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OSAKA
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. 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 refineries. Cotton-spinning is the most important industry. There are 30 cotton- spinning companies with 48 mills and an aggregate of 841,000 spindles. The number of factories of all kinds in the city in 1922 was 17,172, employing a total of 115,000 hands. The Imperial Mint also is established here.
Extensive harbour improvements have been in progress for a number of years, and at present wharfage is available for five vessels of 5,000 to 6,000 tons, while vessels of 10,000 tons or 29 feet draught can enter the port. A considerable sum of money is still to be expended on the harbour, on the completion of which eight vessels of 10,000 tons will be able to come alongside the wharves, while as many as 50 or 60 of the same size will be provided with berthing space at buoys. In 1922, 1,090 ships with an aggregate tonnage of 2,213,948 entered the port.
The trade statistics of Osaka since the war have shown great growth. Imports in 1922 were valued at Yen 128,690,000 and exports at Yen 322,860,000, as compared with Yen 118,872,000 and Yen 292,039,000, respectively, in 1921. 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.
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 thoroughfares have been widened.
DIRECTORY
AALL & Co.-150, Nakanoshima, 5-chome, Kita-ku; Teleph. 2389 (Tosabori); P.O. Box 80 (Central)
B. Owrum-Andresen, manager
H. Nyhuus
ALLEN & Co., LTD., EDGAR (Imperial Steel Works, Sheffield, England)-27, Furuka- wa-cho, Kita-ku; Teleph. 1740 (Nishi); Tel. Ad: Chikara
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
AMERICAN TRADING Co., Importers, Export- ers, Engineers, Shipping and Insurance -Dojima Building, 1, Dojima Hamadori, 1-chome, Kita-ku; Telephs. 5911 to 5914 (Kita); Tel. Ad: Amtnaco; Codes: A.B.C. 5th, A.B.C. 5 imp. Western Union, 5- letter edn. Schofield's Eclectic, Bentley's
W. Gauge, agent
N. B. Gillion, sub-agent
ANDREWS & GEORGE Co.- 18, 3-chome Minami-dori; Teleph. 1397 (L.D.) and 6191 (Tosabori); Tel, Ad: Yadzu. Head Office: Tokyo
ANDREWS & GEORGE Co., Machinery, Scientific and Engineering Departments
-18, 3-chome, Yedobori, Minamidori, Nishi-ku; Telephs. 1397 and 6191 (Tosabori); Tel. Ad: Yadzu. Head Office: Chiyoda Building, Tokyo
K. Okubo
ANDREWS & GEORGE Co., Safe Cabinet Department-8, Nichome, Doshu-machi Higashi-ku; Teleph. 1786 (Honkyoku); Tel. Ad: Wamhas
I. W. Rodgers | Y. Ozaki (Hakata)
BABCOCK & WILCOX, LTD., Osaka Branch— 47, Kitaliama, Sanchome, Higashi-ku; Telepli. 1722 (Honk.); Tel. Ad: Babcock
K. Suzuki
T. Doji
T. Kiyooka
BANK OF CHOSEN-18, Imabashi, 5-chome,
Higashi-ku; Tel. Ad: Chosenbank
BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD-22, Kitahama, 2- chome, Higashiku; Tel. Ad: Taiwangink
N. Uda, manager
H. Motehashi, sub-manager
S. Jinushi, per pro. manager
A. Nifu
BISHOP POOLE MEMORIAL GIRLS' SCHOOL— Tsuruhashi-cho, Church Missionary Soc.
Miss K. Tristram, B.A.
Miss L. L. Shaw, B.A. Miss A. S. Williams, B.SC. Miss K. M. Boydell
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