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City Library. In the park stands a bronze statue of the late Prince Ito, who was one of the most influential and powerful statesmen of Japan in the Meiji period. The Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard situated at Hyogo is one of the largest in Japan. The Mitsubishi Co., also, have a dockyard at the Western extremity of the port. The Government in 1906 sanctioned a scheme for the improvement of the harbour involv- ing an expenditure of 32,000,000 yen. Large reclamations were undertaken at Onohama, and commodious wharves and other facilities for the working of cargo are provided.

Kobe's excellent railway communications, both north and south, have naturally tended to centralise trade at this port.

The following table of values in Yen shows the total trade of the port from 1912 to 1923:-

1912....

1913....

1914..

Imports Exports

302,199,803

150,475,871

1919...

346,608,977 170,470,039 1920..

Imports Exports 1,015,141,760 443,249,116 1,127,476,835 518,987,252

768,209,362 229,144,369

856,356,675 279,821,530

1,007,926,455 357,111,891

1915....

1916.... 1917....

1918.....

281,959,911 167,522,636 | 1921..

269,216,398 197,597,830 1922.

374,099,070 325,671,735 1923...

530,929,041 479,770,388 | 1924 (half-year)... 716,369,627 271,887,454 784,310,224 539,350,392

One of the principal reasons for the recent large export figures is the increased amount of silk shipped from Kobe since the earthquake of September 1st, 1923.

DIRECTORY

AALL & Co.-22, Naniwa-machi; Teleph. 1955 (L.D., Sannomiya); Tel. Ad: Aall

B. Owrum-Andresen, manager Miss A. C. dos Reinedios

ABDULALI & Co., Import and Export Merchants-95, Kitano-cho, 3-chome; Teleph. 951 (L.D., Sannomiya); P.O. Box 296; Tel. Ad: Najam

ABRAHAM & Co., L. D., Commission Mer- chants-50, Harima-inachi; P.O. Box 85 (Sannomiya)

L. D. Abraham C. A. Aslet

B. Abraham

J. Abraham

E. B. Kawasjee M. V. da Costa

J. Medina

J. C. Guterres

Admiral Oriental Line, Managing | Agents U.S.Shipping Board-7A, Kaigan- dori; Telephs. 1595 and 1558 (Sannomiya)

E. W. Latic, general agent

S. A. Stimpson

A. P. Fredrickson | B. Roberts Agency

American Pioneer Line

AHRENS & Co., NACHF., H.-Head office: 66, Naniwa-machi; Teleph. 366 (Sannomiya); P.O. Box 30 (Sannomiya); Tel. Ad: Nitrammon, Nordlloyd and Ahrens

J. A. Harmssen

Fr. Schneider, signs per pro.

G. R. Schmidt

F. Bjoernsen, N.D.L.

Mrs. M. Schneider

H. Gelder, certified accountant Hans Schmid, agricultural expert of

the B.A.S.F.

M. O. Guenel (Tokyo)

H. Umbhau, N.D.L. (Yokohama) Agency

Norddeustcher Lloyd, Bremen

American Baptist Foreign Mission Society-39, Kitano-cho, 2-chome; Teleph. 1984 (Sannomiya); Tel. Ad: Baptisma

Legal

Rev. R. Austin Thomson, D.D., F.R.G.S.

(Mission Treasurer and Representative in Japan)

Mrs. R. Austin Thomson

-32;

American Express Co., Inc.

Akashi-machi; Teleph. 1598 (Sannomiya); P.O. Box 197; Tel. Ad: Amexco

T. A. Hines, manager

A. E. Burn

S. Yamamoto Miss M. Simmonds N. Oishi H. Ogino

V. Naito

AMERICAN TRADING CO., INC., Importers, Exporters, Engineers, Shipping and Insurance-99, Kita-machi; Telephs. 482 to 484, 3978 and 3997 (Sannomiya); Tel. Ad: Anitraco; Codes: A.B.C. 5th, A.B.C. 5th imp., Western Union, 5-letter' edn., Schofield's Eclectic, Bentley's

W. Gauge, agent

E. J. Marshall, accountant