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YOKOHAMA

a creditable structure, being a well designed and commodious terminus. On the 12th August, 1899, a disastrous tire occurred in the Iseza Kicho district, in which some even- teen streets were swept by the flames, the number of houses destroyed being 3,237. 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 theis 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 thə 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 1900 the values of the different classes of Imports were :-

Arms, Munitions, Clocks, &c. Yen6,663,726

Beverages and Provisions......

Indigo

2,486,080

4,510,485

Kerosine Oil......

5,867,552

Clothing and Accessories

861,453

Cotton, Raw..

5,685,084

Metals and Manufactures of Paper and Stationery...

17,769,242

2,767,977

Cotton Yarn.

4,809,512

Sugar

13,100,624

Cotton Piece Goods

8,783,586

Drugs, Medicines & Chemicals

3,382,146

Wool and Woollen Manuf'res... 13,921,824 Sundries

14,005,841

Dyes and Paints ....

1,548,556

Grains and Seeds

3,420,332

TotalImports ForeignGoods Yen 109,584,020

The values of the principal articles of Export in the same year were as follows:- Grain, Beverages, and Provns. Yen 2,990,343

Metals (mostly copper)

Silk and Cocoons..

Silk Piece Goods....

5,283,711

48,034,599

Tea... Sundries

Yen 5,361,549

10,727,368

22,941,501 Total Exports Native Goods Yen 95,339,071 The value of the Imports in 1900 was Yen 109,775,317, and of the Exports in same year Yen 96,125,276. The total export of raw silk during the season from 1st July, 1898, to same date 1899 was 50,661 bales. The total export for the previous year was 56,783 bales. The export of tea during the season 1st May, 1898, to same date 1899 was 26,545,888 lbs., nearly all for America. The export during the previous season was 27,206,290 lbs.

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