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KOBE (HYOGO)—NAGASAKI

THORNICRAFT, T. C., L.R.C.P.E., M.R.C.8. MILLER, RALPH S., M.D., C.M., Medical

Practitioners

TRAVELLERS' BILLIARD ROOM AND BOWLING

ALLEY-31B

J. Dutronquoy, proprietor

TUSKA, E. H., Merchant-16

E. H. Tuska (Yokohama)

Harry O. Phillips

C. H. D. May

UNION PROTESTANT CHURCH

Trustees E. J. Smithers, Geo. H.

Whymark, A. T. Hill

VAN PERLSTEIN & REEDERS, Merchants

VANTINE & Co., A. A.—112, 113, 114B.

M. L. Smead

WALSH, HALL & Co., Merchants—70

John G. Walsh

Arthur O. Gay (Yokohama)

C. P. Hall

WARBURTON, W., Customs, Shipping and

Forwarding Agent-97, Native Bund

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

WENTWORTH, W. D., Public Accountant-16

WHYMARK, G. H., Auctioneer, &c.-36,

Division Street

WHYMARK & Co., GEO., Butchers, Bakers, and Storekeepers-81, Division Street

W. G. Whymark

A. Richardson

N. E. Harris

WILLIAMS, J., Auctioneer and Commission

Agent-Division Street

WINCKLER & Co., Merchants-85

J. Winckler

F. Danck werts (Yokohama)

J. Westphalen

WITKOWSKI & Co., J., Merchants—32

J. Witkowski (Yokohama)

do.

H. Blum,

Ch. Heymann (Paris)

G. Le Roy

WORCH & CO., Merchants—40

A. Worch (Paris)

E. Hagens (Hamburg)

R. Hoeckert

YANNY, GEO., Commission Agent-43

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 detending 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 on the hill side. There are English Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, two clubs, and a Masonic Lodge. The Belle Vue Hotel affords fair accommodation for visitors. The Nagasaki dock is capable of docking the largest steamers. Its dimensions are:- Length (inside caisson at top), 438 feet; length on blocks, 375 feet; breadth of entrance

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