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OSAKA

provincial government, which is called Fucho, in contradistinction to most of the other provincial governments, which are termed Kencho. Osaka is the seat of numerous industries, including cotton spinning mills, shipbuilding yards, iron works, and sugar refining, 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 trade statistics of Osaka in recent years have shown remarkable growth. In 1900 the imports amounted to yen 9,741,436 and the exports to yen 9,626,595, showing an increase of nearly 40 per cent. on the previous year's returas. In each succeeding year there was steady growth in imports, while exports jumped up astonishingly. In 1904 the figures were: imports yen 16,977,392 and exports yen 20,790,208, The returns for 1905 showed a further increase in the trade of Osaka, the imports amounted to 18,499,831 yen while the exports increased to 51,938,208 yen, being over 25 millions more than in 1974, which was the record year. Supplies for the large army in Manchuria were of course responsible for these abnormal figures. The British and American residents, numbering about 100 are, with few exceptions, missionaries.

DIRECTORY

ASAI & Co. T., Import and Export General Commission Agents, 149 and 150, Na- kanoshima, 5-Chome: Tel. Ad. Tomo

Tomotaro Asai

Rokuro Nakaseko, manager George Asai

Meguru Ozawa

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CHINA AND Japan Trading Company, Ld.

Agency

Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, Ld.

of London

D. Kennedy

A. du Bousquet

CHOREI TAKEDA, Wholesale and Export Druggist, Doshomachi; Tel. Address :— "Takedacho"

CONSULATES

BELGIUM

(See Advertisement)

Consul--James Favre-Brandt

NORWAY

Consul-William Campbell

DAI NIPPON BREWERY Co., L., Suita; Products: Yebisu Beer, Sapporo Beer, Asahi Beer; Tel. Ad. Beer,” Osaka Head Oflice--Meguro, Tokio

President--Kiohei Makoshi

Mang. Director-Chozaburo Uyemura Directors-Baron Eiichi Shibusawa,

Taisuke Miura. Ichitaro Tanaka, Shintaro Ohashi. Tokuhei Taku

(See Advertisement)

EDGAR ALLEN & Co., LD. (Imperial Steel Works, Sheffield, England), 184, Naka- no-shima, Go-Chome; Tel. Ad. "Chikara," Osaka; Teleph. Nishi, 1740

Directors William

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Edgar Allen,

Robert Woodward, Alfred E. Wells, Frederick A. Warlow, William Crosby (Shetfield)

J. C. Ward, registered representative

(signs per pro.) Joseph Willoughby R. F. A. Malabar T. Hayashi Manufacturers of

Tool Steel, Miners's Drill Steel, Saws, Files, High Speed Twist Drills, Steel Castings and Forgings, Wheels and Axles, Imperial Manganese Steel Tramway Points and Crossings and Tramway Material of all kinds, Coal Screening and Conveying Plants, Elevators, Pulverizers. Ore Crushers,Stone Breakers, Separators, etc., etc.

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

do.

GOVERNMENT OFFICES

IMPERIAL CUSTOMS

Director-R. Otsuki Controller-T. Morimoto

Chief Inspector—Miyaki Matasichi Chief Appraiser-K. Sekiguchi

IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT MINT(Kawasaki)

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

OSAKA CASTLE

Commandt.-Lt.-Gl. Baron M.Ogawa Digitized by

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