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SISTERS OF CHARITY.

TOKIO-YOKOHAMA.

Rev. Mère Ste. Mathilde, superieure Sœurs St. Gélase, St. Emmanuel, St. Ber-

nard, St. Hubert, St. Omr

SCURS DE ST. PAUL DE CHARTRES, Scour Candide, superieure; Sœure Caro- lina, Marie Aspacie, Vitaline, Honovine

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RUSSIAN ECCLESIASTICAL M18810.

Rev. Archimandrite Anatoly Bishop Nicolai

Rev. Wladmir

Deacon Kriganowsky I. Tihay P. Lvoweky

YOKOHAMA.

Yokohama is the prin ipal Treaty port of Japan, and was opened to foreign trade in July, 1859. It is situated on the Bay of Yokohama, a small bay on the Western side of the Gulf of Yedo, in lat, 35 deg. 26 min, 11 sec, N., and lon. 139 deg. 39 min. 2) sec., in the island of Hondo, and is distant about eighteen miles from the capital, with which it is connected by a line of railway. The settlement stands on what was originally a swamp, and the town having sprung up only since the site was select- ed for a treaty port instead of the little town of Kanagawa-possesses few attrac- tions for the visitor. The scenery around, however, is hilly and pleasing, and on a clear day the snow-crownel summit of Fusiyama, a volcanic mountain 13,000 feet high-celebrated in Japanese literature and depicted on ao many native works of art is clearly visible. Yokohama is compactly built of low houses with tiled roofs, The town is divided into two nearly equal parts, the western balf being occupied by the foreign settlement, Beyond the plain on which the town is built rises a sort of semicircle of low hills called "The Bluff," which is thickly dotted with handsome foreign villas an l dwelling-houses in various styles of architecture, ail standing in pretty garden. From these dwellings charming prospects are obtainable. Along the water-front of the foreign sttlement runs a fine broad street called the Bun·l, on which, facing the water, stand many of the principal houses an botels. The streeta in the foreign settlement are well paved, krbed, and drained. There are Anglican, French Catholic, Union Protestant, an l'native Mission Churches in the acttlement. Yokobama bas greatly increased in importance of lee years. There are three English daily papers published in the port, namely, the Japan Gozella, the Jagan Herald, and the Janan Daily Mail; the later has also a weekly edition. In addition to these there is a French papel, L'Echo du Japon.

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The native population of Yoko ia na was, according to a census taken in 1882, 71,780. The number of foreign residents in 1833 was 3,968, of whom 2,681 were Chinese, 595 British, 253 American, 160 German, 109 French, 28 Dutch, 35 Portu- guese, 43 Russian, and the remainder of various nationalities.

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Tua imports into Yokoba na consist chiefly of cotton and woollen goods. In 1883, according to the British Consul's report, the value of the different classes of imports was as follows:-Cotton manufactur‹ s, 86,240,138; woollen and mix 1 cotton and woollen manufactures, $2,261,032; m tals, $1,185,581; kerosine, $1,351,947; sugar, $3,23 1,849; miscellanous for ign, $3,929,302; mise:llaneous local, $119,763 total, $18,818,612, as against $20,208,802 in 1882. The total value of the export, was $25,691,215. Silk is the most valuable of the exports, being set down at $18,270,912. The value of the t'a expo ted was $3,638,307. The total export o raw silk during the season from 1st July, 1833, to same da'e 1884, only half of which period is covered by the Consular returns, way, according to the returns of the Chamber of Commerce, 29,907 bales, of which 2,618 vere for Eaglaa, 17,271 for France, 9,783 for America, and 27 for other countries. The total export for the previous year was 28,731 biles. The export of tea during the season 1st May, 1833, to same date 1884, was 20,477,790 lbs., all for Auria, with the exception of 94,437 lbs. for England. The export during the previous season was 21,03),378 lbs.