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NAGOYA-HAKODATE

VACUUM OIL Co.--Sawakami-cho

WATANABE KEORI GOMEI

TOHO GAS CO., LTD.-Minami Otsu-cho,

2-chome, Naka-ku

TOKAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.-Minami Otsu-

machi, 2-chome, Naka-ku

TOKAI SODA Co., Chemicals, etc.-4, Nishi-

tsukiji

TOKYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.-3, Minami

Otsu-cho, 2-chome, Naka-ku

TOKYO MUSLIN Co., LTD.-Kamuida-machi

TOYO COTTON SPINNING CO., LTD.-18,

Temma-cho, 6-chome, Nishi-ku

TOYODA BOSHOKU KAISHA, LTD., Spinning Mills-176, Yoneda Sakaou-cho, Nishi- ku

TOYODA LOOM MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

-Shimazaki-cho

TRUSCON STEEL Co. OF JAPAN-Matsuda Building, Higashi Shin-inachi, Naka-ku

N. Ogawa, branch manager

KAISHA,

Blanket Makers-Osaka-cho, 2-chome

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CO. OF JAPAN-- Sumitomo Building, Shin Yanagi-cho, 6-chome; Tel. Ad: Wemco

WITKOWSKI & Co. (Goshi Kaisha), J.—31,

Itaya-cho, Higaslii-ku; P.O. Box 55

G. Midzutani, manager

YAMADA SHOTEN, Porcelain Makers-16,

Mayeno-cho, Higashi-ku

YAMASA TRADING Co., Porcelain-P.O.

Box 15 (Akatsuka)

YAWATA ELECTRIC Co.-Fukuro-machi, 1-chome, Nishi-ku; Teleph. 270 (Honky.)

YOKOHAMA RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO.,

LTD.-Ikura-cho, 4-chome, Nishi-ku

HAKODATE

This, the most northerly of the old treaty ports of Japan, is situated in the south of Yezo, in the Straits of Tsugaru, which divide that island from Honshiu. The port lies in latitude 41 deg. 47 min. 8 sec. N., and longitude 140 deg. 45 min. 34 sec. E., and the harbour is nearly land-locked. The town clusters at the foot and on the slope of a bold rock known to foreigners as Hakodate Head, about 1,000 feet in height, which is within a fortified area to which the public are not admitted. The surrounding country is hilly, volcanic, and striking, but the town itself possesses few attractions. There are some Public Gardens at the eastern end of the town which contain a small but interest- ing Museum. Waterworks for supplying the town with pure water were completed in 1889. The climate of Hakodate is healthy and bracing. The hottest month is August, but the thermometer there rarely rises above 90 degrees Falır. ; in the winter it some- times sinks to 10 degrees Fahr. or even less, the minimum in an average winter being about 12 degrees Fahr. The mean temperature throughout the year is about 48 degrees. The population of Hakodate according to the last official census in October 1925 was 163,972.

The foreign trade of the port is small, but has been steadily growing during the last few years, mainly owing to the development of the Kamtschatka salmon fisheries, for which Hakodate is the principal entrepôt. The agricultural resources of Yezo have been considerably developed. The rich pasture lands are well adapted for breeding cattle and horses. Beans, peas and timber are exported, and sugar is produced from sugar beets. In the valuable and extensive fisheries on the coast and in the surrounding seas, however, the chief exports of the future from Hakodate are to be looked for. creasing quantities of dried fish and seaweed are exported annually, mostly to China. The mineral resources of Yezo are large. Washing for gold dust has been carried on in Kitami, and the belief is entertained that with proper machinery the gold mines

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