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YOKOHAMA-HAKODATE

INSURANCE OFFICES—Continued

OFFICES

Royal Insurance Company, Liverpool Stendard Life Assurance Co.

Russische Ges. See Fluss Land Vers,

St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.... Salamander Fire Insurance Co., Amsterdam Scottish Imperial Life Insurance.

Scottish Union and National Fire Insurance Co. Sea Insurance Company, Limited, Liverpool. South British Fire and Marine Insurance Co. South British Fire Marine Ins. Co., N. Zealand Standard Life Assurance Co.....

Standard Marine Insurance Company State Fire Insurance Co., Liverpool Sun Insurance Office, London

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Switzerland Marine Insurance Co.

Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company Tokis Marine Insurance Co.. Ld.

Transatlantic Marine Insurance, Berlin

Transatlantische Feuer Vers. Action Ges., Hamburg

Transatlantic Marine Insurance Co., Berlin Triton Insurance Company

Underwriting Agency Association, Limited Union Assurance Society...

L'Union Fire Insurance Co.

Union Insurance Society

Union Insurance Society of Canton... Union Marine Insurance Company

Union Marine Insurance Company

United Dutch Marine Insurance Companies United Swiss Marine Insurance Companies United States Lloyds

Upper Rhine Insurance Co.

Vers. Ges. Oesterrischischer Phönix, Wien World Marine Insurance Company, Limited

Württembergische Transport Versicherungs Ges. Yangtsze Insurance Association

AGENTS

Otto Reimers & Co. Fraser, Farley & Co. Carl Rohde & Co. Dodwell & Co., Ld. Klingen & Seux C. Hlies & Co. Fraser, Farley & Co. Butterfield & Swire Smith, Baker & Co. Pollak Brothers Dodwell & Co., Ld. Findlay, Richardson & Co. C. Weinberger & Cc. Robison & Co.

Jardine, Matheson & Co. Klingen & Seux

Mollison & Co.

S. Kitadai, agent C. Weinberger & Co. C. Illies & Co. Faber & Voigt

Jardine, Matheson & Co. Cornes & Co. E. Flint Kilby P. Sarda

J. Johnstone

A. B. Rouse, acting agent Findlay, Richardson & Co. Kingdon, Schwabe & Co. Dodwell & Co., Ld. Kingdon, Schwabe & Co. Cornes & Co.

Ed. L. van Nierop Carl Rohde & Co. Hutchison & Co. Carl Rohde & Co. J. Johnstone

HAKODATE

This, the most northerly of the treaty ports of Japan, is situated in the south of Yezo, in the Straits of Tsugaru, which divide that island from Honshiu. The port lies in latitude 41 deg. 47 min. 8 sec. N., and longitude 140 deg. 45 min. 34 sec. Ê., and the harbour is nearly land-locked. The town clusters at the foot and on the slope of a bold rock known to foreigners as Hakodate Head, 1,106 feet in height. The surrounding country is billy, volcanie, and striking, but the town itself possesses few attractions. A row of tine temples, with lofty picturesque roofs, occupying higher ground than the rest of the town, are the most conspicuous buildings. There are some Public Gardens at the eastern end of the town, which contain a small but interesting Museum. Water- works for supplying the town with pure water were completed in 1889. The climate of Hakodate is healthy and bracing. The hottest month is August, but the thermome- ter then rarely rises above 90 degrees Fahr; in the winter it sometimes sinks to 18 degrees. The mean temperature throughout the year is about 48 degrees. The population of Hakodate in 1900 was 87,159. The number of foreign rezidents in 1899 was 156, of whom 34 were British.

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