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OSAKA-KOBE (HYOGO).

GULICK, Dr. THEODORE W., Daisan Koto

Chu Gakko, 2, Yoshidamachi

KENSHI SILK Spinning and Weaving MILL

Nobayashi Sakubei, president

H. Binns, manager

RUSSIAN ECCLESIASTICAL MISSION Rev. Sergy Stragorodsky

SHARP, E. HAMILTON, Professor of English Literature, Dai San Koto Chu Gakko

NAGOYA

METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSION

Rev. D. S. and Mrs. Spencer Miss Mary A. Wilson

Mrs. Van Petten

MISSION OF WYCLIFFE COLLEGE, Toronto

(Church of England)

Rev. J. Cooper, 43, Higashi Kataha-

machi Sanchome

Rev. J. Macqueen Baldwin, do. Mrs. Robinson,

Rev. H. J. Hamilton, M.A.

do.

METHODIST PROTESTANT MISSION

Rev. F. C. and Mrs. Klein, 101, Minami

Buheicho

Rev. L. L. and Mrs. Albright (absent) Rev. E. H. and Mrs. Van Dyke, 25,

Nishi Kusabuke, Shidzuoka

Miss A. L. Forrest, 84, Minami Kaji-

vacho

Miss Jane R. Whetstone

OKAYAMA

AMERICAN BOARD MISSION

Rev. J. H. and Mrs. Pettee Rev. S. S. and Mrs. White

Miss Alice P. Adams

Miss Nina C. Stewart

Miss Carrie M. Telford

Davis, A. A., B.A., 14, Concession MULLER, FRANK, Chu Gappo

TOTTORI

AMERICAN BOARD MISSION

Rev. Geo. M. and Mrs. Rowland Miss A. Danghaday

KOBE-HYOGO

Kobe was until 1892 the foreign port of the adjoining town of Hyogo and was opened to foreign trade in 1868; in October, 1892, Hyogo was also declared by the Japanese Government to form part of the open port. The port 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 Governor, 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 Sannomiya 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 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 Church in Kobe town. The Hyogo Hotel, situated on the Bund, is at present closed; the Oriental Hotel has a monopoly now, new premises have been recently acquired, and building, it is expected, will commence thereon soon. foreign daily papers, the Hyogo News, the Kobe Herald, and the Kobe Chronicle, are published in Kobe, and there are one or two native papers. The population of Kobe- Hyogo in December, 1892, was 148,519. The number of foreign residents in Kobe in 1892 was 553, exclusive of Chinese, who numbered 949.

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The old town of Hyogo is only divided from Kobe by the river Minato, 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, its population being much smaller

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