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KOBE (HIOGO)—OSAKA.

R. B. Smith (absent)

D. B. Taylor

UNION PROTESTANT CHURCH.

Stucken, E., merchant-55, Foreign Cou-

cession

W. Bohlens

Tabor & Co., H. W., compradores, con-

tractors H.B.M.'s Navy-55 Bund

H. W. Tabor

T. Shaw

E. Tomoson

T. Larkin, J. Gillingham, D. W.C. Jencks,

trustees

Missionaries.

CATHOLIC MISSION.

Notre Dame des sept douleurs, 37. L'Abbe Jules Chatron, mission. apost. L'Abbe Anselme M. C. Luneau

SISTERS OF CHARITY.

Orphelinat des Sœurs du St. Enfant Jesus.

Tillson & Co., D. H., compradores, &c., Rév. Mère Justine, Sup.

-18, Native Town

Sœur Elie

D. H. Tillson

Sœur Bernardine

C. M. Nicel

Variety Store-43, Native Town

L. Goettlinger L. Hosley

Walsh, Hall & Co., merchants-2

John G. Walsh (Yokohama)

Thomas Walsh

do.

Arthur O. Gav

do.

R. G. Walsh

H. G. O. Chase

Watson, E. B.-122

E. B. Watson (Yokohama)

G. Wauchope

P. K. Dumaresq

Wilkinson, J. C.-91

Young, George--83

do.

Sœur Borgia

ENGLISH MISSION.

Ikuta Baba Suji-2

Rev. H. J. Foss

H. Hughes

Miss Hutchins

AMERICAN BOARD MISSION.

Rev. O. H. Gulick

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

Rev. R. H. Davis

Rev. D. C. Jencks

Rev. J. T. Gulick

Miss Gulick

Miss Dudley 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 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 contradistinction to the other provincial Governments, which are termed Kencho. Osaka is the seat of numerous industr es, 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, hut 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 1878 was $452,527 compared with $518,256 in 1877, and that of the exports $198,902 against $175,340 in 1877.

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