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KOBE (HIOGO).

Mascarenhas, J. S., exchange broker—12

Medical Hall—18

A. C. Sim

T. Shaw

Meyer & Co., merchants-91

A. A. Meyer

Chas. Braess

Mitsu Bishi Mail Steamship Co.

F. Plate, agent

Chas. Es lale Walter Curtis

H. Lg. e, barge inaster

G. H. Dunbar do.

Mourilyan, Heimann & Co., merchants-1

Clas. A. Heimanu (absent) Artbur H. Groom (Yokohama)

W. J. Cruickshank

A. W. G.llingham

F. Guterres

W. H. Willoughby

A. Rickerby

J. J. Skinner

do.

Muller, C., Eureka Hotel-18

Nickel, C. T. M., stevedore and landing

agent, 20, Division St.

Nicolle & Co., merchants-42, Concession

P. A. Nicolle

Oestmann, A., commission merchant-47 Oppenheimer Frères, merchants

H. Blum, agent

Oriental Bank Corporation-11 H. A. Herbert, acting agent

Olson, John, stevedore-97, Bund

Pilota,

O. Smith, W. Harper, W. Lees, Io-

land S-a aud Coast

A. Topping, Tokohama to Kobe L. Harris, Kiu Channel

Prince of Wales' Inn-86

L. Horsley

Rasch & Ruyter, merchants-28

C. Rasch (absent)

J. L. Ruyter

Jobannes Ruyter (Tokoham )

C. Schrumpp

Reynell & Co., H. E., merchants

476

+75

Oastler & Co., engineers, ship-builders, blacksmiths, iron and brass founders, coppersmiths and general contractors- Shinden

W. Oastler

Inadzu

Scheuten, H. A., merchant-87

Schlesser, N., merchant-87

Schoning, H.-68

Scott, W.-Ikuta Road

Simon, Erers Co., mere ants-101

Jul. Simon (Hambeg)

Aug. Evers

H. Busch

O. Münch

Skipworth, Hammond & Co., tailors-3

Division strect

W. G. Skipworth

Smith, Baker & Co., werchants-3

W. H. Morse

F. R. Smith

R. B. Smith

A. T. Prichard

F. S. Morse

S. Yokoyama

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Star Tavern-35, Native Town

J. Brown

Stucken, Elmund, merchant-66, Foreign

Concession

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

tractors, and wholesale chemists

H. W. Tabor

H. P. Tabor

Y. Tomoson

Thornicraft, T. C., L.R.C.P. Ed., L.M.,

M.R.C.S.E., medical practitioner

Titjen, C. F. H.-16

Travellers' Billiard Room and Bowling

Alley-31B

J. Dutronquoy, proprietor

KOBE

(HIOGO)—OSAKA.

Walsh, Hall & Co., merchants-2

John G. Walsh

Thomas Walsh (Yokohama)

do.

Arthur O. Gay

C. P. Hall

Warburton, W., landing and shipping

agent-97, Native Bund

Wetton, E.-Yama

Whymark & Co., Geo., butchers, bakers, compradores, general storekeepers, 81, Division St.

G. Whymark

M. Voysey

J. M. Collins

G. H. Whymark J. de Beer

Wilkin & Robisor, merchants--26

H. St. J. Browne

UNION PROTESTANT CHURch. Robt. Hughes

De Witt C. Jencks, trustee

H. Lucb, bon. sec. and treas.

Missionaries.

CATHOLIC MISSION.

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

SISTERS OF CHARITY.-41.

Orphelinat des Sœurs du St. Enfant Jesus. Mére Ste. Anne, superieure

Sœur Borgia

Sœur Therese

AMERICAN Board MisBION.

At Kobe.

Rev. J. L. Atkinson Mr. De Witt C. Jencks Miss E. M. Brown

Miss S. A. Searles

Miss J. E. Dudley

Miss M. J. Barrows

Miss E. Talcott (absent)

At Okayama.

J. C. Berry, M.D.

Rer. J. H. Pettee Rev. O. Cary, Junr.

Masonic.

RISING SUN LODGE, No. 1401, E.C. Worshipful Master-J. Reid

1. Past Master.-W. Pitts Senior Warden-R. Inglis Junior Warden-W. Houghton Hon. Sec. & Treasurer-J. Marshall

Senior Deacon-H. Luther Junior Deacon-M. Fitzgerald Inner Guard— H. Murphy Tyler-W. K. Board

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. It is situated in the province of Settsu, and is built on the banks of the river Ajikawa, about five miles from the sea. for small vessels, and on the opening of the railway to Hiogo the foreign trade of The river is only navigable Osaka commenced to decline. Almost all the foreign firms in the latter city have removed to Hiogo. The most imposing and at the same time the most interesting object to be seen in Osaka is the Ĉastle, erected in 1583 by one of the Shoguns, the famous Tai-ko-Sama. Though less extensive than that of Tokio, it is a much grander and more striking edifice, and is indeed, on the whole, the first among the many hundreds of castles in 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 industries, including shipbuilding yards and iron works, and the Imperial Mint is