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OSAKA

and there are a large number of big mills in the city and neighbourhood. The number of factories of all kinds in the city in 1923 was 19,507, employing a total of 114,190- 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 1924, 1,812 ships with an aggregate tonnage of 4,533,314 tons entered the port.

The trade statistics of Osaka since the war have shown great growth. Imports in 1924 were valued at Yen 272,753,565 and exports at Yen 402,579,931, as compared with Yen 177,275,161 and Yen 206,769,996, respectively, in 1923. The Osaka trade returns, however, do not afford a reliable index of the foreign trade, a great 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, SONS & Co., LTD., W. H., Mechanical and Electrical Engineers (Bedford, Eng- land)-Nomura Building, Kitahama, 2- chome, Higashi-ku; Teleph. 1535 (Nishi); Tel. Ad: Manifesto

ANDREWS & GEORGE Co., Machinery, Scientific and Engineering Departments -18, 3-chome, Yedobori, Minami-dori, Nishi-ku; Telephs. 1397 and 6191 (Tosabori); Tel. Ad: Yadzu. Head Office: Chiyoda Building, Tokyo

AMERICAN TRADING CO., INC., Importers, Exporters, Engineers, Shipping and Insurance-Rooms 416 and 417, Dojima Building, 1-chome, Hama-dori, Kita-ku; Telephs. 5911 to 5913 (Kita, L.D.); P.O. Box 8 (Central); Tel. Ad: Amtraco; Codes: A.B.C. 5th, A.B.C. 5th imp., Western Union, 5-letter edn. Schofield's Eclectic, Bentley's

W. Gauge, agent

W. Hirzel, sub-agent

E. J. Marshall, account

W. W. Baer

H. C. Kendall

P. Hiatt

Y. Seto

F. Obata

H. Funahashi H. Motomura

National Cash Register Dept.--65, Bakurocho, 2-chome, Higashiku; P.O. Box 8 (Central), Telephs. 1155 and 3914 (Semba)

J. H. Dowling, manager

C. H. Thorn

Branches-Nagoya: 12, Shimon- sonocho, 4-chome, Nishiku; Teleph. 2696 (Honkyoku). Kyoto: Yanagin- obamba, Nishi-iru Shijo-dori. Okayama: Homachi, 2-chome; Teleph. 638 (Okaya). Hakata: 12, Shimookudocho; Teleph. 1187 (Fukuoka)

BANK OF CHOSEN-18, Imabashi, 5-cho Higashi-ku; Tel. Ad: Chosenbank

BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.-22, Kitahama, 3- chome, Higashi-ku; Tel. Ad: Taiwangink

T. Yosada, manager

H. Motohashi, sub-manager

M. Doi, per pro. manager

Y. Okamoto,

H. Yamamoto,

do. do.

BERRICK & Co., LTD.-Nomura Building;

Room 313, Kitahama Higashi-ku

BISHOP POOLE 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 E. M. Baker

Miss M. C. Baggs

BOHLER KEITEI GOSHI KAISHA, Makers of Bohler Steel-Kita-ku, Dojima, Hama- dori, 4-chome 5; Teleph. 1278; Tel. Ad: Tosa bori