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Adams, Mrs. M. C. Air, Mrs. A. Arnold, Mrs. C. A

Bing, Miss Anna L. Boeddinghaus, Mrs. C. E. Brandram, Miss J. B. Brokaw, Miss M. E.

Christensen, Mrs. T. A. Crevich, Mrs. J. Crowe, Mrs. D.

Davidson, Mrs. J. Demarest, Mrs. N. H. Duus, Mrs. E. H.

Elliott, Miss M. J. Everding, Miss E. A.

NAGASAKI-KOBE-HYOGO.

LADIES' DIRECTORY.

Felman, Mrs. L.

Gheer, Miss J. M. Goldman, Mrs. M. Goodall, Mrs. E.

Haimovich, Mr. M. Harris, Mrs. H. Haskell, Mrs. S. E, Hutchinson, Mrs. A. B. Hutchison, Mrs. J.

Irvine, Miss R. L.

Johnson, Mrs. H. B.

Kragh, Mrs. C. H. Krebs, Mrs. F.

Lawrence, Mrs. S. F.

Mansbridge, Mrs. J.

Mls, Mrs. H.

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Reddelien, Mrs. A. Ringer, Mrs. F. Rogers, Mrs. E.

Smith, Mrs. J. C. Smith, Mrs. J. U.

Smith, Mrs. R. M. Smith Miss J.

Souza, Mrs. S. R. de Stout, Mrs. H.

Walker, Mrs. R. N.

Wengel, Mrs. F.

Wilson, Mrs. J.

KOBE-HYOGO.

Kobe is the foreign port of the adjoining town of Hyogo and was opened to foreign trade in 1868. It is finely situated on the Idzumi-nada, at the gate of the far- famed Inland Sea. The harbour is good and affords safe anchorage for vessels of almost any size. The two towns face the landlocked water covered with white sails, while behind, at a distance of about a mile, rises a range of picturesque and lofty hills, some of which attain an altitude of about 2,500 feet, and the steep sides of which are partly covered with pines. Kobe and Hyogo stretch for some three miles along this strip of land between the hills and the water. The Foreign Concession at Kobe is well laid out, the streets are broad and clean, and lighted with gas. There is a Municipal Council consisting of the Prefect, the Foreign Consuls, and three elected members of the community. The Bund has a fine stone embankment and extends the whole length of Kobe. The foreign houses are neatly built, and the San- nomiya railway station, within three minutes' walk of the Concession, has a very English look. The railway terminus is at the other end of Kobe, where it meets Hyogo, and there are extensive carriage works adjoining the station. A rice-cleaning mill was started here in 1885. The foreign concession at Kobe is the "model settlement" of Japan. There is a good Club and a spacious recreation ground at the East end of the settlement. The Union Protestant Church and a French Roman Catholic Church are in the Concession, and there is also a native Protestant Chu.ch in Kobe town. The Hyogo Hotel is situated on the Bund, at the west end of th settlement. A well conducted foreign daily paper, entitled the Hyogo News, is published in Kobe, and there are one or two native papers. The population of Kobe-Hyogo in January, 1887, was 101,231. The foreign residents in Kobe in 1887 numbered 1,139, of whom 724 were Chinese, 232 British, 69 German, and 44 American.

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The old town of Hyogo is only divided from Kobe by the river Minato-gawa, which is spanned by a substantial stone bridge. Hyogo contains few features of interest, and the streets and shops are inferior to those of Kobe. The Temple of Shin-ko-ji,

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