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garrison, and forms the headquarters of one of the six great military districts, and it has also within its inclosure an extensive military arsenal. The city is the seat of the provincial government, which is called Fucho, in contradistinction to the other provincial governments, which are termed Kencho. Osaka is the seat of numerous industries, including cotton spinning mills, shipbuilding yards, and iron works, and the Imperial Mint is located there. This establishment is in active operation and turns out a coinage not surpassed by any in the world. The imports in 1900 amounted to yen 9,741,436 against yen 6,390,913 in 1899 and the exports to yen 9,626,595 in 1900 against yen 5,939,290 in the previous year. The population of Osaka in 1895 was 490,009, which increased to 811,855 at the end of 1898. The number of foreign residents on 31st December, 1897, was 121, not including Chinese. The British and American residents, numbering 104 are, with few exceptions, missionaries.

DIRECTORY

CHINA AND JAPAN TRADING COMPANY, LD.

Agency

Phoenix Fire Insurance Company

CONSULATE

BELGIUM

Consul-James Favre Brandt

Favre-Brandt, C. & J., Merchants-10,

Concession

C Favre-Brandt (Neuchatel) J. Favre-Brandt (Yokohama)

J. Favre, M.E., signs per pro. C. Favre,

F. Favre

L. Rubbattel

Fire BrigaDE

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Captain-Rev. C. Theo. Warren Foremen C. W. M. Birch, L. M.

Oberkotter

Secretary and Treas.-Walter Loxton

GOVERNMENT OFFICES

IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT MINT (Kawasaki)

Director T. Hasegawa Assayer-Y. Koga, F.C.S.

IMPERIAL ARSENAL

Director-Major Gl. Ota Tokusaburo

OSAKA FUCHO

Governor-Kikuchi Kanji Secretary-Nishiza Shotaro Ch. Police Inspr.-Ikegami Shiro Clerk-in-charge of For.Aff.-T.Maida

OSAKA CASTLE

Commandant - Lieutenant-General

Baron M. Ogawa

OSAKA CHIHO SAIBANSHO (Distrt. Court) President and Judge K. Yoshimasu Pub. Procurator-Tetsuka Taro Interpreter (Eng.)-Mikuni Isotaro -Nagano Keijiro

Do.

Do. (Chinese)-Nishijima Rioji

OSAKA KOSOIN (Court of Appeal)

Prdt. and Judge-Kabuto Kuninori Chief Public Prosecutor-S. Oshima

OSAKA KU SABIANSHO (Local Court)

Superding. Judge--Miura Ziuntaro

HODGKINSON & Co., Mechanical and Elec-

trical Engineers-148

G. Hodgkinson

HORNE, F. W., agent for American Ma-

chinery and Supplies, 36, Kawaguchi

F. W. Horne (Yokohama)

C. Downs, signs per pro.

HUNTER & Co., E. H., Osaka Iron Works,

Shipbuilding Yard, and Dry Dock

R. Hunter

J. Ellerton, consulting engineer

HYGIENIC LABORATORY-OSAKA IMPERIAL (Osaka Yeisei Shikenjo) Hachi Kenya

Director-Tsujioka Seisuki

IMPERIAL COMMERCIAL BANK (Teikoku Shiogio Ginko), 48, Imabashi Gochome, Higashi-ku: Telephone 1132 & 404 East

Kani Yataro, manager

MEISEIGAKKO, 17, Minamiku, Sennencho

J. Wolff, director

N. Walter

L. Baumann

H. Barthélemy

MISSIONS

For Protestant Missionaries see end

of Japan Directory

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION, Osaka Diocese Mgr. J. A. Chatron, Bishop of Osaka L'Abbé A. Luneau, Vicar-gl., do. L'Abbé A. Vagner,

L'Abbé L. Marie,

L'Abbé M. Puissant,

L'Abbé S. Bousguet,

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