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KOBE (HYOGO)-OSAKA.
METHODIST Episcopal Church SOUTH, U.S.A.
Rev. J. W. Lambuth, D.D., and Mrs.
Lambuth
Rev. W. R. Lambuth, M.D., and Mrs.
Lambuth
Rev. O. A. Dukes, M.D., and Mrs. Dukes Rev. C. B. Moseley
Miss N. B. Gaines Rev. B. W. Waters
AMERICAN BOARD MISSION.
Rev. J. L. and Mrs. Atkinson, 48 Hill De Witt C. and Mrs. Jencks, (absent) Miss E. M. Brown, 36, Hill
Miss M. J. Barrows 1, Hill
Miss S. A. Searle, 36, Hill
Miss J. E. Dudley, 1, Hill Miss E. B. Gunnison, 36, Hill Miss A. T. Davis, (absent)
SOCIETY FOR the Propagation or the Gospel.
Rev. H. J. Foss, M. A., San-no-miya Cho H. Hughes, Mission School, do.
AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION. Rev. H. H. Rheeз-5, Hill
R.v. G. H. Appleton-Shimonoseki
Masonic.
RISING SUN LODGE, No. 1401, E.C. Wor. Master-M. Fitzgerald
I. Past Master-R. Hughes
Senior Warden-Rev. Edmonds Junior Warden-Geo. H. Whymark
Sec. & Treas.-H. Lotz
Senior Deacon-L. D. Abraham
Junior Deacon-R. Hamilton
Inner Guard-H. A. Jaques
Tyler Ch. N, Spottiswoode
HYOGO AND OSAKA LODGE, No. 498, S.C. Right Wor. Master-Bro. J. C. May Im. Past Master-Bro. J. W. Barry Deputy Master-E. Bouger
S. M.-Bro. F. Walsh
Senior Warden-Bro. C. E. Stephens Junior Warden-Bro. F. H. Hunter Treasurer-E. H. Hunter P.M. Secretary-Bro. W. Warburton, P.M. Senior Deacon-Bro. W. G. Skipworth Junior Deacon-Bro. A. Aarstrup Inner Guard-Bro. T. Ditton Tyler--Bro. H. Heidkemper
OSAKA.
Osaka is the second city in Japan in point of size and commercial importance, and has not inaptly been termed the Venice of the Far East, owing to the manner in which it is intersected by canals. The city is compact and well laid out, the streets being regular, clean, and animated. Osaka is essentially Japanese, though a go-ahead and progressive city, and possesses much of interest to the foreign visitor. 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 Kobe the foreign trade of Osaka commenced to decline. Almost all the foreign firms in the latter city have removed to Kobe. 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 Tokyo, it is a much grander and more striking edifice, and is indeed, on the whole, the finest example of the ancient feudal castles of 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