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JAPAN,
Brought forward ...
Judicial Department (Shi Ho Sho)
$38,089,455 1,314,8 0
Imperial Household (Ku Nai Sho)
308,700
Colonization Department (Kai Taku Sho) Land Tax Reform Office
1,513,174
97,000
Post Offic
1,050,000
Cost of establishing Industrial Undertakings.
764,593
Supplementary Grants in aid of Undertakings
240,491
Administration of Cities and Prefectures...
3,786,700
Police Expenditure..
2,486,452
Sorines and Temples
...
13,000
Buildings and Embankments in Provinces Diplomatic and Consular Services
1,987,200
500,000
...
1,877,814
Contingent
1,500,000
373
Miscellaneous Expenditure
Total Estimated Expenditure...... $55,651,379
The domestic debt of Japan in 1879 was, inclusive of paper money in circulation, Capitalized Pension Bonds, &c., &c., $351,498,854. This also includes an Internal Loan of $12,500,000 raised by public subscription in 1878. The Foreign debt of Japan was :-
Bearing interest 9 per cent. Bearing interest 7 per cent.
ARMY AND NAVY.
$ 1,464,000 10,365,120
-$11,829,120
The armed force of Japan is divided into the Standing Army, the Reserve, and the Militia, and the troops into five cla-ses. The Standing Army comprises 42 regi- ments of Infantry, 3 regiments of Cavalry, 18 companies Artillery, 10 companies Engineers, 6 companies of Transport Corps, and 9 companies Marine Artillery. When on a peace footing the Army numbers 31,440 m. n, and on a war footing 46,050 men. They are stationed in various parts of the Empire, which is divided into six military districts, having headquarters at Tokio, Nagova, Sen lai, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Kumamoto. Camps are established in 37 pla es. Not included in the above are the Imperial Guard, composed of 3,328 picked troops, which bring up the strength of the regular army, in time of peace, to 34,768. The army has been organised on the French system by officers specially selected by the French Governme: t.
The navy of Japan consists of one ironcla 1 frigate, three ironclad corv ttes, one ironclad gunboat, five wooden corvettes, ten gunboats, six despatch vessels, and five training ships, all steamers. The largest of these ships, the ironclad frigate Foo soo, was built by Messrs. Samuda, Brothers, at Poplar, London, and despatched to Ja: an in March, 1878. The Foo-soo has a burthen of 3,700 tons displacement, with engines of 3,500 horse-power. The armour is from 7 inches to 9 inches in thickness, while the armament consists of four 15-ton and two 54-ton steel breechloaders by Krupp, so arranged as to command every point of the horizon. The second largest ship of the navy is an ironclad corvette, called the Kon-go, constructed at Earle's shipbuilding yard, Hull, after the design of Mr. E. J. Reed, and arrived in Japan in 1878. The Kon-go has a bur hen of 2,800 tons displacement, with engines of 2,500 horse-power, and has a belt of armour 43 inches thick. The armament consists of 12 Krupp guns, capable of throwing steel shells of 142 pounds. The Hi-yei, a sister ship to the Kon-go, was also built at Hull, and left for Japan in April, 1878. The navy is manned by 4,241 officers and men, and carries 146 guns.
POPULATION, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY.
The total ara of Japan is estimated at 156,604 square miles, with a population of 33,298,286, namely, 16,890,560 males and 16,407,726 females, according to official reports of the year 1877. The empire is g-ographically divi led into the four islands of Hondo, the central and most important territory; Kiushiu, "the nine provinces," the south-western island; Sikoku, "the four states," the southern islan ; and Yesso,
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