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KOBE (HIOGO)—OSAKA.

Watson, E. B.-122

ENGLISH MISSION.

E. B. Watson (Yokohama)

G. Wauchope

do.

W. H. Smith

REUTER'S TELEGRAM COMPANY, LIMITED

J. J. Cann, agent

W. F. Page

De-W. C. Jenks

Shita Yamote Dori Nichome.

Rev. H. J. Foss

Miss Hutchkins

AMERICAN BOARD MISSION.

Rev. O. H. Gulick

UNION PROTESTANT CHURCH.

Rev. J. L. Atkinson, M.D.

Trustees

Rev. Wallace Taylor, M.D., (Osaka)

Rev. J. D. Davis

R. Hughes

(Kioto)

Rev. E. W. Learned

do.

Missionaries.

Miss Gulick

(Hiogo)

Miss Dudley

do.

Miss Stevens

(Osaka)

Miss Talcott

do.

CATHOLIC MISSION.

Notre Dame des sept douleurs, 37. Abbé A. Villion

C. Jenks Dewitt, M.D., (Hiogo)

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 eontradistinction 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, 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 1877 was $518,256, and that of the exports $175,340, showing a recovery from 1876, when the imports had fallen to $406,089, and the exports to $99,722.

Consulates.

BELGIUM.

Consular Agent-C. Favre-Brar dt

NETHERLANDS.

Acting Consul-C. Braess (Hiogo)

SWITZERLAND.

Vice-Consul-C. Favre-Brandt

DIRECTORY.

IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT SCHOOL.

J. Eaton

G. Fesefield

C. C. Carrothers James Summers

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT MINT. Kawasaki,

DIRECTOR'S Department.

E. Dillon, B.A., F.C.S., technical adviser

and assayer

Wm. Gowland, F.C.S., metallurgist

and chemist

R. MacLagan, engineer

T. Howlett, coiner

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