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smaller or No. 2 Dock of the Company. The No. 1 Dock, which is expected to be completed at the end of 1898, will be 478 ft. 10 in. on the blocks and will have a depth inside of 36 ft. 3 in. and on the sill of 34 ft. 1 in., the depth of water on the blocks being 28 ft. 10. in. at springs, 27 ft. 11 in. at ordinary springs, and 21 ft. 4 in. at low water of springs. 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, and several weeklies.
The Japanese population of Yokohama numbered, on the 31st December, 1896, 179,484. The number of foreign residents exclusive of Chinese was 1,827, of whom 868 were British. The Chinese population was returned at 2,268.
In 1896 the values of the different classes of Imports were:-
Cotton, Raw....
.$ 4,061,578
Metals and Manufactures of
9,016,278
Cotton Yarn........
6,949,778
Sugar
7,685,216
Cotton Piece Goods
6,530,416
Watches
1,361,385
Drugs, Medicines & Chemicals..
2,238,975
Wool and Woollen Manufres... 12,099,804
Dyes and Paints
2,434,476
Sundries
12,214,152
Kerosine Oil......
2,652,132
Machinery, Arms, &c.
5,585,547 Total Imports Foreign Goods...$72,757,089
The values of the principal articles of Export in the same year were as follows:- Grain, Beverages, and Provns...$ 1,800,653
Metals (mostly copper)
Silk and Cocoons...
Bilk Piece Goods...
3,005,488
31,191,081
11,922,515
Tea....
Sundries
..$4,071,528
9,362,369
Total Exports Native Goods ...$61,353,634
The value of the Imports in 1895 was $56,095,830, and of the Exports in same year $84,791,634. The total export of raw silk during the season from 1st July, 1896, to same date 1897 was 48,519 bales. The total export for the previous year was 51,774 bales. The export of tea during the season 1st May, 1896, to same date 1897 was 28,160,713 lbs., nearly all for America. The export during the previous Beason was 30,639,065 lbs.
DIRECTORY
For Government Departments see under G. ! AMERICAN HOUSE-134
ADET, CAMPREDON & Co.-95
G. Adet (absent)
E. Adet
G. Campredon
AHRENS & Co., H., NACHF., Merchants-29
E. Wismer
A. Hofmann
M. Sürth (Hyogo)
E. Leopold
A Harnissen
W. Schmaedecke
L. Temme
E. Kroneck
Agencies
Norddeutscher Lloyd
London Assurance Corporation
ALLCOCK, GEO. H., Silk Inspector-33
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, 3, Bund:
Tel. Ad. Pocohontas
J. W. Lee, manager
ANDERSON, B. M., "The Phonograph "—110
Chas. Marshall
AMERICAN TRADING COMPANY-28
Jas. R. Morse, president
Geo, M. Woolsey, sub-agent
D. H. Blake
A. G. Leppere
J. H. Bong
E. J. Dyer
H. J. Ginn
H. A. Poole
N. B. Morton
E. S. Bell
H. W. S. Edmunds
R. S. Folsom
ANDREWS & GEORGE-242
H. W. Andrews
E. W. George
R. Campbell
ARENAS & CO., LIMITED, J. C. (Branch of "Colon" Cigar, Hemp, Rope, and Oil Factories, Manila)—92
F. Gil, signs per pro.
J. S. F. Sinio
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