and that of the exports $9,024,300. The quantity of tea shipped from Kobe-Hyogo last season (1886-87) was 18,197,370lbs., compared with 16,875,345lbs. in the preceding season. The whole of this went to the United States of America and Canada. Shipbuilding is an important industry of the port, and a goodly number of iron and wooden screw steamers are annually laid down
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DIRECTORY.
Consulates.
GREAT BRITAIN.—9.
Consul-James Troup
Assistant, and pro-Consul-F. W. Playfair
Constable—W. J. Hooper
FRANCE.
Vice-Consul E. Frandon
Assistant-F. Steenackers
Interpreter-Shozi Kataro
CHINA.-Yama.
Consul-Hsu Cheng-Li
Secretary and Interpreter-Choy Chew Secretary-Yu Jackson
Japanese Interpreter-Yung Yin Chee
BELGIUM.-118.
Goneul-W. F. K. Fearon
SWITZERLAND.—5.
Acting ConsulDr. jur. H. Stannius
HOLLAND.-91.
Consul-Chas. Braess
SPAIN.-9.
H.B.M. Consul in charge of Spanish In-
terests-James Troup
DENMARK.-91.
Consul-Chas. Braess
HAWAII.-7.
Consul-S. Endicott
ITALY.-5.
Acting Consul-Dr. jur. H. Stannius.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.-9.
Acting Consul-James Troup
GERMAN EMPIRE.-5. Consul-Dr. jur. H. Stannius Secretary-H. Gutbrod Amtsdiener-R. Bernhardt Interpreter-S. Homma
United States.15—
Consul―T. R. Jernigan Vice-Consul-Hunter Sharp Marshal-Hunter Sharp
Interpreter-W. Ebihara
PORTUGAL.
Consul-H. E. Reynell
RUSSIA.-5.
Acting Consul-Dr. jur. H. Stannius