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FOREIGN TRADE IN THE FAR EAST
II. JAPAN.
(a.) Treaty ports:-
Hakodate.. Nagasaki
opened in 1859 | Hiogo
.opened in 1859 | Osaka b
Yokohama or Kanagawa ..opened in 1859 Niigata b (or Ebisumi-
D
.opened in 1867
nato)
opened in 1868
opened in 1868
opened in 1869
Tokio a
(b.) Ports in Formosa opened to subjects of Powers having Commerical Treaties with Japan for residence and trade:-c
Anping. Keelung Takao
.opened in 1896 | Tamsui..
opened in 1896 opened in 1896 Tainan (or Taiwan-foo) (opened in 1896; opened in 1896 to foreign vessels and their cargo only).
(c.) Opened with a proviso as to closing at three months' notice:—
Opened in
Shimizu d (Province of Suruga) ...1899 Taketoyo d (Province of Owari) ...1899
Nagoya e (Province of Owari)
1907
Yokkaichid (Province of Ise)
1899
Shimonosekid (Province of Nagato)1899
Moji d (Province of Buzen)
.1899
Hakata d (Province of Chikzen) ...1899 Karatsud (Province of Hizeu)
.....1899
Kuchinotsu d (Province of Hizen)..1899
Misumi d (Province of Higo)
1899
Izuhara d (Island of Tsuhima)
1899
1899
...1899
1899
Sasuna d (Island of Tsushima) Hamada d (Province of Iwami) Sakai d (Province of Hoki)
Opened in Miyazu d (Province of Tango) ....1899 Tsuruga d (Province of Echizen) ...1899 Nanaod (South Bay) (Province of
Noto)
.1899 Fushiki d (Provinee of Etchu) ......1899 Otaru d (Porvince of Shiribeshi) .. 1899 Kushiro d (Province of Kushiro)...1899 Muroranƒh (Province of Iburi) Itozaki (Province of Bingo) Wakamatsui (Province of Chikuzen)1904 Shishimid (Island of Tsushima)...1899 Naha d (Loochoo Islands)
...1899
.1900
..1899
Suminoyej (Province of Hizen) ...1906 Awomorif g (Province of Mutsu).. 1906
a Tokio was never a shipping port, but simply a place open to foreign trade and residence. b These ports are under Article XI. of the Treaty of 1894 excluded from the category of ports between which coasting trade is permitted to British vessels.
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✔ Opening notified by departmental notice issued by Foreign Office in Tokio (February, 1896). d Article 3 of Imperial Ordinance No. 342 (published in “Official Gazette of the 13th July, 1899), by which the opening of these ports was notified, reads as follows:-
"When the imports and exports together at any of the ports mentioned in Article 1 for
any two years in succession do not reach the value of 50,000 yen, they shall be closed.
"When in cases where, in consequence of the development of communications, new ports are established in the vicinity of any of the ports enumerated in Article 1, the further maintenance of any such port, as an open port, is considered unnecessary, it may be closed, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding clause.
"The date of the closing shall be notified three months beforehand by the Minister of Finance."
• Opened by Imperial Ordinance No. 330 (published in "Official Gazette" of the 28:h October, 1907), under same conditions as ports under 4.
The following articles only may be imported at the ports of Muroran and Awomori:-
Grains and seeds.
Beverages and comestibles (articles in Group 3 of the Import Tariff attached to the
Customs Tariff Law).
Sugar, confectionery, and sweetmeats (articles included in Group 4 of the said Tariff). Furs.
Hides and skins (articles included in Group 6, No. 66 of the above-mentioned Tariff). Oils, fats, and waxes.
Iron-
T, angle, and the like.
Rails and fishplates for rails.
Bolts, nuts, washers, rive's, and dogspikes (all made of iron).
Materials for bridging and building (made of metal).
Mechanics' tools, and agricultural implements and parts thereof.
Locomotives, locomotive tenders, and parts thereof.
Railway passenger cars, freight waggons, and parts thereof.
Duty free articles,
Articles exempted from import duty (articles included in Article 7 of Customs
Tariff Law).