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FIRST NATIONAL Bank of Japan,

T. Tori, manager

S. Fujii, B. Takata, clerks

YUENSAN (GENSAN)—WLADIWOSTOCK.

Risshin Sho Kai, merchants

M. Takagi, manager

NIPPON YUSen Kaisha.

M. Inamatsu

S. Kajiyama

K. Kato

Y. Tachibana, clerk

JAPANESE Merchants.

T. Nishida

M. Okumura

Y. Otsuka

Z. Kawanishi

G. Sanoda

K. Koka

S. Shimajo

C. Tanaka

S. Yanagi, agent

S. Okumura, manager

T. Fukumi, T. Shirahama, clerks

Fukushima, storekeeper & shipchandler

S. Tawara, manager

M. Nishiyama, T Miyata, T. Saiki

clerks

Hamada Gumi, merchants

S. Kimura, manager

H. Takeshita, T. Yokogama clerks

Kiodo Sha, merchants

T. Nishida, manager R. Hori, clerk

S. Kono

K. Miyabara

C. Nakamura

H. Watanabe

CHINESE MERCHANTS.

On Tai Insurance Co.

Low York Poo, agent

Sin Man Sing "Sing Kee," storekeeper Tung Fung Tai & Co.

Low York Poo, manager

Yuen Cheong & Co.

Fung Tung Foo, manager

WLADIWOSTOCK.

This port, on some charts still called Port May, lies in latitude 45 deg. 7 min. Ñ. and longitude 131 deg. 54 min. E., at the southern end of a long peninsula reaching into Peter the Great Bay. Of all the ports in 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 harbours in the East. 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 inappropriately been called the Golden Horn. The entrances to the harbour are hidden by Dundas Island, which divides the fairway into two narrow passages. This fine sheet of water first runs for about half a mile in a northern direc- tion 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 completely denuded of trees by reckless felling. The harbour, capable of accommodating 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 till 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