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The foreign concession has never been built upon, the few foreign residents in the port having taken up their quarters in Japanese buildings. A row of fine temples, with lofty picturesque roofs, occupying higher ground than the rest of the town, are the most conspicuous buildings. There are some Public Gardens at the eastern end of the town, which contain a small but interesting Museum. Waterworks for supplying the town with pure water were completed in 1889. The climate of Hakodate is healthy and bracing. The hottest month is August, but the thermometer then rarely rises above 90 degrees Fahr.; in the winter it sometimes sinks to 18 degrees. The mean temperature throughout the year is about 48 degrees. The population of Hakodate in 1889 was 52,693. The number of foreign residents in 1889 was 69, of whom 36 were Europeans and Americans, and 33 Chinese; there are 16 more Europeans in other parts of Yezo.

The foreign trade of the port is small. The value of the imports in 1892 amounted to only to $12,100, as compared with $217,480 in 1891. The exports for 1892 amounted to $782,859, as compared with $638,709 in 1891. The agricultural resources of Yezo have been to some extent developed under the auspices of the Kaitakushi or Colonization Department. The rich pasture lands are well adapted for breeding cattle. In the valuable and extensive fisheries on the coast, however, the chief exports of the future from Hakodate are to be looked for. Increasing quantities of dried fish and seaweed are exported annually, mostly to China. The mineral resources of Yezo are large, and may also some day yield a valuable addition to the exports of this port. There are now three large coal mines in operation, one in Poronai, one at Ikushunbetsu, and a third at Sorachi.Hakodate is connected with the capital by telegraph. A railway from Otaru to Sapporo, 22 miles long, was opened to public traffic on the 28th November, 1880, and has since been carried on to Poronai, where are some large coal mines, the total length of the line being 56 miles. A branch to Ikushun- betsu, seven miles, has since been made, and another line from the coal mines to Mororan, a port on the south-east of the island, a distance of 143 miles, has been completed and was open to traffic in July, 1892.

DIRECTORY

AMERICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSION

Rev. Julius Soper, 53, Motomachi

Miss M. S. Hampton,

Miss A. Dickerson,

do.

do.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Rev. W. and Mrs. Andrews

Mr. and Mrs. Nettleship

W. A. de Havilland

Miss Tapson

Miss L. Payne, Kushiro

Miss Laurence

CONSULATES

GREAT BRITAIN

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

Consul-J. C. Hall

Constable-H. B. Lucas

RUSSIA

Vice-Consul-M. Oustinoff

Interpreter-Kaccabapa

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL

Superintendent-Noda Takao

HAKODATE CHIHO SAIBANSHO (DISTRICT

COURT)

President-Saito Kinpe

Chief Commissary-Yamashita Yutaro

Hakodate Koso In (Court of Appeal)

President-Takaki Tsutomu Procurator-Genl.-Atsumi Tomomari

Hakodate Ku Saibansho (Local Court)

Chief Judge-Fujie Tamijiro Commissary-Sumiji Kichinoski

HAKODATE KYAKUSHO (MAGISTRACY)

Kucho-M. Sogabe

HAKODATE POst and Telegraph Office

Teiji Sekine

HAKODATE SHISHIN SAIBANSHO (COURT OF

FIRST INSTANCE)

President-Saito Kinpe

Chief Commissary-Nishimura Minoru

HENSON & CO., Merchants, late Blakiston,

Marr & Co.

J. Henson

Agencies

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corpn. Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Lloyd's, sub-agents

Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.

Marine Insurance Company, Linit --Å Mitsu Bishi Collieries