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YOKOHAMA

The foreign trade of the port in 1924 was:-Imports, Yen 635,848,553, and Exports, Yen 672,285,621 (of which raw and waste silk represented Yen 610,098,734), as compared with Imports, Yen 515,258,183, and Exports, Yen 668,611,627 in 1923.

The foreign trade suffered inevitable dislocation after the earthquake, but the -export trade has already largely recovered and is showing a steady increase. Imports received a great stimulation owing to the need for reconstruction material, but the normal import business shows a slower recovery than the export trade.

The heavy cost of rebuilding hampered the return of business houses, but many of these have resumed business in premises temporarily erected pending permanent rebuilding. The foreign-style hotels were all destroyed in the earthquake and hotel accommodation is at present inadequate to requirements. A project is, however, under consideration for the erection of a large modern hotel at a cost of about one and a half million yen. Permanent re-building is in progress, and with the widening and improvement of the streets should show considerable activity during the next year. In the principal business sections all new permanent building must be fireproof. A hospital and a school have been built by the foreign community and were opened in September, 1925, while plans for the re-building of the Yokohama United Club at a cost of lialf a million yen are under consideration.

DIRECTORY

(For Government Departments see under G.)

ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINE-42, Yamashita- cho; Teleph. 237; Tel. Ad: Admiraline

AMERICAN TRADING Co.-255, Yamashita- cho; Telephs. 566 and 2123; P.O. Box 28; Tel. Ad: Amtraco. Head Office for Japan: Tokyo

H. Hall, mgr., traffic & shipping depts.

J. Takaji

Agencies

Frank Waterhouse & Co., Seattle Prince Line, Ld.

South British Insurance Co., Ld. L'pool., London and Globe Ins. Co., Ld. Home Insurance Co. of New York

AMSTERDAM UNDERWRITERS ASSOCIATION -72, Main Street; Teleph. 682; Tel. Ad: Hood

R. J. Carroll, agent

Geo. Hood, signs per pro.

BELL, HAROLD, TAYLOR, BIRD & Co., Char- tered Accountants-See under Tokyo

BERRICK & Co., LTD., Importers and Exporters-199, Yamashita-cho; P.O. Box 199

B. R. Berrick, director M. Mendelson,

B. Deveson

do.

O. Yuyama

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants-See

also under Kobe

H. W. Kent, signs per pro.

E. J. Dowley

C. Saines

J. T. Towns Miss Clarke

Agencies

China Navigation Co., Ld. Ocean Steamship Co., Ld.

China Mutual Steam Nav. Co., Ld. Canadian Govt. Merchant Marine, Ld. Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld. Taikoo Dockyd.&Eng'ng. Co.of H'kong

Cabeldu & Co.-See under Kobe

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY Co., Traffic Agents for Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd., and Agents for Dominion Express Co.-1, Bund (Corner); Teleph. 232; P.O. Box 201; Tel. Ad: Citamprag and Gacanpac

Freight and Operating Dept.- Tel.

Ad: Citamprag

M. FitzGerald, general agent J. H. Nancollis, agent

G. A. Watt, assistant

M. J. Nozaki, Shimidzu agent

K. Yada, assistant

do.

T. Tsuchiya, do. T. Hasumi, Young Bun, cashier Passenger Dept.

A. M. Parker, gen. agt. pass. dept. B. G. Ryan, passenger agent

F. A. Vezina

N. Matsui

I. Koshimidzu

CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA-179, Yamashita-cho; Tel. Ad: Younker

C. H. Owen, manager

J. H. Kortright

A. Reid

| G. P. Cooke

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