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KOBE (HYOGO).

UNION PROTESTANT CHURCH.

De Witt C. Jencks, trustee

H. Lucas

do.

R. Kirby, hon. secretary

Missionaries.

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION. Notre Dame des sept douleurs, 37. L'Abbe Jules Chatron, mission, apost. L'Abbe Henri Perrin, miss. apost.

SISTERS OF CHARITY. 41.

Orphelinat des Sœurs du St. Enfant Jesus. Mere Ste. Anne, superieure Sœurs Therèse, St. André

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

SOUTHERN STATES, U.S.A. Rev. J. W. Lambuth, D.D., and Mrs.

Lambuth

Rev. W. R. Lambuth, M.D., and Mrs.

Lambuth

Rev. O. A. Dukes, M.D., and Mrs. Dukes Rev. O. A. Dukes, M.D., and Mrs. Dukes

AMERICAN BOARD MISSION. Rev. J. L. and Mrs. Atkinson, 48 Hill De Witt C. and Mrs. Jencks, (absent) Miss E. M. Brown, 36, Hill

Miss M. J. Barrows 1, Hill

Miss S. A. Searle, 36, Hill

Miss J. E. Dudley, 1, Hill

Miss E. B. Gunnison, 36, Hill

Miss A. T. Davis, 1, Hill

SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF

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THE GOSPEL.

Rev. H. J. Foss, M. A., (absent)

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H. Hughes, Mission School, San-no-miya

Cho

AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION. Rev. H. H. Rhees-5, Hill

Rev. G. H. Appleton-Shimonoseki

Masonic.

RISING SUN LODGE, No. 1401, E.C. Wor. Master-R. Hughes

I. Past Master-M. Fitzgerald Senior Warden-F. L. Marshall Junior Warden-Rev. Edmonds Sec. & Treas.-H. Lotz Senior Deacon-T. E. Beatty Junior Deacon-A. Kilgour Inner Guard-R. Hamilton Tyler-W. Hooper

HYOGO AND OSAKA LODGE, No. 498, S.C. Right Wor. Master-Bro. J. W. Barry Deputy Master-Bro. J. C. May S. M.-Bro. A. Aarestrup

Senior Warden-Bro. J. Mur Junior Warden-Bro. C. E. Stephens Treasurer-Bro. F. H. Hunter Secretary-Bro. W. Warburton, P.M. Senior Deacon-Bro. Chs. Wiggins, P.F. Junior Deacon-E. Bonger

Inner Guard-Bro. J. Dick

Tyler--Bro. W. Hooper

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. The city is compact and well laid out, the streets being regular, clean, and animated. Osaka is essentially Japanese, though a go-ahead and progressive city, and possesses much of interest to the foreign visitor. 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 Hyogo the foreign trade of Osaka commenced to decline. Almost all the foreign firms in the latter city have removed to Hyogo. The most imposing and at the same time the most interesting object to be seen in Osaka is the Castle, érected in 1583 by one of the Shoguns, the