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HAKODATE.

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A row of fine temples, with lofty pistureque roofs, occupying higher ground than the rest of the town, are the mesi curs is healthy and bracing. The hot st taonth is August, but the thermometer then picuous buildings. The chat Hakolato rarely rises above 90 degrees Faks.: in the winter it sometimes sinks to 13 degrees, The mean temperature throughout the year is about 48 degrees,

The foreign trade of the ports small and has never been important. The foreign shipping is annually decreasing and the direct imports have fallen s The imports for 1877 and 1878 were ail, for 1879 they only atuounted to 84,459, rely. in 1880 to $10,943, in 1881 to $16,983 (after deducting Government purchases), and in 1582 to 87,417 compared with $27,308 in 1876. The exports for 1882 amounted to $508,087, compared with $513,628 in 1881, $749,261 in 1889, 8892,515 in 1879, $688,940 in 1878, and $411,655 in 1877. The agricultural resources of Yesso have been to some extent developed under the auspices of the Kaitakushi or Coloniza- tion Department. The rich pasture lands are well adapted for breeding cattle. In the valuable and extensive fishcries on the coast, however, the chief exports of the futuro from Hakodate are to be looked for. Increasing quantities of dried fish and seaweed are exported annually, mostly to Chim. The mineral resources of Yesso, said to be large, may also some day yield a valuable addition to the exports of this port, Hakodate is connected with the capital by telegraph. A railway from Otarunai to Sapporo, 22 miles long, was opened to public traffic on the 28th November, 1880. The population of Hakodate is about 31,000. The number of foreign residents in 1882 was 59, of whom 17 were British, and 25 Chinese.

HAKODATE.

Mitsu Bishi Mail Steamship Company

E. R. Holmes, agent

Capt. R. Hogg, hulk Atago-maru J. Jensen, hulk, Kagoshima-maru G. W. Buckmaster, reserve engineer Morizen's Hotel and Restaurant

Morizen, proprietor

Reimers & Co., C. F., general`merchants

and commission agents

C. F. Reimers

G. W. Miller

Scott, James, milwright and machinist Takasima Colliery

E. R. Holmes, agent,

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Thompson, J. R., shipchandler, naval con-

tractor, and ship carunter

J. R. Thompson

Yesso Market, navy intr dores, and general "ent

G. W. Miller, miger

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Missionaris.

ctors, compra-

RUSSIAN MISSION. Rev. Demetrius (absent)

AMERICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSION.

Rev. L. W. and Mrs. Squier Rev. C. W. and Mrs. Green Miss F. N. Hamisfor, M.D. Miss Hampton

CHURCH OF ENGLAND MISSION.

J. Butchelor KIDDIT

Rev. W. Andrews, M.A., and Mrs.

and Miss Andrews

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION,

L' Abbé Julien Langlais

do.

Urbain Faurie

do.

Joseph Legrand

SISTERS OF CHARITY.

Sour Macarie

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do. Agathe Marie

Marie-Elise

Rev. Mère Marie Auguste, Superieure

do. Onésime

do.

do.

Anastasie

SAPPORO. (Agricultural College.)

W. P. Brooks

J. C. Cutter, M.D.

Consulates.

GREAT BRITAIN,

DIRECTORY.

Vice-Consul-J. J. Enslic (absent) Acting Vice-Consul-W. A. Woolley Constable-H. B. Lucas

DENMARK.

Henson & Co., agen!s—

Hongkong Fire Insurance Company,

Limited

*Indo-China Steam Navigation Company,

Limited

Howell & Co., agents—

Yangtze Insurance Association

North China Insurance Company

Consul-John H. Dūūs

UNITED STATES.

Consular Agent-Rev. L. W. Squier

'KENCIO.

Takito Tamemoto, Kenrei

Aritaki Utaku, chief secretary Hori Kimpo, assist.

do.

Agencies.

Dūūs, John H., agent-

Marine Insurance Company Lloyd's, London

Professions and Trades.

Dūūs, John II., merchant

Hakodate Hotel

Hinode, proprietor

Henson & Co., merchants

J. Hensou

• H. Henson

Howell & Co., merchants

J. A. Wilson

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