FOREIGN TRADE IN THE FAR EAST
II. JAPAN
(a.) Treaty ports:-
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Tokio a
Hakodate..
.opened in 1859 | Hiogo Nagasaki..
.opened in 1859 | Osaka b Yokohama or Kanagawa..opened in 1859 opened in 1867
..opened in 1868
.opened in 1868
Niigata b (or Ebisumi-
nato)
..opened in 1869
Anping....
Keelung
Takao
....
...opened in 1896 | Tamsui.
.opened in 1896
(b.) Ports in Formosa opened to subjects of Powers having Commercial Treaties with Japan for residence and trade:--c
.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:-
Shimizu d (Province of Suruga) Taketoyo d (Province of Owari) Nagoya e (Province of Owari)
Opened in
...1899 ...1899
Yokkaichi d (Province of Ise)
1907 1899
Shimonoseki (Province of Nagato)1899
Moji d (Province of Buzen)
..1899
Hakatad (Province of Chikzen) ...1899
Karatsu d (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) Hamada d (Province of Iwami) Sakai d (Province of Hoki)
.1899
...1899
1899
Opened in Miyazu d (Province of Tango) ....1899 Tsuruga d (Province of Echizen) ...1899 Nanaod (South Bay) (Province of
Noto)
..1899
...1899
...1899
Fushikid (Provinee of Etchu) Otaru d (Province of Shiribeshi) Kushiro d (Province of Kushiro) ...1899 Muroran f h (Province of Iburi) ...1899 Itozaki (Province of Bingo)
..1900
Wakamatsui (Province of Chikuzen) 1904
Shishimi d (Island of Tsushima) ...1899 Naha d (Loochoo Islands)
Suminovej (Province of Hizen)
1899
Awomorit g (Province of Mutsu)
...1906
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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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).