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United Clbu and the New Grand Hotel. Reconstruction of the former Settlement is now nearing completion and includes many fine examples of modern architecture, notably the Prefectural offices, rebuilt at a cost of 3 million yen, the Silk Condi- tioning House, the British and American Consulates, Japanese and Foreign Banks and the offices of the Rising Sun Petroleum Co. and Socony-Vacuum Corporation. A fine cricket and recreation ground, a racecourse and golf links are situated about two miles from the Settlement. A good boating club also exists, providing facilities for deep-sea bathing. The railway station is well-designed and commodious. The town is in the enjoyment of an excellent water supply, large waterworks having been com- pleted in 1887. The municipal electric tramways traversing important sec- tions of the city now extend for 27 miles. The harbour work started in 1900 and practically finished in 1917, sustained great demage in the earthquake of 1923. Reconstruction was, however, complete in March 1931. The gas works were started as a private enterprise but taken over by the municiplaity in 1892, the pipes laid mea- sure now about 200 miles. There are 4 berths at the pier accommodating the largest steamers, and 12 mooring wharves for large ocean-going vessels, most of these wharves accommodatiog vessels of any size. The Yokohama Dock Company has three dry docks of 628 ft., 489 ft., and 380 ft., docking length, 98 ft., 77 ft.. and 76 ft. width of entrance, and 33 ft., 26 ft. and 21 ft. of water on the blocks res- pectively, and a mooring basin of 600 ft. by 100 ft. by 25 ft.

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In the very severe earthquake, which was followed by a huge conflagra- tion, on September 1st, 1923, close on 30,000 people are known to have perished. Another 3,559 were missing and believed to be dead, and 66,371 were officially reported as injured, the total casualties representating nearly one-quarter of the population. The number of buildings destroyed was 70,000 out of a total of 93,000. The shipping in harbour was placed in serious jeopardy by the blazing oil from the oil-tanks on shore running into and spreading over the water.

The population of Yokohama was about 640,800 in October 1931, thus being the sixth largest city in the Empire.

Yokohama chiefly subsists on its foreign trade, especially the valuable silk trade, which from the time of the opening of the country has always been handled at the port. The earthquake of 1923 for a time disabled the port, and the silk trade

temperorarily transferred to Kobe, but with the rehabilition of the northern port the trade has been recaptured. and the latest figures show that Yokohama has more than made good the loss suffered by the catastrophe.

Yokohama is administered by the Municipality, which owns the electric lighting and power plants, the electric tramways and the gas and water supplies.

DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN FIRMS

ADET, MOSS & Co., Wholesale Wine and Spirit Merchants-43, Yamashi- ta-cho; Teleph. 2-4077; P.O. Box 51; Cable Ad: Mossycamp

C. H. Moss

R. Monnot

ADVANI, H. R., General Exporters- 76, Yamashita-cho; Cable Ad: Gu- runamik

AHRENS & Co., NACHF, H. (Gomei Kaisha)-51, Yamashita-cho; Naka- ku; Teleph. (2) 0142 and (2) 0150

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(Honkyoku); P.O. Box 71; Cable Ad: Nordlloyd

H. Bosch. acting partner (Tokyo) H. Umbhau

Agencies

Stickstoff

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Syndikat,

Berlin. Fertilizers

G.m.b. H.,

Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen.

Passenger and Freight Line

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF YOKOHAMA

(see Clubs)

AMERICAN CONSULATE (see Consulates)