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Y. Akai, sub-manager

S. Yoda,

do.

YOKOHAMA-HAKODATE

O. Kohno, p. pro. manager

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K. Minami,

do.

YORKSHIRE INSURANCE Co., LTD.-70B;

Teleph. 2493; Tel. Ad: Yorkshire

P. L. Monkman

YOSHIKAWA, K., Bookseller and Stationer

-5, Bentendori; Teleph. 2688

S. Yoshikawa | T. Koyama

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION -Tokiwa-cho, Itchome; Telephs. 4360 and 2270 (Honkyoku)

Capt. K. Yabe, president Masura Omura, gen. secretary

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H. S. Sneyd, hon. gen.secretary R. L. Durgin, hon. secretary

ZELLWEGER & Co., E., Raw Silk Merchants

-90B; Teleph. 517

A. Brunner (Basle) S. Stachelin, do.

E. Zellweger, signs per pro.

ZEMMA WORKS, LTD., Manufacturers of Machine Tools and Woodworking Machinery, Steam Engines, Steam and Hot Water Boilers-Isogo-Mura, near Yokohama; Teleph. 1009; Tel. Ad: Zemma

H. E. Metcalf, managing director

F. G. Britton, manager

T. W. Chisholm 500 Japanese

HAKODATE

This, the most northerly of the old treaty ports of Japan, is situated in the south o 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 now about 144,740.

The foreign trade of the port is small, but has been steadily growing during the last few years. The value of the imports in 1919 was Yen 1,363,900 and the exports Yen 6,560,248. In 1918 the imports were Yen 1,755,785 and the exports Yen 8,033,928. The agricultural resources of Yezo have been to some extent developed under the auspices of the Kaitakushi, or Colonization Department. The rich pasture lands are well adapted for breeding cattle. In the valuable and extensive fisheries on the coast, however, the chief exports of the future from Hakodate are to be looked for. Increasing quantities of dried fish and seaweed are exported annually, mostly to China. The mineral resources of Yezo are large, and may also some day yield a valuable addition to the exports of this port. About a million and a half tons of coal are annually taken from 41 mines, and the output of the eighteen sulphur mines amounts to about 250,000 tons a year. Manganese is produced to the extent of about five thousand tons a year from five mines between Hakodate and Otaru, and an important export business in this com- modity seems to be developing. Copper has not figured in the export returns since 1904, though some is mine:l in the island. Timber has during the past few years formed the chief item in the export list. Washing for gold dust has been carried on in Kitami, and the belief is entertained that with proper machinery the gold mines of Hokkaido may be worked with fair profit. Silver, manganese, sulphur and magnetic iron are also obtained. The kerosene wealth of this district is considerable, and it is even stated the prospects are not inferior to those of Echigo. The places where