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rich, having little profitable outlet for their surplus productions; their available funds are, therefore, soon absorbed, and the heavy land tax imposed upon the population is much felt, and more so, doubtless, since its collection in money instead of in kind, as formerly. Latterly there has been some slight improvement in the export trade of the port. The chief articles of import are cotton and woollen manufactures. The principal
The principal exports are coal, tea, camphor, rice, vegetable wax, tobacco, and dried fish. There are several very productive coal mines on the islands near Nagasaki, of which the Takasima mine, which is under European management, is the most important. It is believed that one vast coal-field exists under the sea running from the peninsula of Nomo towards Matsushima and Hirado, and when this field is entered by safe means, through the overlying islands, an enormous extent of coal will be available. The Miike coal mines come next to the Takasima in importance. The net output of the Takashima mines in 1881 was 226,107 tons, that of the Miike mine 171,416 tons.
The value of the foreign import trade of Nagasaki during the year 1881 was $1,001,822 as compared with $1,278,066 in 1880, and that of the foreign export trade, $2,381,605 as against $2,297,591 in 1880. Coal is the staple article of export. There is a small direct trade between Nagasaki and Korea, the value of the exports thither in 1881 amounting to $126,900 and that of the imports from Korea to $225,325.
The population of Nagasaki in 1876 was 47,412. The number of foreign residents, as given in the Consular report for 1881, was 832, of whom 599 were Chinese, 98 British, 41 American, and the rest of various nationalities. A small foreign weekly paper entitled the Rising Sun is published in the port.
DIRECTORY.
Consul-J. C. Hall
Assistant-H. A. C. Bonar
Constable-S. F. Lawrence
FRANCE.
Consulates.
GREAT BRITAIN.
DENMARK.
Consul-J. C. Smith
SWEDEN AND NORWAY.
H.B.M.'s Consul in charge of Swedish and
Norwegian interests-J. C. Hall
NETHERLANDS.
Consul-A. Reddelien
H.B.M.'s Consul in charge of French in-
terests-J. C, Hall
GERMANY.
Consul-H. Iwersen
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
Acting Consul-J. C. Hall
ITALY.
Acting Consul-P. Ruuine
SPAIN.
BELGIUM.
H.B.M.'s Consul in charge of Spanish in- Acting Consul-H. Iwersen
terests J. C. Hall
UNITED STATES.
Consul-Gen. A. C. Jones
Hon. Vice-Consul-W. G. Furber
Marshal-Rodney H. Powers
RUSSIA.
Consul-P. Rumine
PORTUGAL.
Consul T. B. Glover
CHINA.
Consul-U Tsing (absent)
Acting Consul-Shên Toh
Japanese Interpreter-Choy Zun Tah
Government Departments.
IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD. Watanabe, director
Midzutani, manager
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
D. G. H. Colton Salter
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