YOKOHAMA

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YOKOHAMA , a seaport of Japan on the W. shore of

Tokyo

TOKYO (or TOKIO, formerly called Yedo)

Bay, 18 m. S. of

Tokyo

TOKYO (or TOKIO, formerly called Yedo)

by rail. It stands on a plain shut in by hills, one of which, towards the S.E., terminates in a promontory called Honmoku-misaki or Treaty Point. The temperature ranges from 95 to 43 F., and the mean temperature is 57.7 The cold in winter is severe, owing to N. winds, while the heat is

great

GREAT

in summer, though tempered by S.W. sea breezes. The rainfall is about 70 in. annually. In 1859, when the neighbouring town of Kanagawa was opened to foreigners under the treaty with the United States, Yokohama was an insignificant fishing

village

VILLAGE

; and notwithstanding the protests of the foreign representatives the Japanese government shortly after-wards chose the latter place as the

settlement

SETTLEMENT
SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

instead of Kanagawa. The town grew rapidlyin 1886 the population was 111,1i9 (3904 foreigners, including 2573 Chinese, 625 British and 256 Americans, while in 1903 there were 314,333 Japanese arid 2447 foreigners (1089 British, 527 Americans, 270 Germans, 155 French) besides about 3800 Chinese. The Japanese government constructed public works, and excellent water was supplied from the Sagamigawa. The foreign

settlement

SETTLEMENT
SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

has well-constructed streets, but the wealthier foreigners reside S. of the town, on the Bluff. The land occupied by foreigners was leased to them by the Japanese government, 20% of the annual rent being set aside for municipal expenses. The harbour, which is a part of Tokyo Bay, is good and commodious, somewhat exposed, but enclosed by two breakwaters. There is a pier 2000 ft. long, and two docks were opened in 1897 and 1898, with lengths of 351 ft. and 478 ft. 10 in., and depths of 26 ft. 2 in. and 28 ft. on the blocks at

ordinary

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

spring

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

tides. The average depth in the harbour at high water is about .46 ft., with a fall of tide of about 8 ft., the entrance being marked by a lightship and two buoys. The railway connecting Yokohama with Tokyo was the first in Japan, and was constructed in 1872. The value of exports and imports, which in 188o was 3.792,991 and 5378,385, and in the ensuing five years averaged 4,638,635 and 4,366,507, had increased in 1905 to 14,861,823 and f ,19,068,22I. Metals and metal goods,

rice

, wool and woollen goods, and

cotton

and

cotton

goodsare the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

imports; and silk, silk goods and tea are the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

exports.

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