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KOBE

large lawn for all kinds of sports. The French Roman Catholic Church is a fine structure in Nakayamate-dori. An English Episcopal Church, All Saints, was opened in 1898 and there are several native Protestant churches. There are several foreign hotels in the city.

Statistics published in 1928 gave the population of Kobe as 666,700.

The Temple of Nofukuji, which possesses a large bronze Buddha, is situated in the old town of Hyogo and is worth a visit; and there is a monument to the Japanese hero Kiyomori, erected in 1286, in a grove of trees in the vicinity of the temple, which claims some attention from its historic associations. The bed of the old river Minatogawa was reclaimed in 1910. The upper part of the reclaimed area is now known as Minatogawa Park, where there is a City Hall, behind which is a large market. The lower part of the river-bed is a centre for public entertainments, such as theatres, cinematographs, etc. The shrine dedicated to Kusunoki Masashige, who fell on this spot in 1336 during the unsuccessful wars for the restoration of the Mikado's power, 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.

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

DIRECTORY

AALL & Co., LTD. — 7, Harima-machi

J. Brandt, manager

ABRAHAM & Co., LTD., L. D., Import and Export Merchants — 50, Harima-machi; P.O. Box 85 (Sannomiya); Tel. Ad: Abraham

Directors-C. A. Aslet, H. Mita, J. Abraham, B. Abraham (London) and J. Hara (Tokyo)

ACKROYD BROS., LTD.-110, Ito-machi; Teleph. 1825 (Sann.); P.O. Box 110; Tel. Ad: Moufflon

H. C. Macnaughton, representative F. H. Martin, technical

do.

ADET, CAMPREDON & Co., Wholesale Wine and Spirit Merchants-43, Nishi machi; P.O. Box 290

AHMED ABDUL KARIM BROS., Exporters-

40/7, Isobe-dori, 4-chome; P.O. Box 6

AHMED EBRAHIM BROS., Exporters of Hosiery, Towels and Sundries-38, Isobe- dori, 2-chome

920

AHRENS & Co., NACHF., H. (Gomei Kaisha) -Meikai Building (2nd floor), 32, Akashi- machi; Telephs. 366, 598 and (Sann.); P.O. Box 30 (Sannomiya); Tel. Ad: Ahrens, Nitrammon, Nordlloyd H. Bosch, acting partner (Tokyo)

G. R. Schmidt, signs per pro.

F. Bjoernsen

G. Broetje A. Kayser

H. Steenbuck

Miss I. Lippold

Agents for

Stickstoff-Syndikat G.m.b.H., Berlin.

Fertilisers

Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen.

senger and Freight Line

Pas-

Akashi-

ALSOT, BRISSAUD & CIE.—30,

machi; Teleph. 5932 (Sann.); P.O. Box 1023 (Sann.); Tel. Ad: Alsobrisso

AMBERG & Co., GRO., General Merchants—

49, Harima-machi

AMERICAN COTTON CO-OPERATIVE ASSO- CIATION 32, Shimoyamate-dori, 2-chome

J. Grover Sims, agent

AMERICAN MAIL LINE (Admiral Oriental Line)-7, Kaigan-dori; Telephs. 264, 997, 1558 and 1595 (Sannomiya); P.O. Box 308; Tel. Ad: Mailine

E. L. Matteson, general agent

C. H. Blaxill C. Gabrielson B. Chamberlain E. T. Ward

AMERICAN TRADING CO. OF JAPAN, LTD., Importers, Exporters, Engineers, Ship- ping and Insurance 99, Yedo-machi and Kita-machi; Telephs. 482 to 485 and 3997 (Sannomiya, L.D.); P.O. Box 17 (Sannomiya); Tel. Ad: Antraco; Codes: A.B.C. 5th., A.B.C. 5th imp., Western Union 5-letter edn., Schofield's Eclectic, Bentley's and Acme

C. A. Keough, manager

C. Y. Baldwin, accountant Wm. Graham