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KOBE (HYOGO)—OSAKA.
UNION PROTESTANT CHURCH. N. F. Page, R v. F. L. Atkinson, trustees R. Hughes, hon. treasurer
Missionaries.
ROMAN CHOLIC MISSION. Notre Dame des sept douleurs, 37. L'Ab Jules Chatron, mission. apost. L'Abbe Zeuri Perrin, miss. apost.
SISTERS OF CHARITY. -41.
Orphelinat des Saurs du St. 1. Jesus. Mêre Ste. Anne, superieure Sœurs Antonine, St. André
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH, U.S.A.
Rev. J. W. Lambuth, D.D., and Mrs.
Lambuth, Kobe
Rev. W. R. Lambuth, M.D., and Mrs.
Lambuth, Hiroshima
Rev. O. A. Dukes, M.D., and Mrs. Dukes,
Kobe
Rev. C. B. Moseley, Natsuyama
M. N. B. Gaines, Hiroshima Rev. B. W. Waters, do. Rev. N. W. Utley, Kobe
S. W. Wainwright, M.D., Oito Bungo Rev. J. C. C. Newton, Tokyo
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 Anne L. Howe, 1, Hill
SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION Or THE GOSPEL.
Rev. H. J. Foss, M. A., The Firs, San-no-
miva
H. Hughes, Mission School, 6, Hill G. F. Fenton, do.
Miss Birkenhead,
do.
do.
AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION. Rev. H. H. and Mrs. Rhees, 5, Hill Rev. R. A. and Mrs. Thomson, 5 Hill
Masonic.
RISING SUN LODGE, No. 1401, E.C. Wor. Master-Geo. H. Whymark I. Past Master-M. Fitzgerald Senior Warden-L. D. Abrahaın Junior Warden—J. Palmer Secretary & Treas.-H. Lotz Senior Deacon-M. Delf Junior Deacon-J. F. Bardens Inner Guard-W. Kerr 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. Heidkenper
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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
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