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OSAKA

the finest example of the ancient feudal castles of Japan. It is now occupied by the Osaka garrison, and forms the headquarters of one of the 18 great military districts, and it has also within its enclosure an extensive military arsenal. Osaka, like Tokyo and Kyoto, forms a province in itself and has its own Governor. It is the seat of numerous industries, including cotton-spinning mills, shipbuilding yards, iron works, and sugar refining. Cotton-spinning may be said to be the largest industry. There are seven spinning companies in the city with 9 factories representing a paid-up capital of Yen 82,300,000. Of 37,607 looms (in spinning factories only) in Japan no fewer than 5,376 are in Osaka. The number of factories of all kinds in Osaka, according to 1920 returns, is 4,641, 12 of these employing over 1,000 hands. The Imperial Mint is also located here. This establishment is in active operation and turns out a coinage not surpassed by any in the world. The trade statistics of Osaka in recent years have shown remarkable growth. The imports in 1920 were valued at Yen 185,777,315, and the exports at Yen 472,006,532, as compared with Yen 167,670,519 and Yen 438,837,169, respectively, in 1919. The Osaka trade returns, however, do not afford a reliable index of the foreign trade, the greater part of which passes through the Kobe customs. Most of the goods exported from, or im- ported into, Osaka are shipped or discharged at Kobe. The population of the city is 1,252,972, according to the census taken in 1920. In 1909 a third of the city was destroyed by fire, the total damage being estimated at Yen 25,000,000. A much better class of house has taken the place of those destroyed, and the regulations for rebuilding provide for wide thoroughfares.

DIRECTORY

AALL & Co.-150, Nakanoshima, 5-chome,

Kita-ku; Teleph. 2389 (Tosabori) B. Owrum Andresen, manager

H. Nyhuus

J. Brandt

ALLEN & CO., LTD., EDGAR (Imperial Steel Works, Sheffield, England)-27, Furuka- cho, Kita-ku; Teleph. 1740 (Nishi); Tel. Ad: Chikara

R. H. Gordon, manager for Jay an

G. R. Atkin

ALLEN, SONS & Co., LTD., W. H., Mechanical and Electrical Engineers (Bedford, Eng- land)-33, Kawaguchi-cho, Nishiku; Teleph. 1535 Nishi; Tel. Ad: Manifesto

ANDREWS & GEORGE COMPANY-119, 2-chome Minami-dori, Yedobori, Nishi- ku. Head Office: Tokyo; Teleph. L.D. 1397 Tosabori; Tel, Ad: Yadzu

BABCOCK & WILCOX, LTD., Osaka Branch-

47, Kitabama, Sanchome, Higashi-ku; Teleph. 1722 Honkyoku; Tel. Ad: Babcock

A. J. Smith, M.I. MECH. E.

C. B. Kinnes, A.M.I.E.E.

K. Suzuki H. Miyoshi

M. Yoshikawa T. Doji

BANK OF CHOSEN-18, Imabashi Gochome,

Higashi-ku; Tel. Ad: Chosenbank

BAGNALL& HILLES, LTD.-35, 1-chome, Tosa- bori, Nishi-ku; Teleph. 3093 (Tosabori)

BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD-22, Kitahama, 2-chome, Higashiku; Tel. Ad: Taiwan- gink

Y. Kikuchi, manager T. Egami, sub-manager M. Senoh, per pro. manager

S. Jinushi,

do.

BISHOP POOLE MEMORIAL GIRLS' SCHOOL- Tsuruhashi Cho, Church Missionary Society

Miss K. Tristram, B.A,

Miss L. L. Shaw, B.A.

Miss A. S. Williams, B.SC. Miss K. M. Boydell

BOHLER KEITEI GOSHI KAISHA, Makers of

Bohler Steel-Kitaku, Dojima, Hama dori, 4-Chome 5; Teleph. 1278; Tel. Ad: Tosabori

CASSELLA SENRYO KAISHA(in Liquidation)-

28, Koraibashi, Sanchome; Teleph. 2040 (Honkyoku); P.O. Box 33

A. Pahl, liquidator