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The Hakodate Harbour Improvement works were completed in 1900, and a patent slip capable of taking vessels up to 1,500 tons was also finished. There is also under construction a dry dock to accommodate ships up to 10,000 tons at ordinary spring tides, and at highest spring tides the dock will be capable of receiving the largest battleships in the Japanese Navy. Harbour improvements are also being carried on at Otaru, where a massive breakwater, about 3,500 feet long, is under construction.

In August, 1907, half the city of Hakodate was destroyed by a fire. The number of houses destroyed in the conflagration was ascertained to be 8,977, rendering about 60,000 persons homeless. All the foreign residents with the exception of the American Consular Agent were burnt out, saving nothing, and the total loss was estimated at not less than 50,000,000 yen.

DIRECTORY

BANKS

Nippon Ginko

Hakodate Bank, Ltd. Da San Ginko Twentieth Bank Takushoko Ginko 113th Bank, Ltd. Yesashi Ginko

CHIO SAIBANSHO (Yasue Juzo)

President--Tasue Guzo

Chief Procurator-Irimajiri Toshio

COLBORNE, DR. W. W., Yawata Hojo Beshu

CONSULATES

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

Acting Consul-E. L. S. Gordon

Great BritaiN, 14, Shiomi-cho, Teleph.

No. 968

Vice-Consul-E. L. S. Gordon Shipping Clerk--J. Will

NORWAY

Acting Vice Consul– E. L. S. Gordon

RUSSIA, 125. Funami-cho; Teleph. 903 Vice-Consul-W. W. Trautschold ' Interpreter-Suzuki Ainosuke

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Consular Agent-E. J. King

CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL

Director- T. Tsuneyoshi

Chief Appraiser-H. Nishimura Chief Collector--K. Kirino Chief Accountant-T. Kishibe Chief Inspector-C. Anzai Auditor-M. Takizawa

Chief of Secretariat-Y. Nagaoka

DENBIGH & Co., Merchants and Commission Agents, 15 Kaisho Machi; Teleph. No. 111; Tel. Ad: Dencooper

G. G. Denbigh

J. A. V. Cooper

P. D. Danich

Agencies

Chartered Bank of I. A. and China Russo-Asiatic Bank (Correspondents) Commerical Union Assurance Co., Ld. British Dominions General Insurance Co., Ld.

Russian East Asiatic S. S. Co., Ld. Russian Volunteer Fleet (Okhotsk-

Kamchatka Lines)

ELECTRIC CO., Hakodate Suiden Kabushiki Kaisha (Electric Water Power Co.)-40, Kaisho-machi: Teleph. No. 103

President-Sonoda Sanenori Elec. Engineer-R. Ishitsu Manager-M. Hirano

HAKODATE Dock Co., 88, Bentenmachi

Toyokichi Kawada, managing director Chuzo Okamoto, director Aisuke Kabayama. do. Shigeo Sakaki,

do.

Katsunosuke Kondo, mgr, and director

Hisataro Shingawa, manager

Iwao Otsuka,

do.

Kumatsuchi Matsushita, auditor

Kichihei Yendo,

do.

Baron Rempei Kondo, adviser Baron Ryokichi Kawada, do.

HAKODATE Koso In (COURT OF APPEAL)

President-lehinose Yusaburo Procurator-Genl.-Ikegami Saburo

HAKODATE KU SAIBANSHO (Local Court)

Chief Judge-Suzuki Torao

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