YOKOHAMA HAKODATE
OFFICES
Maritime Insurance Company, Liverpool Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York Netherland Fire and Life Insurance Co., Ltd. New Zealand Insurance Company Norske Lloyd Insurance Co.
North British and Mercantile Insurance Co. North China Insurance Company, Limited
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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 Loudon
Phoenix Assurance Co., Limited.....
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Providence, Washington, Insurance Company Provident Clerks' Mutual Life Assurance Association Queen Insurance Company, Ld.... Queensland Insurance Co....
Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation (Fire)... Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation...
Royal Insurance Co....
Scottish Union and National Insce. Co. 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 Fire Insurance Co..........
Sun Fire Co, London......
Sun Insurance Office of London
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Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada.... Tokyo Fire Insurance Co....
Tokyo Marine Insurance Co., Ld.
Triton Insurance Company
Union Insurance Society of Canton
United Dutch Marine Insurance Companies...
World Marine Insurance Company, Limited Yangtsze Insurance Association
Yokohama Fire, Marine, etc., Insce. Co. Yorkshire Insurance Co., Ld.
Yorkshire Insurance., Co., Ld.
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AGENTS
Mollison & Co.
W. M. Strachan & Co., Ld. M. S. Wiersum & Co. Sale & Frazar, Ld. C. Olsen
F. W. Hill
E. S. Wilkinson
and Nabholz & Co.
W. M. Strachan & Co., Ld.
Dodwell & Co., Ld. Fred. P. Pratt Dodwell & Co., Ld.
S. Isaacs & Co.
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China & Japan Trading Co., Ld. W. M. Strachan & Co., Ld.
and Geo. Hood Dodwell & Co., Ld.
W. M. Strachan & Co., Ld. W. M. Strachan & Co., Ld. Sale & Frazar
John W. Cain
W. M. Strachan & Co., Ld. Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Union Estate & Investment Co. Union Estate & Investment Co.. W. M. Strachan & Co., Ld.
American Trading Co.
Dodwell & Co., Ld. Dodwell & Co., Ld. Cameron & Co. Sulzer Rudolph & Co. A. R. Harris
F. W. Hill
Higginbotham & Co. S. Kitadai, agent
Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. E. W. Maitland Dodwell & Co., Ld.
W. M Strachan & Co., Ld. John W. Cain
Higginbotham & Co. Dodwell & Co., Ld. Stanton & Co.
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
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