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NAGOYA

There are 66 post and telegraph offices throughout the city and for wireless messages, a despatching station at Yosami, and a receiving station at Yok- kaichi, both towns near Nagoya, have recently been opened. These stations are supervised and operated by the Nagoya Central Wireless Telegram Office, and at these stations communication is maintained with Germany, Poland, France, and Great Britain. Telephones are a Government Monopoly in Japan, and are extensively used.

With the remarkable progress made in industry and communications during the Meiji Era, the commerce of the city has extended throughout the Empire. As a distributing and collecting point Nagoya has become known both at home and abroad, being placed just after Osaka and Tokyo. In reviewing the movement of goods a number of years ago, it is noticeable that most of the transportation was by land, and very little by water. But since the opening of Nagoya Harbour to, foreign commerce in 1907, the volume of goods shipped by water has greatly increased.

In 1933 the total tonnage passing through the harbour was 1,649,324 tons, while that handled by land amounted to about 2,800,000 tons.

Commodities that are brought into the city are chiefly raw materials such as sheep's wool, wheat, coal, poultry food, lumber, bean cakes, ginned cotton, rice, iron, etc. while those shipped out are mainly cotton fabrics, potteries, beer, rock sugar, glassware, weaving looms, clocks and other manufactured goods.

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From early times Nagoya has made remarkable progress, especially in industrial arts, on account of low wages, and the diligence and special skill in handicraft of the workers. Following the spirit of the times machinery has been introduced and factories have largely taken the place of household industries. The city is fortunate in having at its disposal an abundant supply of electric power which is indispensable in modern industries. This fact, together with the facilities for transportion on land and sea, has made Nayoga the largest industrial centre in Japan next to Osaka.

Textile head the list of industries, including piece-goods, cotton yarns, knitted goods, silk yarns floss-silk, etc. The chemical industry comes second, including porcelain and pottery, glassware, cement, chemicals, medi- cal supplies, lacquer-ware and lacquered papier-maché ware, and artificial manures. The food and drink industries are third, including alcoholic drinks, cakes and confectionery, flour etc. Miscellaneous industries include wooden articles, paper goods, stationery, toys, leather goods, Buddhist family shrines, etc. The fifth industry is machinery, including weaving machines, pumps, vehicles, clocks

clocks etc. Special industries include steel, castings, bronze, coal-gas, etc.

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In this part of Japan are a number of rivers which are capable of pro ducing an abundant supply of hydro-electric power. Thus, power can be had in sufficient quantity for all needs, a fact which has contributed greatly to the development of industries in Nagoya. At present the electric power used in the city is being supplied by the Toho Electric Power Company, the Great Consolidated Electric Power Company, the Japan Electric

Electric Power Company, the Hakusan Waterpower Company, and the Yahagi Waterpower Company. In addition, the Toho Electric Power Company has in the city a steam generating plant with a capacity of 83,000 kilowatts, and is installing water-power plants on the Hida and Tenryu Rivers having a capacity of 420,000 h.p.

The port of Nagoya lies to the south-west within the city limits, and is situated at the northern extremity of Ise Bay, which opens to the south-west and is located between thirty-five degrees and thirty-five degrees five, minutes North Latitude, and one hundred and thirty-six degrees forty minutes and one hundred and thirty-six degrees fifty-three minutes East Longitude. As Chita Peninsula stretches to the south-east, it is protected from the dreaded