GEOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL.

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and many of them were possessed of large bodies of troops. All these, with their fortified castles, and every attribute of authority, the Daimios surrendered, after more or less resistance, to the hereditary Emperor.

Revenue, Public Debt, and Army.

The total revenue of Japan for the year 1874 was given in official returns at £9,750,000, and the total expenditure at £9,320,000, leaving a surplus of £430,000. The sources of revenue and branches of expenditure were as follows:-

Land tax....

SOURCES OF Revenue.

Ground rent, licences to trade, and other taxes in the three cities

of Yedo, Kiôto, and Ozaka...

Various license tickets.....

Ship tax...

Servants', carriage, and horse tax.

Stamps.

Alcoholic liquors...

Oil pressing.

Sugar..

Miscellaneous.

Maritime and Customs' duties..

Post Office....

Railways and Telegraphs.

£8,053,300

62,000

67,000

7,000

13,000

260,000

155,000

11,000

57,000

204,000

364,000

40,000

40,000

Revenue of the Hokaido.

71,000

Incidental Receipts....

346,000

Total Revenue...

9,750,000

BRANCHES OF EXPENDITURE.

Redemption of public debt.............

£102,000

Public debt bearing interest.

221,000

Internal debt to be repaid..

50,000

Foreign debt interest..

Pensions

Buildings.

Foreign relations..

Council of State..........

Government Departments, including War (£1,600,000) and

Navy (£360,000)...

Police

Foreign Legations and Consulates..

Incidental expenses...

115,000

2,523,000

800,000

20,000

66,000

4,271,000

170,000

22,000

911,000

Total expenditure.....

9,320,000

The public debt of Japan was stated in 1875 to consist of £5,143,000 internal, about half of which bears no interest, and of £1,102,000 foreign liabilities, comprising a 9 per cent. loan of £1,000,000 issued in 1870, and a 7 per cent. loan of £2,400,000 contracted in London, at the price of 921, in January, 1875.

The armed force of Japan is composed, since 1869, of a single element, the troops kept by the Mikado, who constitute the Imperial army. The number of Daimios who formerly bad troops in their service amounted to 200, and they together maintained an effective force of 370,000 infantry and 40,000 cavalry, forming the Federal army, and placed at the orders of the Tycoon when the independence of the country was threatened. The Imperial army, placed under the command of the Mikado, is very small. Its exact strength is not known, but it probably does not exceed 80,000 men, comprising all arms. The infantry is formed into regiments, manœuvring like the French soldiers, and armed on the same model. A number of Japanese officers and sub-officers were in recent years instructed by French military men at Yokobama.

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