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Public Gardens on the Bluff. There is a fairly good Race Course situated about two miles from the Settlement. A good Boating Club also exists, which has provided facilities for deep sea bathing. The Public Hall, containing a theatre and assembly rooms, neatly built of brick, is situated at the top of Camp Hill, and was opened in 1885. The chief public buildings in the native town are the Kencho, opposite the British Consulate, the Town Hall, which has a clock tower, and the Custom House. The Railway Station is also a creditable structure, being a well designed and commodious terminus. The town is now in the enjoyment of an excellent water supply, large Waterworks having been completed in 1887. The harbour is much exposed, but two breakwaters, of an aggregate length of 12,000 feet, have been built and are so projected as to practically enclose the whole of the anchorage, leaving an entrance 650 feet wide between their extremities. A pier 2,000 feet long at which vessels may load or discharge is now completed. A graving dock will probably be constructed by private enterprise. Yokohama is well supplied with hotels. There are four English daily papers published in the port, namely, the Japan Gazette, Japan Herald, Japan Daily Mail, and Japan Daily Advertiser ; the Mail and Gazette also issue weekly editions.
The population of Yokohama numbered, on the 31st December, 1894, 160,866. The number of foreign residents was 2,786, of whom 1,173 were Chinese, 797 British, and the rest of various nationalities.
In 1891 the values of the different classes of Imports were as follows:--
Cotton, Raw.....
Cotton Yarn...
Cotton Piece Goods
Kerosine Oil......
Metals and Manufactures of
Machinery, Watches, Arms, &c. 3,199,253
..$ 2,545,037
4,359,561
Steam Vessels
..$ 6,378,294
Sugar..
7,161,070
3,710,891
Wool and Woollen Manuf'res...
4,947,892
2,311,079
Sundries
10,753,884
5,080,411
$50,447,372
Tea.....
2,875,942 Sundries 42,556,963
...$ 4,913,608 6,680,787
The values of the principal articles of Export in the same year were as follows:- Grain, Beverages, and Provns...$ 1,818,258 Metals (mostly copper)
Silk....
Silk and Cotton Piece Goods 14,140,120
$73,015,678
The total export of raw silk during the season from 1st July, 1894, to same date 1895 was 51,396 bales. The total export for the previous year was 44,017 bales. The export of tea during the season 1st May, 1891, to same date 1895 was 29,406,552 lbs., nearly all for America. The export during the previous season was 29,131,381 lbs.
DIRECTORY
ALLCOCK, GEO. H., Silk Inspector-33
For Government Departments see under G. ALLCOCK, Geo. H.,
ADET, CAMPREDON & Co.-95
G. Adet (absent)
G. Campredon
E. Adet
AHRENS & Co., H., NACHF., Merchants--29
E. Wismer
A. Hofmann
M. Sürth (Hyogo)
E. Leopold
A. Feine
F. Popert
W. Schmaedecke
Agencies
"Norddeutscher Lloyd
London Assurance Corporation
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, 3, Bund:
Tel. Ad. Pocohontas
J. W. Lee, manager
AMERICAN HOUSE-134
W. Nelson
AMERICAN TRADING COMPANY-28
W. S. Stone, agent
A. G. Leppere
J. H. Boag A. Foster H. J. Ginn H. A. Poole
A. S. Hay
F. Huber
C. F. Heinlein
R. C. K. Johnson
ANDERSON, B. M., “The Phonograph ”—110
ANDREWS & GEORGE-242
H. W. Andrews E. W. George
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