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YUENSAN (GENSAV)—WLADIWOSTOCK.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF JAPAN,

T. Tori, manager

S. Fujii, T. Mikami, clerks

JAPANES

M. Inamatsu

MERCHANTS.

T. Nishida M. Okumura

S. Kajiyama

K. Kato

Y. Otsuka

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

Z. Kawan shi

G. Sonoda

T. Ohashi, agent

K. Koka

S. Shimojo

Y. Yokoyama, manager

C. Tanaka

T. Fukuini, T. Marito, clerks

Fukushima, storekeeper & shipchandler

S. Tawara, manager

M. Nishiyama, T. Miyata, T. Sa'ki,

clerks

Hamada Gumi, merchants

S. Kimura, manager

H. Takeshita, T. Yokogama, clerks

Kiodo Sha, merchants

T. Nishida, manager R. Hori, clerk

Risshin Sho Kai, merchants

M. Takagi, manager

Y. Tachibana, clerk

S. Kono

K. Mivabara C. Nakama

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

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Ying Tsze Ping, manager Hsih Cheong Chang & Co.

Yew Hung Chao, manager Hung Shing Kung & Co. Yang King Ann

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WLADIWOSTOCK.

This port, on some charts still called Port May, lies in latitude 43 deg. 7 min. N. and longitud 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 that duties have to be paid on the following articles :-Alcoholic liquors, tobacco, matches. kerosine oil, vər s, sugar, sweatmeats, and canned fruits. Wladiwostock is one of the arbours in the East. From its peculiar long and narrow shape and d hidden treasures in the slightly auriferous soil of its surrounding imppropriately 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 diree- tion and then suddenly bends to the east for a distance of about one mile. On all sides it is surround by hills, low on the southern and higher on the northern shore, and which slope sharply down to the water's edge. These hills, ouce 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 trance by making either for Diomed Bay or some of the numerous sheltered