JAPAN
562,086
4,178,480
Drugs, Chemicals Medicines
Pigments and Coating
Yen
EXPORTS Grains, Flours, Starches and Sds. 6,892,150
Tea
IMPORTS
615
The following table shows the total values of goods exported and imported in 1913:—
Yen Grains, Flours, Starches and Sds. 79,225,896 Sugar, Confect's, and Sw'tmeats. 36,967,538 Beverages and Comestibles..
7,491,469 Animal Prod. (skins, bones, &c.) 8,968,208 Drugs, Chemicals and Med. 39,603,318 Dyes, Pigments and Paints...... 11,342,542 Oils and Waxes
20,210,687
10,075,621 Marine Products....
13,709,123 Sugar, Confect's. and Sw'tmeats. 15,915,475 Beverages and Comestibles
... 14,314,409
Tobacco....
Skins, Hairs, Horns, Tusks and Manufactures thereof.........
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Tissues, Yarns and Materials thereof :—
25,578,985
Of Cotton
244,528,541
Oils, Fats, Waxes and M'factures
Of Wool....
38,644,489
thereof
8,531,789
Of Silk
2,119,943
Tissues, Yarns and Materials thereof:
Of Flax, Hemp, &c.
8,698,981
Of Silk
.247,896,361
All Other
3,587,521
Of Cotton
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.108,878,520
Clothing and Accessories
1,365,646
All Other
7,756,166
Paper and Stationery
13,038,452
Clothing and Accessories.
25,899,833
Minerals and M'factures. thereof 14,312,364
Paper and M'factures. thereof...
5,434,984
Ores and Metals:-
Minerals and M'factures. thereof
24,998,992
Iron
58,349,094
Ores and Metals
31,455,256
All Other Metals
14,313,787
Metal Manufactures
3,584,662
Metal Manufactures.
15,345,569
Earthenware, Porcelain, Glass
Earthenware, Porcelain, Glass
and Glass Manufactures
10,068,149
and Glass Manufactures
4,008,358
Machinery
6,448,046
Machines and Machinery.
51,042,092
Miscellaneous
60,281,126
Miscellaneous.
56,266,789
Total..... .632,460,213
The total Shipping from and to Foreign Countries for the year 1913 is given as 24,720,415 tons and is divided among the different nationalities as under :-
Total ...
...729,431,644
Strs.
Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total
Tonnage
Japanese
6,229 12,529,552
347
46,915
6,576 12,576,467
British
2,166
7,228,460
6
9,930
2,172 7,238,390
German
466
1,679,104
1
4,696
467 1,683,800
American
182
1,330,594
182
1,330,594
Russian
424
723,163
424
723,163
French
108
411,980
108
411,980
Norwegian
81
Austrian
148,120
81
148,120
42
Swedish
153,052
42
153,052
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43
Danish
113,261
43
113,261
64
180,015
64
180,015
Chinese
31
Other Nationalities
20,452
31
20,452
52 141,121
52
141,121
Totals, 9,888 24,658,874
354
61,541
10,242 21,720,415
The estimated Customs Revenue for the year 1913 was Y57,663,480. Extrusion of the Japanese railway systems has proceeded uninterruptedly since the first line was laid in 1872.
The mileage open to traffic, according to the latest returns, is 5,217 miles of State railway, and 767 miles of private railway. (This does not include the South Manchurian' Co.'s lines, which measure 706 miles.) The Government in 1906 decided on the State ownership of all railways which are used for general traffic, the object being to improve the facilities for direct traffic over long distances, to accelerate transportation, and to cheapen the cost. The Government propose to purchase the lines belonging to thirty-two private companies within a period extending from 1906 to 1911, but the House of Peers, when the Bills came before them, reluced the number of companies to be bought out to seventeen, and extended the period of purchase to 1915. The aggregate length of the lines it was decided to purchase was 2,812 miles, the cost of construction
being about Yen 229,000,000. Public were issued for the purchase of the railways, and it is intended to redeem by means of the net profit accruing from the railways purchased.
This profit amounts to about eight million yen a year.