422
JAPAN,
Brought forward ...
$39,073,830
Educational Department (Mom Bu Sho) Public Works Department (Ko Bu Sho).......
935,035
515,915 2,070,556
Judicial Department (Shi Ho Sho) Imperial Household (Ku Nai Sho) Agriculture and Commerce Department Post Office
Repairs and Constructions, &c.
Administration of Cities and Prefectures.. Police Expenditure...
Shrines and Temples
Gaols and Penitentiaries
Inland Revenue Bureau
Customs Bureau
Diplomatic and Consular Services
Relief Fund for Agricultural Distress. Miscellaneous, Ordinary
Expenditure on Public Industries... Temporary advances to Industries Miscellaneous, Extraordinary Contingency Fund
...
•
379,000
1,000,300
1,940,007
581,406 4,185,081
2,445,974
147,750
142
541,762
680,481
202,871
517,000
1,200,000
156,687 703,100 5,260,000
2,777,367
1,500,000
+
Total Estimated Expenditure......
$66,814,122
The domestic debt of Japan in 1882 was, inclusive of paper money in circulation, Capitalized Pension Bonds, &c., &c., $349,771,176.50. 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.
$
488,000 9,685,336
--$10,173,336
The armed force of Japan is divided into the Standing Army, the Reserve, and the Militia, and the troops into five classes. The Standing Army comprises 40 battalions of Infantry, and one 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 about 32,300 men, and on a war footing 50,000 They are stationed in various parts of the Empire, which is divided into six military districts, having headquarters at Tokio, Nagoya, Sendai, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Kumamoto. Camps are established in 37 places. Not included in the above are the Imperial Guard, composed of about 3,700 picked troops, which bring up the strength of the regular army, in time of peace, to some 36,000. The army has been organised on the French system by officers specially selected by the French Government.
The navy of Japan consists of one ironclad frigate, three ironclad corvettes, 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 Fu-so, was built by Messrs. Samuda, Brothers, at Poplar, London, and despatched to Japan in March, 1878. The Fu-so 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 151-ton and two 5-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 Sir E. J. Reed, and which arrived in Japan in 1878. The Kon-go has a burthen of 2,800 tons displacement, with engines of 2,500 horse-power, and has a belt of armour 4 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 arrived in Japan in 1878. The navy is manned by 4,241 officers and men, and carries 146 guns,