KOBE-HYOGO
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The Government in 1906 sanctioned a scheme for the improvement of the harbour involving an expenditure of 32,000,000 yen. Large reclamations are being undertaken at Onohama, and commodious wharves and other facilities for the working of cargo are to be provided. The work is to be completed in about ten years from the date of its initiation.
Kobe's excellent railway communications, both north and south, have naturally tended to centralise trade at this port.
In 1913 the values of the different classes of imports of foreign produce and manufactures were:-
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Hides, L❜ther, Hair, Bones, etc. Yen 3,143,201 22,323,432 Beverages and Comestibles 28,404,751 Sugar
Cotton and Cotton Yarns Yen 161,904,874 Iron and Steel Grains and Seeds... Drugs and Medicines Machinery
Lead, Zinc, &c.
Cotton Manufactures
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17,305,270 Phosphorite
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16,974,730 Condensed Milk
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6,378,457 Raw Rubber
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4,624,146 Hemp
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5,282,599 Timber
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3,181,292 Bean-cake, Manure
5,483,492 Glass
6,015,384 Sundries
4,536,131
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Total Imports
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2,065,832
2,565,138
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1,937,390
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1,108,429
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1,724,866
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2,884,332 1,367,697 11,917,404
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Oils and Waxes ...
Metal Manufactures
Paper and Paper Manufrs.
Dyes and Paints ...
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Vessels, Vehicles...
Wool and Woollen Manufrs. 15,599,357
1,342,789 18,537,981
...Yen 346,608,977
The values of the principal articles of Export in the same year were as follows:- Cotton Yarn and Cotton Gds. Yen 59,885,181 Cloths
Copper
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14,285,366 Shell Buttons
Matches
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9,505,173 Camphor
Braids of Straw, Etc.
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8,905,357 Peppermint
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Marine Products...
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6,625,659 Brushes
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E'thenware andGlass Manfs.
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5,725,050 Toys
Oils and Waxes
Mats and Mattings
4,967,856 Umbrellas
5,097,672 Tea ...
4,857,797 Toilet Soap
Grains and Seeds...
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4,595,367 Sundries
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3,796,569
Total Exports
Beverages and Comestibles,
Imitation Panama Hats
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Yen 3,415,400
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2,770,263
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2,644,583
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2,131,656
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2,062,848
19
1,329,618
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1,260,261
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1,101,741
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1,034,345 24,472,277
...Yen 170,470,039
The following table of values in Yen shows the total trade of the port from 1904
to 1913:-
Imports
Exports Total
1904 174.855,201
87,976,178 262,831,379 | 1909 1905 228,614,0J5
84,458,679 313,072,684 | 1910 1906 192,190,166 110,605,293 302,795,459 1911
Imports Exports Total 184,224,779 100,616,555 284,841,334 230,336,984 121,049,552 351,386,536 256,235,347 119,054,086 375,289,433
1907 223,437,566 106,668,265 330,105,831 1912 302,199,803 150,475,871 452,675,674 1908 191,080,866
84,114,773 275,195,639 | 1913 346,608,977 170,470,039 517,079,016
DIRECTORY
ADRESS&Co., H., NACHF.-10, Kaigan Dori; Teleph. Nos. 367 and 1487; P. O. Box No.
3); Tel. Ad: Ahrens and Nordlloyd
Chr. Mosle (Bremen)
J. A. Harmssen (Yokohama)
F. Popert (Kobe)
L. Temme (Yokohama)
R. Henzler, signs per pro, (Kobe)
H. Hoffmann, do.
A. Fischinger
F. Vogel
do.
E. Rohlfing P. Wuebbeling J. A. Mueller Chr. Hoyer
G. Beutner, technical expert of the
B.A.S.F.
Agents
Norddeutscher Lloyd
Società Nazionale di Servizi Maritimi London Assurance Corporation
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society
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