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TOKYO--YOKOHAMA

YONEI SHOTEN, Importers and Exporters, Merchants and Contractors, Agents for several Manufacturers, Engineers, and Insurance Cos.-Head Office: 12, Ni- chome Ginza

ZEISS, CARL (Goshi Kaisha), Importers of Scientific Instruments and Apparatus

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-33A, Akashi-cho, Tsukiji; Teleph. No. 259 (Kyobashi), Tel. Ad : Zeiss

Max Fischer (Jena)

Leo Römisch

I. G. Römisch C. Billmeyer, M.E. H. Wissmer

YOKOHAMA

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Yokohama is the principal Treaty port of Japan, and was opened to foreign trade in July, 1859. It is situated on the Bay of Yokohama, a small bay on the western side of the Gulf of Yedo, in lat. 35 deg. 26 min. 11 sec. N., and long, 139 deg, 39 min. 20 sec., in the island of Honshiu, and is distant about eighteen miles from the capital, with which it is connected by a line of railway. The town having sprung up from a poor fishing village only, since the site was selected for a treaty port, instead of the little town of Kanagawa, possesses few attractions for the visitor. The scenery around, however, is hilly and pleasing, and on clear days the snow-crowned summit and graceful outlines of Fuji-san, a volcanic mountain 12,370 feet high- celebrated in Japanese literature and depicted on innumerable native works of art-is most distinctly visible, though some seventy-five miles distant. The native portion of Yokohama is compactly built of low houses with tiled roofs. The town is divided into two Aearly equal parts, the western half being occupied by what was known, before the abolition of extra-territoriality, as the foreign settlement. Beyond the plain on which the town is built rises a sort of semi-circle of low hills called "The Bluff," which is thickly dotted with handsome foreign villas and dwelling-houses in various styles of architecture, all standing in pretty gardens. From these dwellings charming prospects are obtainable. Along the water-front runs a good road called the Bund, on which, facing the water, stand many of the principal houses and hotels, and the United Club. The streets are fairly pavel, curbed, and drained. There are Anglican, French Catholic, Union Protestant, and several native Mission Churches in the Settlement. A fine cricket and recrea tion ground exists in the Settlement, and there are well laid out public gardens on The Bluff. There is a fairly good race course situated about two miles from the Settlement. A good boating club also exists, which has provided facilities for deep sea bathing. The Public Hall, containing a theatre and assembly rooms, built of brick, is situated at the top of Camp Hill, and was opened in 1885. The chief public buildings in the native town are the Kencho, opposite the British Consulate, the town hall, which has a clock tower, and the custom house. The railway station is also a creditable structure, being a well designed and commodious terminus. The town is now in the enjoyment of an excellent water supply, large waterworks having been completed in 1887. The harbour is much exposed, but two breakwaters, of an aggregate length of 12,000 feet, have been built and are so projected as to practically enclose the whole of the anchorage, leaving an entrance 650 feet wide between these extremities. There is a pier 1,800 feet long at which vessels may load or discharge. An extensive scheme for improving the harbour and providing better facilities for trade is being carried out. It was commenced in 1899, and is nearing completion. A graving dock was opened on the 26th April, 1897; it is built of large blocks of granite and is 351 feet on the blocks, its length from the outside of the entrance to the head is 419 feet 10 inches, and from the outside caisson to the head 400 feet 3 inches. The width of the entrance is 60 feet 8 inches at the top and 45 feet 11 inches at the bottom. The depth is 35 feet 1 inch on the inside, and 31 feet 2 inches on the sill. The depth of water on the blocks is 27 feet 2 inches at spring tides, 26 feet 2 inches at ordinary springs, and 19 feet 8 inches at low water of spring tides. This is the smaller or No. 2 Dock of the Company. The No. 1 Dock, completed at the end of 1898, is 478 ft. 10 in. on the blocks and has a depth inside of 36 ft. 3 in. and on the sill