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YOKOHAMA

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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. There is a pier 2,000 feet long at which vessels may load or discharge. A graving dock was opened on the 26th April, 1897. It is built of large blocks of granite and is 351 feet on the blocks, its length from the outside of the entrance to the head is 419 feet 10 inches and from the outside caisson to the head 400 feet 3 inches. The width of the entrance is 60 feet 8 inches at the top and 45 feet 11 inches at the bottom. The depth is 35 feet 1 inch on the inside, and 31 feet 2 inches on the sill. The depth of water on the blocks is 27 feet 2 inches at spring tides, 26 feet 2 inches at ordinary springs, and 19 feet 8 inches at low water of spring tides. This is the smaller or No. 2 Dock of the Company. The No. 1 Dock, completed at the end of 1898, is 478 ft. 10 in. on the blocks and has 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, 1897, 188,455. The number of foreign residents exclusive of Chinese was 2,096, of whom 869 were British. The Chinese population was returned at 2,015. In 1897 the values of the different classes of Imports were :-

Cotton, Raw.....

.$ 5,329,866

Cotton Yarn..

5,890,238

Cotton Piece Goods

5,353,525

Metals and Manufactures of Rice and other Grain..... Steam Vessels

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9,271,789 4,400,957

5,935,027

Drugs, Medicines & Chemicals..

2,732,574

Sugar

10.685,576

Dyes and Paints

2,767,804

Wool and Woollen Manufres... 7,017,276

Kerosine Oil.....

3,444,293

Sundries

12,174,850

Locomotive Engines

3,037,582

Machinery, Arms, &c.

8,748,838 Total Imports Foreign Goods.....$86,790,195

The values of the principal articles of Export in the same year were as follows: Grain, Beverages, and Provns...$ 1,683,106

Metals (mostly copper)

Silk and Cocoons..

Silk Piece Goods..

3,044,957

58,092,116 12,880,200

Tea...

Sundries

$ 5,050,305 9,617,847

Total Exports Native Goods ...$90,368,531 The value of the Imports in 1896 was $72,757,089, and of the Exports in same year $61,353,634. The total export of raw silk during the season from 1st July, 1897, to same date 1898 was 56,753 bales. The total export for the previous year was 18,549 bales. The export of tea during the season 1st May, 1897, to same date 1898 was 27,206,290 lbs., nearly all for America. The export during the previous season was 28,160,713 lbs.

DIRECTORY

For Government Departments see under G.

ADET, CAMPREDON & Co.-95

G. Adet (absent)

E. Adet

G. Campredon

AHRENS & Co., H., NACHF., Merchants-29

E. Wismer

M. Sürth

A. Hofmann (Kobe)

A Harmssen

W. Schmaedecke

L. Temme

E. Kroneck

L. Wilkinson H. Clare

Agencies

Norddeutscher Lloyd

London Assurance Corporation

ALLCOCK, GEO. H., Silk Inspector-33

ALLMACHER, F., Bicycle Repairer--108

AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, 3, Bund:

Tel. Ad. Pocahontas

J. W. Lee, manager

ANDERSON, B. M., "The Phonograph ”—110

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