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and imposing sight is Osaka Castle, erected in 1583 by the famous warrior Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It is now the Headquarters of the Fourth Army Divi- sion, the grounds having been converted into a public park. It is the seat of numerous industries, including cotton-spinning mills, shipbuilding yards, iron-works and sugar refineries. Cotton-spinning and weaving are the most important industries and there are a large num- ber of big mills in the city and neighbourhood. Recently there has been a surprising development in the manufacture of all kinds of goods for the export trade in Osaka's well-equipped factories. The Imperial Mint also is established here. From the outset the street Electric Tramway within the city limits was a municipal undertaking and at present 104 kilometres are open to traffic.

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Extensive harbour improvements have been in progress for a number of years and still further plans are to be given effect to. By 1940 it is expected that the Osaka North Harbour Co. will have enclosed an additional marine area of 2,317,000 sq. metres between the Shinyodo River and the Aji River. The present harbour has berthing accommodation at 29 buoys for ships of 5,000 to 20,000 gross tons. Five piers and six quays, all with shed and railway facilities, have water depth of 29 ft. or over. Floating and fixed wharf cranes. and dry docks are available.

The trade statistics of Osaka since the war have shown great growth 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.

DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN FIRMS

AALL & CO., LTD., Manufacturers' Re- 'presentatives, Import and Export- 9 and 10, Koraibashi, 4-chome, Higashi-ku. P.O. Box 80; Cable Ad: Aall; Telephs. (Hon.) 2574, 3197, 3278 and 3918

J. Brandt, director A. Tanaka

P. Kuzmichev

H. Weidner

J. G. M. Renkens

ACME TRADING CO., INC.-9, Mina-

misumiya-machi; Minami-ku

AGFA GOMEI KAISHA, Agents for Agfa

Products 17, 3-chome,

- 17, 3-chome, Kitahama Higashiku; P.O. Box Senba 41; Cable Ad: Agfafoto.

E. Gustke

ALUMINIUM UNION, LTD.-702, Asahi Building, Nakanoshima; Cable Ad: Alunion

AMERICAN TRADING CO. OF JAPAN, LTD., Importers and Engineers-Rooms 416 and 417, Dojima Building, 1- chome, Hamadori, Kita-ku; Telephs. 5911 to 5913 (Kita, L.D.); P.O. Box 8 (Central); Cable Ad: Amtraco; Codes: A.B.C. 5th, A.B.C. 5th imp., Western Union, 5-letter edn. Scho- field's Eclectic, Bentley's

H. Hall, manager (Kobe)

A. Scheuten, imports F. Obata, engr. Frigidaire Dept.-63, Bakuromachi, 2-chome, Higashi-ku; Teleph. Semba 4458; Cable Ad: Amtraco D. M. Forsyth, manager (Tokyo)

ANDERSON, CLAYTON & Co.'s AGENCY, Cotton Merchants 506, Gosho Building; Telephs. 943 and 1089 (Honkyoku); P.O. Box 165 (Cen- tral); Cable Add: Fichter

Paul J. Fichter, agent