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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 See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold in See also:

winter is severe, owing to N. winds, while the See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat is See also:

GREAT

great in summer, though tempered by S.W. See also:

sea breezes. The rainfall is about 70 in. annually. In 1859, when the neighbouring See also:

TOWN

town of Kanagawa was opened to foreigners under the treaty with the See also:

UNITED

United States, Yokohama was an insignificant fishing See also:

VILLAGE

village; and notwithstanding the protests of the See also:

FOREIGN

foreign representatives the See also:

JAPANESE

Japanese See also:

government shortly after-wards See also:

CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose the latter See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place as the See also:

settlement instead of Kanagawa. The town See also:

GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew rapidly—in 1886 the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 111,1i9 (3904 foreigners, including 2573 See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese, 625 See also:

BRITISH

British and 256 Americans, while in 1903 there were 314,333 Japanese arid 2447 foreigners (1089 British, 527 Americans, 270 Germans, 155 See also:

French) besides about 3800 Chinese. The Japanese government constructed public See also:

WORKS

works, and excellent See also:

WATER

water was supplied from the Sagamigawa. The foreign settlement has well-constructed streets, but the wealthier foreigners reside S. of the town, on the See also:

BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad)

Bluff. The See also:

LAND

land occupied by foreigners was leased to them by the Japanese government, 20% of the See also:

ANNUAL

annual See also:

RENT

rent being set aside for municipal expenses. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, which is a See also:

PART

part of Tokyo Bay, is See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good and commodious, somewhat exposed, but enclosed by two breakwaters. There is a See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier 2000 ft. See also:

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 See also:

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

ordinary See also:

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)

spring tides. The See also:

AVERAGE

average See also:

DEPTH

depth in the harbour at high water is about .46 ft., with a fall of See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

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 See also:

metal goods, See also:

rice, See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and woollen goods, and See also:

cotton and cotton goodsare the See also:

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

chief imports; and See also:

SILK

silk, silk goods and See also:

TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea are the chief exports.

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