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JAPAN

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The trade of 1897 was divided between the Treaty Ports as under:

Yokohama Kobe Nagasaki Osaka Hakodate Other Ports Totals

1,877,296 163,135,077

Exports, Yen 90,700,984 51,408,080 5,542,013 2,342,437 1,264,267 Imports, 86.836,855 110,741,839 13,601,234 4,424,742 423,724 3,272,387 219,300,772

Totals,

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177,537,839 162,149,910 19,143,247 6,767,179 1,687,991 15,149,683 382,435,849 The following was the total value of the trade with Foreign Countries in 1897 :—

United States of America

Great Britain...

Exports

Imports

Total

Yen 52,436,404

27,030,538

79,466,942

8,481,196

65,406,266

73,887,462

Continent of Europe and Russian Asia

35,045,489

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31,503,276

66,548,765

China

21,325,066

29,265,845

50,590,911

India, Australia and Canada

9,493,123

30,802,110

40,295,233

Hongkong

25,390,294

12,027,197

37,417,491

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Corea

5,196,573

8,864,359

1-1,060,932

Philippines and Siam

208,850

3,866,269

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4,075,119

Other Countries

1,811,430

10,534,911

12,346,341

Coal, &c., for Ships' use

3,746,652

3,746,652

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Coal and Coke

for Ships' use

Cotton Yarn

8,362,161

Yen 163,135,077

The following table shows the total values of goods Exported in 1897 :- Bamboo and Bamboo Ware...Yen Camphor and Camphor Oil...

Carpets.

219,300,771

382,435,848

733,196 Paper Ware

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1,49),827 Porcelain and Earthenware..

501,343 1,819,061

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973,871 Rice

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6,145,250

Screens

359 883

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3,229,024 Seaweed

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13.490,197

Shellfish

831,464

32,952

Cuttle Fish

Fans

Ginseng

Cotton Piece Goods

Drugs, Medicines, Dyes, &c.........

Glass Ware

Grain, Beverages and Provns.

Kanten or Colle Vegetale

Lacquered Ware

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1,413,647

2,280,627 Silk, Floss Silk, and Cocoons Silk Manufactures

58,683,103

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13,693,090

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601,902

939,473

Skins, Hair, Shells, Horn, C. Straw-plaits

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484,227 Sulphur

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389,563 Tea

972 535 3,181,915 321,341 7,860,160

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2,586,312 Textile Fabrics, Clothing, & •

591,057 Timber, Wood and Planks

1,2 12,051

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376,079

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767,400

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Matches

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5,641,993

Tobacco and Manufrs. of Umbrellas

351,740

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654,731

Mushrooms

609,553

Sundries

2,422,165

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Mats for floor..

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3.232.738 Duty Free Goods

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3,933,913

Metals (mostly Copper)

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7,427,600 Re-exported Articles

1,675,766

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Oil and Wax

1,445,182

Paper and Books

753,685

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Yen 163,135,077

Alcohol

The Imports in 1897 are classified by the Department of Finance as

969,360 Machinery, Dynamo-electric Yen 1,092,485

Arms, and Munitions of War Yen 505,919

Spinning

5,401,701

Beans, Peas and Pulse

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5,889,617 Metals

20,389,830

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Beverages and Provisions

1,981,315 Oil and Wax (ex. Kerosine).

892,960

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Books and Stationery

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399,189 Oil-cakes

3,315,587

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Clothing and Apparel

802,589 Paper

1,697,755

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Coal and Coke

634,724 Portland Cement

827,209

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Cotton, Raw

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43,620.214 Railway Carriages.

Cotton Yarn

9,625,258 Rice

905,744 21,528.429

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Cotton Piece Goods

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Flour....

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Glass and Glass Ware

Grain and Seeds.....

Drugs, Medicines, & Chemicals,, Dyes and Paints

Fax, Hemp, and Manufs, of

Hair, Horns, Ivory, Skins, &c. „, 2,510,001 Wines and Liquors

9,868,130 Silk and Silk Manufactures 4,151,987 Steam Boilers and Engines

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1,315,662

1,317,260

2,572,744 Sugar

20,0 13,101

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1,060,681

Textile Fabrics, Miscellaneous

1,242,936

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1,170,852

698,245

1,053,212

Tobacco, Cigars & Cigarettes Vessels, Steam and Sailing..... Watches and Clocks ...

1,579,797

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8.235,733

2,379,918

843,967

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Indigo

99

Kerosine Oil

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1,538,022 Wool and Manufactures of... 7,667,350 Sundries

12,677,370

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5,179,237

Locomotive Engines...

4,235,617

Machinery, Instruments &c.

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7,519,034

Yen 219,300,771