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YOKOHAMA,HAKODATE

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OFFICES

London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Co.

London & Provincial Marine & General Insce. Co., Ld. Marine Insurance Company

Maritime Insurance Company, Liverpool Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York Netherland Fire & Life Ins. Co. New Zealand Insurance Company

North China Insurance Company, Limited

Northern Assurance Company, Ld. (Fire and Life)... Northern Maritime Insurance Co., Limited Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Ld. Ocean Marine Insurance Co., Limited Palatine Insurance Company, Limited Phoenix Assurance Co., Limited, of London Phoenix Assurance Co., Limited...

Providence, Washington, Insurance, Company. Provident Clerks' Mutual Life Assurance Association Queen Insurance Company, Ld..............

Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation (Fire).. Royal Exchange Assurance Corp...

Scottish National Insurance Co., Ld., London Scottish Union & National Insurance Co..

Sea Insurance Co., Ld.

South British Insurance Co., Ld...

St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.

Standard Life Assurance Co.

Sun Insurance Office of London

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada...........

Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company

Tokyo Marine Insurance Co., Ld.

Transatlantic Marine Insurance Co. of Berlin Triton Insurance Company.

Union Insurance Society of Canton

United Dutch Marine Insurance Companies.

United Swiss Marine Insurance Co., Manchester World Marine Insurance Company, Limited Yangtsze Insurance Association

Yorkshire Insurance Co., Ld.

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AGENTS

W. M. Strachan & Co. John W. Cain, agent W. M. Strachan & Co.

R. Kozhevar, agent, P.&O.S.N.CO. Mollison & Co.

W. M. Strachan & Co. A. Meier & Co. Sale & Frazar, Ld. H. E. Stearns, agent W. M. Strachan & Co. Dodwell & Co., Ld. Fred. P. Pratt Dodwell & Co., Ld. S. Isaacs & Co.

China & Japan Trading Co., Ld. W. M. Strachan & Co., Ld. Dodwell & Co., Ld.

W. M. Strachan & Co., Lol. W. M. Strachan & Co. John W. Cain

W. M. Strachan & Co., Ld. China and Japan Trading Co. C. Weinberger & Co.

W. M. Strachan & Co., Ld. American Trading Co. Dodwell & Co., Ld. Dodwell & Co., Ld. A. R. Harris

F. W. Hill

Mollison & Co.

S. Kitadai, agent

C. Weinsberger & Co.

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. E. W. Maitland, agent Dodwell & Co., Ld.

C. Weinsberger & Co. W. M. Strachan & Co., Ld. John W. Cain

Dodwell & Co., Ld.

HAKODATE

This, the most northerly of the old treaty ports of Japan, is situated in the south of Yezo, in the Straits of Tsugaru, which divide that island from Honshiu. The port lies in latitude 41 deg. 47 min. 8 sec. N., and longitude 140 deg. 45 min. 34 sec. E., and the harbour is nearly land-locked. The town clusters at the foot and on the slope of a bold rock known to foreigners as Hakodate Head, 1,106 feet in height. The surrounding country is hilly, volcanic, and striking, but the town itself possesses few attractions. A row of fine temples, with lofty picturesque roofs, occupying higher ground than the rest of the town, are the most conspicuous buildings. There are some Public Gardens at the eastern end of the town, which contain a small but interesting Museum. Water- works for supplying the town with pure water were completed in 1889. The climate of Hakodate is healthy and bracing. The hottest month is August, but the thermome- ter there rarely rises above 90 degrees Fahr.; in the winter it sometimes sinks to 18 degrees. The mean temperature throughout the year is about 48 degrees. The population of Hakodate is about 90,000. The number of foreign residents comprising - American, British, French, German, and Chinese is about 350.