FOREIGN TRADE IN THE FAR EAST
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II-JAPAN
(a.) Treaty ports:-
Hakodate.
.opened in 1859 | Nagasaki..
.opened in 1859 Yokohama or Kanagawa ..opened in 1859 ...opened in 1867
Hiogo Osaka b
.opened in 1868
opened in 1868
Niigata b (or Ebisumi-
nato)
opened in 1869
Tokio a
(b.) Ports in Formosa opened to subjects of Powers having Commerical Treaties with Japan for residence and trade:
.opened in 1896 | Tamsui.
opened in 1896 .opened in 1896 Tainau (or Taiwan-foo) (opened in 1896;
opened in 1896
to foreign vessels and their cargo only). proviso as to closing at three months' notice:-
Anping.. Keelung
Takao
(c.) Opened with a
Shimizu d (Province of Suruga)
Opened in
...1899 Taketoyo & (Province of Owari) ...1899 Nagoya e (Province of Owari) .1907
Yokkaichid (Province of Ise)
1899
Shimonoseki (Province of Nagato)1899
Mojid (Province of Buzen)
..1899
Hakatad (Province of Chikzen) ...1899 Karatsu & (Province of Hizen) ......1899 Kuchinotsud (Province of Hizen)..1899 Misumid (Province of Higo)
1899
Izuhara d (Island of Tsuhima)..........1899 Sasuna d (Island of Tsushima)
1899
Hamada d (Province of Iwami)
... 1899
Sakai d (Province of Hoki)
...1899
Opened in Miyazu d (Province of Tango) ....1899 Tsuruga d (Province of Echizen) .1899 Nanaod (South Bay) (Province of
Noto) Fushiki d (Province of Etchu) Otaru d (Porvince of Shiribeshi) Kushiro
1899
.1899
...1899
(Province of Kushiro) ...1899
Muroran fh (Province of Iburi) Itozaki (Province of Bingo)
...1899
1900
Wakamatsui (Province of Chikuzen)1904 Shishimi d (Island of Tsushima) ...1899 Nahad (Loochoo Islands)
Suminoyej (Province of Hizen)
1899
...1906
Awomori f 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.
c 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."
e Opened by Imperial Ordinance No. 330 (published in "Official Gazette" of the 28th 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 G oup 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).