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MOJI-NAGASAKI

Shakano, Katuno, Shiogashira, Shino- yamada, Oto, Nakatsubara Coals

IRISU SHOKWAI (C. ILLIES & Co.), Mer- chants, 3,337 Kiu-Moji: Tel. Ad. Irisu

C. Illies (Hamburg)

H. T. Holm (Yokohama) A. Bueschel (Tokyo)

A. Rohden

Agencies

Hamburg Amerika Linie U.S.A. and China-Japan S.

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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 are said to have been 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 scheme is now in progress; the portion of the sea in front of what were formerly the foreign concessions at Deshima and Megasaki is to be reclaimed and the harbour deepened. It is estimated that the cost of the work will be four million yen. The work has been three years in progress and it is hoped that next year will see its completion. The town is on the eastern side of the harbour, and is about two miles long by about three-quarters of a mile in extreme width. The foreign quarter adjoins the town on the south side. The chief mercantile houses are situated on the bund facing the harbour, behind which are a few streets running parallel with it, and there are a number of private residences on the hill-side. There are English Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, two clubs, and a Masonic Lodge. The principal hotel is the Nagasaki Hotel, opened in 1898, a three-storeyed brick building situated on the Bund. There are several smaller hotels, of which the two largest are the Belle Vue Hotel and Cliff House. The Nagasaki dlock was lengthened during 1894 to admit vessels of 500 feet in length on a draught of 26 feet. A new dock is now being built, which on completion will be the largest in the Far East. Attached to the dock are extensive Engine Works, most completely equipped and fitted. These works were originally built by the Japanese Government, but they now belong, as does the dock, to the Mitsu Bishi Company. As a ship- building centre the place is rapidly developing, and since 1889 six large ocean-going vessels, each of 6,000 tons, have been launched, having been built there for the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The present waterworks, owing to the growth of the town, are insufficient for its wants, and a large extension of the works is now in progress. The reservoir holds 90,000,000 gallons, and there are three filter beds and a service reservoir. The Sanyo Railway is now completed between Shimonoseki and Yatsushiro, in Hyogo province. Connection is made at Moji (across the narrow strait) with the Kiushiu line to Nagasaki, so that it is possible, with a brief sea passage of ten minutes between Moji and Shimonoseki, to travel by rail to Kobe and thence to Tokyo. The climate of Nagasaki is mild and salubrious, and there are several very popular health resorts in the neighbourhood, the most famous being Mount Unzen.

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