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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

T. Sato, president

J. Sato, clerk

H. Kmatsu, physician

M. Oishi, interpreter

H. Kuribuyoshi, accountant

K. Matsubara, apothecary

TRADERS' REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE.

YUENSAN (GENSAN)—WLADIWOSTOCK.

GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL.

Hamada Jumi

3. Kimura, manager K. Kawai, clerk

Kamei Shoko

J. Kamei

M. Takesuye Y, Ka-nei

Kiodo Sho Kai

T. Nishita, manager

S. Kog, representative

R. Hori,

clerk

C. Kumada, clerk

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF JAPAN,

T. Sato, manager

T. Torie, clerk

B. Takata, clerk

MITSU BISHI MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.

T. Miura, agent

T. Shirahama, clerk

Fukushima, storekeeper & shipchandler

F. Kanai, manager

M. Miwa, clerk

T. Sakamoto, do, K. Nishida, do.

Kumi

J. Mukovama, manager K. Okuni, clerk

Ritsushin Shoko

C. Nakamura, manager F. Miki, clerk

T. Takeda

Sanza Gumi

Tooda, manager

Ogawa

WLADIWOSTOCK.

This port, on some charts still called Port May, lies in latitude 43 deg. 7 min. N. and longitude 131 deg. 54 min. E., at the southern end of a long peninsula reaching into Peter the Great Bay. Of all the Russian ports on the sea of Japan in the maritime province of East Siberia, it is by far the most important, both as a military and commercial centre. It is a free port except for the importation of alcohol, which is subject to duty. Wladiwostock is one of the most magnificent barbours in the Bast. From its peculiar long and narrow shape and the once supposed hidden treasures in the slightly auriferous soil of its surrounding hills, it has not inappro priately been called the Golden Horn. The entrances to the harbour are hidden by the large Russian Island, still better known as Dundas Island, which divides the fairway into two narrow passages, an eastern and a western one. This fine sheet of water first runs for about half a mile in a northern direction and then suddenly bends to the east for a distance of about one mile. On all sides it is surrounded by hills, low on the southern and higher on the northern shore, and which slope sharply down to the water's edge. These hills, once verdant with foliage, have been com- pletely denuded of trees by reckless felling. The harbour, capable of accom- modating an almost unlimited number of vessels of deep draught and large capacity, affords a safe anchorage. It is usually closed by ice from about Christmas fill the beginning of April, but even then ships may safely approach the entrance by making either for Diomed Bay or some of the numerous sheltered anchorages along the eastern shore of Dundas Island. The transit of cargo is then effected to Wladivostock over the ice.

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