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in 1899. The quantity exported in 1900 was 4,630,903. The export of Tea has shown a slow but steady decline during late years; it amounted to 33,241,472 catties in 1896, 32,632,683 in 1897, and 30,826,632 in 1898, but rose to 34,731,644 in 1899. In 1900 the export again showed a decline, the quantity being 32,240,147 catties. The export of Coal and Coal Dust in 1900 was 2,402,785 tons and 946,763 for ships' use, against 2,013,695 tons and 473,919 tons for ships' use, in 1899. The export of Matches was 22,078,362 gross in 1898, 19,628,134 in 1899, and 19,317,994 in 1900.
Of Imports, Raw Cotton increased from 1,765,550 piculs in 1896, to 2,298,643 in 1897, 2,553,536 in 1898, 3,472,296 piculs in 1899, showing the rapid progress the coun- try is making in supplying herself with the manufactured goods she requires. The import for 1900 shows, however, a decline of 2,608,084 piculs. 15,929,991 catties of Cot- ton Yarn were imported in 1898, 8,210,647 in 1899 and 9,050,988 in 1900. There was a continuous increase in the importation of Cotton Piece Goods, from a value of yen 4,789,240 in 1892 to yen 11,843,001 in 1896, but a fall to yen 9,920,048 in 1897, and although the imports in 1898 increased to yen 11,332,627, the amount is under that of 1896, an inevitable result of the establishment of so many mills in the country and in its near neighbour China. The value of this commodity imported in 1900 was yen 11,379,741. Woollen Goods were imported to the value of yen 7,982,882 in 1894, yen 12,780,326 in 1895, and yen 18,268,460 în 1896, but 1897 showed a marked reverse, the value in that year being yen 12,009,902, while 1898 showed only a slight improvement, namely, to yen 13,069,870 in 1899 to 13,990,186 and in 1900 to 23,474,048, being an in- crease of yen 9.483,862 as compared with its immediate predecessor. Metals have shewn a steady increase from yen 6,792,024 in 1893 to yen 17,553,543 in 1896, yen 20,306,841 in 1897, and yen 23,646,159 in 1898, fell to 19,698,346 in 1899, but recovered again consider- ably in 1900, when the value imported was yen 37,766,270. The importation of Kerosine Oil rose from 54,692,886 gallons in 1896 to 61,058,217 in 1897, to 67,905,455 in 1898, in 1899 it dropped to 52,421,837 gallons, but in 1900 it rose again to 67,842,324 gallons. Sugar imported showed a steady increase from 1891 to 1898. In 1899 there was a marked decrease 2,731,817 piculs only having been imported. 1900, however, showed a distinct improvement, the quantity imported being 4,045,785 piculs.
The trade of 1900 was divided between the Treaty Ports as under :-
Yokohama Kobe Nagasaki Osaka Hakodate Other Ports Totals Exports, Yen 96,125,276 69,706,549 6,939,120 9,626,595 2,127,614 19,904,840 204,429,994 Imports, ,,109,775,317 137,484,281 15,427,338 9,741,436 3,009,284 11,824,189 287,261,845
205,900,593 207,190,830 22,366,458 19,368,031 5,136,898 31,729,029 491,691,839 The following was the total value of the trade with Foreign Countries in 1900:---
Totals,
Exports
Imports
United States of America
..............Yen 52,566,395
62,761,196
Total 115,327,591
Great Britain.......
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11,262,997
71,638,220
82,901,217
Continent of Europe and Russian Asia
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35,131,396
60,471,886
95,603,282
China
31,871,576
29,960,740
61,832,316
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India, Australia and Canada
14,185,506
26,288,959
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40,474,465
Hongkong
39,177,455
10,659,855
49,837,310
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Corea
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9,953,272
8,805,618
18,758,890
Philippines and Siam
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1,292,747
2,869,774
4,162,521
Other Countries
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2,622,200
13,805,597
16,427,797
Coal, &c., for Ships' use
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6,366,450
6,366,450
Yen 204,429,994
287,261,845 491,691,839
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The following table shows the total values of goods Exported in 1900 :—
Beverages and Comestibles..Yen 9,150,704 Porcelain and Earthenware..Yen 2,471,904 Clothing and Accessories
2,016,120 Rice and Grains
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Coal
,, 20,032,103 Silk
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3,752,025 48,818,347
Copper
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12,863,927 Silk Manufactures
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23,512,116
Cotton and Cotton Goods ...
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Cotton Yarns.....
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7,980,766 Skins, Hair, &c...... 20,589,263 Straw-plaits
1,603,946
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4,025,159
Drugs, Medicines, &c.
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5,371,228 Tea
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9,035,819 -
Matches
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5,760,868 Tobacco
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774,626
Mats for floor.....
3,310.042 Re-exports
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4,251,001
Metals and Metal Manufrs.
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1,396,104 Sundries
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14,449,589
Oil and Wax
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1,723,638
Paper and Paper Manufrs....
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1,540,699
Digitized by
Yen 204,429,994
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