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INSURANCE OFFICES—Continued
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company North China Insurance Company
North Queensland Insurance Company, Limited Northern Assurance Company.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society. Ocean Marine Insurance Company..
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Ld.. Palatine Insurance Company, Limited Phoenix Fire Assurance Company
Prussian Fire Insurance Company, Stettin Prussian National Insurance Company (Marine) Queen Insurance Company
Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation (Fire) Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation
Royal Insurance Company
Schweiz Transport Versicherungs Ges., Zurich (Marine) Scottish Imperial Insurance Company (Life) Scottish Metropolitan Assurance Company. Scottish Union and National Insurance Company Sea Insurance Company, Limited
South British Fire and Marine Insurance Company... Standard Life Assurance Company
State Fire Insurance Company, Liverpool Sun Insurance Office
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada.
Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company, Ld. Transatlantische Feuer Versicherungs Gesellschaft... Transport Marine Insurance Company, Frankfort Triton Insurance Company, Limited Underwriting and Agency Association. Union Insurance Society of Canton Union Insurance Society
Union Internationale, Anvers (Marine)...... Union Marine Insurance Company, Liverpool West Life Insurance Company of Canada World Marine Insurance Company.... Yangtsze Insurance Association
Raspe & Co.
Dodwell & Co., Ld. Popp & Co.
W. M. Strachan & Co. H. Ahrens & Co., Nachf. Cornes & Co.
Dodwell & Co., Ld. Shewan, Tomes & Co. Hutchison & Co.
China & Japan Trading Co. Simon, Evers & Co. Becker & Co.
W. M. Strachan & Co.
Butterfield & Swire Cornes & Co.
Otto Reimers & Co. C. Illies & Co. C. Illies & Co. MacArthur & Co. Raspe & Co.
Butterfield & Swire Smith, Baker & Co. Browne & Co.
Heyn, Bröckelmann & Co. Robison & Co.
Jardine, Matheson & Co. Samuel Samuel & Co. C. Illies & Co.
G. C. Hirschfeld Jardine, Matheson & Co. Robison & Co.
Samuel Samuel & Co. II. Lucas & Co.
C. Illies & Co.
Findlay, Richardson & Co. A. J. McGlew & Co. Tata & Co. American Trading Co.
NAGASAKI
Nagasaki is a city of great antiquity, and in the early days of European in- tercourse 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 defending 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. A reclamation
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