H.MS. Severnarrived at Yokohama from the north last Wednesday and left the following morning for the south. Bangkok is understood to be her destination. The flagship Impérieuse, Leander and Caroline also arrived some time afterwards, and sailed for Hongkong on Saturday morning. This entire ctiange of plans is believed to be owing, I need scarcely say, to the impending French blockade of the coast of Siam, POPULATION STATISTICS, Some interesting figures bearing upon the population of the chief cities of this country appear in a supplement to the Oficial Gazette of 27th July. Tokio, the capital, now contains, or to speak correctly, contained at the close of 1892, 1,297,593 souls, as compared' with 1,217,309" in December, 1891; Osaka had 481,104 (aguinst 484,342); Kioto 307,251 (against 296,639); Nagoya 180,198 (against 173,642); Kobe (the fifth largest city in the empire) 148,519 (against 141,582); and Yokohama 143,608 (against 132,809). This completes the list Of places with 100,000 and upwards. Kanagawa numbers 91,201; Hiroshima, 85,430 Sendai, 64,942;° Nagasaki, 62,138" and Tokushima, 60,996. There are live cities with populations varying between fifty and sixty thousand; four between forty and fifty; twelve between thirty and forty; and between twenty and thirty thousand, Some cities show falling off, others remarkable increase.
Kob., dist July.
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