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KOBE (HYOGO)-NAGASAKI

TALLERS, W., Merchant-26, Sannomiya

Machi

TAYLOR, GEORGE Y., Commission Agent

THOMAS & CO., A. A., Tea Merchants-39

F. H. Schluter

TRAVELLERS' BILLIARD ROOM AND BOWLING

ALLEY-31B

J. Dutronquoy, proprietor

TUSKA, E. H., Merchant-16

E. H. Tuska (Yokohama)

Harry O. Phillips J. Ritchie

UNION PROTESTANT CHURCH

Trustees Rev. F. L. Atkinson, W. F.

Page, R. Hughes

UPTON, F., Merchant-122

F. Upton

G. H. Whymark P. S. Symes

H. L. Phillips

VIGAN & CO., J. DE, Merchants—22

J. de Vigan (Paris) Ch. de Vigan do.

A. Breton

WALSH, HALL. & Co Merchants-70

John G. Walsh

Arthur O. Gay (Yokohama)

C. P. Hall

Agencies

Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Yangtsze Insurance Association, Ld.

WARLUTTON, W., Customs, Shipping and

Forwarding Agent-97, Native Bund

WEHRMANN, F., Baker-Ikuta-maye, 2

WHYMARK & Co., GEO., Butchers, Bakers,

and Storekeepers, 81, Division Street

Geo. H. Whymark

W. G. Whymark A. Richardson

N. E. Harris

WILLIAMS, J., Auctioneer and Con.mission

Agent, Division Street

WINCKLER & Co., Merchants-112

J. Winckler

P. Büller

WORCH & Co., Merchants-40

A. Worch (Paris)

E. Hagens (Hamburg)

R. Hoeckert

YANNY, GEO., Commission Agent-43

YOKOHAMA ENGINE AND IRON WORKS, LD.,

Takahama

A. Stewart, manager

W. Oastler, foreman H. Klingen, clerk

NAGASAKI.

Nagasaki is a city of great antiquity, and in the early days of European intercourse with the Far East was the most important seat of the foreign trade with Japan. It is admirably situated on the south-western coast of the island of Kiushiu.

A melancholy interest attaches to the neighbourhood as the scene of the extinction of Christianity in the empire and the extermination of the professors of that religion in 1637. At the entrance to the harbour lies the celebrated island of Pappenberg, where thousands of Christian martyrs were thrown over the high cliff rather than go through the form of trampling on the cross. Not far from Nagasaki is also the village of Mogi, where 37,000 Christians suffered death in defending themselves against the forces sent to subdue them. When the Christian religion was crushed and the foreigners expelled, to the Dutch alone was extended the privilege of trading with Japan, and they were confined to a small plot of ground at Nagasaki called Deshima. By the treaty of 1858, Nagasaki was one of the ports opened to British trade on the 1st July in the following year.

On entering the harbour of Nagasaki no stranger can fail to be struck with the admirable situation of the town and the beautiful panorama of hilly scenery opened to his view. The harbour is a landlocked inlet deeply indented with small bays, about three miles long with a width varying from half a-mile to a mile. The native town is on the eastern side of the harbour, and is about two miles long by about three-quarters of a mile in extreme width. The foreign settlement adjoins the native town on the south side. The chief mercantile houses are situated on the bund facing the harbour, behind which are a few streets running parallel with it, and there are a number of private residences