FOREIGN TRADE IN THE FAR EAST
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II.-JAPAN
(a.) Treaty ports:-
Hakodate.. Nagasaki
.opened in 1859 | Hiogo
..opened in 1859 | Osaka b
Tokio a
..opened in 1867
nato)
.opened in 1868
.opened in 1868-
.opened in 1869
Yokohama or Kanagawa..opened in 1859 | Niigata b (or Ebisumi-
(b.) Ports in Formosa opened to subjects of Powers having Commercial 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 Yokkaichi d (Province of Ise) .... .1899 Shimonoseki (Province of Nagato)1899 Moji d (Province of Buzen)
........1899 Hakatad (Province of Chikzen) ...1899 Karatsud (Province of Hizen) Kuchinotsud (Province of Hizen)..1899
Misumid (Province of Higo)
Izuhara d (Island of Tsuhima)
Sasuna d (Island of Tsushima)
Hamada d (Province of Iwami)
Sakai d (Province of Hoki)
...1899
1899
1899
.1899
...1899
1899
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 (Province of Shiribeshi) ...1899 Kushiro d (Province of Kushiro) ...1899 Muroranƒ h (Province of Iburi) ...1899 Itozaki (Province of Bingo) .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 succesion 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.
f 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, rivets, 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).