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JAPAN.
France, and the United States in July and August, 1858-the three Japanese ports of Nagasaki, Kanagawa, and Hakodadi were thrown open to foreign commerce.
The value of the total imports and exports of these three ports, from and to all countries, in each of the three years 1861-63, is shown in the subjoined statement:-
Imports.
Exports.
Ports
1861
1862
1863
1861
1862
1863
£
£
£
Kanagawa,... 307,981
Nagasaki,. 139,429 Hakodadi,..
536,860 | 811,146 525,000
£
£
£ 558,948 | 1,313,568 | 2,638,503 208,608 750,000
419 1,240
20,155
36,260
Money, Weights, and Measures.
The money, weights, and Measures in common use at the three open ports of Japan, and the British equivalents, are:
The Ichibu (silver), average rate of exchange............... 18. 44d.
"3
"
Rio, or Kobang (gold)
Weights and Measures.
The Picul or Ton.....
71
**
King =160 nomme Shaku 10 sung... = 36 choo....
Ri
.48. 6d.
= 133 lbs. avoirdupois.
14
""
11 inches. 2 miles.
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