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stands between Kobe Station and the Okurayama Park, where there is, also, a large 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 sanetioned a seheme 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 1913 to 1924:--

1913.

1914.

1915...

1916..

1917....

1918.....

Imports

346,608,977

Exports

170,470,039 | 1919.......

281,959,911 167,522,636 | 1920.................

269,216,398 197,597,830 | 1921..............

374,099,070 325,671,735 1922.

530,929,041 479,770,388 1923...

Imports Exports

443,249,116

1,015,141,760

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

784,310,224 539,350,392 | 1924... ...................... .....1,177,039,408 580,293,517 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

ABDULALI & Co., N. F., Import and Export Merchants-410, O.S.K. Building; Teleph. 951; P.O. Box 296; Tel. Ad: Najam

ABRAHAM & Co., L. D., Import and Export Merchants-50, Harima-nachi; 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)

S. A. Stimpson, general agent

E. F. O'Connor | A. R. Č. Mawdsley R. H. Morris

Agency

American Pioneer Line

AMERICAN TRADING CO., INC., Importers, Exporters, Engineers, Shipping and Insurance-99, Yedo-machi and Kita- machi; Telephs. 482 to 485 and 3997 (Sannomiya, L.D.); P.O. Box 17 (San- nomiya); Tel. Ad: Amtraco; Codes: Amtraco;___Codes: A.B.C. 5th., A.B.C. 5th imp., Western Union 5-letter edn., Schofield's Eclectic and Bentley's

W. Gauge, agent

W. Hirzel, sub-agent

E. J. Marshall, accountant W. W. Baer

H. C. Kendall P. Hiatt

J. B. Moulton J. H. Dowling C. H. Thorn

Mrs. Bisshop Y. Seto

F. Obata

H. Funahashi H. Motomura

National Cash Register Dept.-99, Yedo-

machi; Teleph. 483 (Sannomiya)

J. H. Dowling, mgr. | C. H. Thorn

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC.-32, Akashi- machi; Teleph. 1598 (Sannomiya); P.O. Box 197; Tel. Ad: Amexco

Amico Shokai Goshi Kaisha, Im- port and Export Merchants-39, Akashi- machi; Teleph. 3778 (Sannomiya); P.O. Box 286; Tel. Ad: Amicold and Trusty; Codes: A.B.C. 5th and 6th edns., Bentley's

ASSOCNS., CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (KOBE)

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

Rev. R. Austin Thomson, D.D., F.R.G.S. (Mission Treasurer and Legal Representative in Japan)

Mrs. R. Austin Thomson

BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN (Kobe Branch)-1, Kaigan-dori; P.O. Box 40

Secretary-W. S. Antill

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