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KYOTO.

AMERICAN BOARD MISSION.

S. C. Bartlett, Jr.

J. C. Berry, M.D. and Mrs. Berry Edmund Buckley

Mrs. Sara Buckley, M.D. Rev. C. M. and Mrs. Cady

Rev. J. D. Davis, D.D. and Mrs. Davis Rev. M. R. Gaines and Mrs. Gaines Rev. M. L. Gordon, M.D., D.D., and Mrs

Gordon

Rev. D. W. Learned, Ph.D. and Mrs.

Learned

Rev. J. H. and Mrs. Neesima

Rev. A. W. and Mrs. Stanford

Miss Mary F. Denton

Miss L. A. J. Richards

Miss M. E. Wainewright

Miss F. White

OKAYAMA.

AMERICAN BOARD MISSION.

Rev. Otis Cary, Jr. (absent)

Rev. J. H. and Mrs. Pettee Rev. Geo. M. and Mrs. Rowland Miss Eliza Talcott

Miss Almona Gill

Miss Ida A. McLennan

J.J. Boggs, B.A., instructor, Chu Gakko

HIROSHIMA.

AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION. Rev. A. V. and Mrs. Bryan

Rev. F. S. and Curtis

Miss M. N. Cuthbert

TOKYO.

The capital of Japan [until the Restoration called Yedo] is situated at the north of the Bay of Yeo, has a circumference of 21 miles, and covers a surface of nearly 36 square miles. The Sumida, or Great River, runs through the city, dividing Tokyo proper from the districts on the east side called Honjo and Fukagawa.

Tokyo as viewed from the bay is a pleasant-looking city, being well situated on undulating ground, and possessing abundant foliage. The city is divided into fifteen grand divisions, each of which is again subdivided into smaller sections. It is in fact more like an aggregation of towns than one great city. The Castle of Tokyo occupies a commanding position on a hill a little to the westward of the centre of the city. It is enclosed in double walls, and surrounded by a fine broad moat. Within the Castle formerly stood the Imperial Palace and several public offices, but the destructive fire of the 3rd of April, 1872, levelled these ancient and massive buildings, leaving only the surrounding lofty turrets and walls. Since this great disaster, by which more than 5,000 houses were destroyed, the Mikado has taken up his residence temporarily in one of the Daimios' palaces at Akasaka, while the public offices are now located in new brick or stone buildings in various places near the Castle. A new Imperial Palace on the old site is in course of construction. The Imperial Garden called Fukiage is situated within the enclosure of the Castle. It is tastefully laid out in the pure native style, and contains fine forest trees, rare and beautiful plants of all kinds, a large pond, cascades, &c., and is most carefully kept. This fine garden well repays inspection, and admission can readily be obtained twice a week by visitors with orders granted by the different Legations.

Between the Castle and the outer walls, a large area was until recently occupied by the numerous palaces of the Daimios, but nearly all these feudal erections have now given place to smart brick or stone buildings, used as Public Offices, Barracks, Government Schools, &c., so that at the present time very few of the Daimios' palaces remain to illustrate what old Yedo was like in the time of the Shogunate. Some of those that remain, near the Castle, have been converted into Government Offices. They are large long buildings of a single high storey, plain but substantial, with no pretensions to architecture, but interesting as reminiscences of fondal Japan.