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KOBE-HYOGO
a floating dock was provided capable of floating a vessel of 12,000 tons. Its dimensions are: Length 580 feet, breadth 66 feet and draught 26 ft. The Government in 1906 sanctioned a scheme for the improvement of the harbour involving an expenditure of 32,000,000 yen. Large reclamations are being undertaken at Onohama, and commodious wharves and other facilities for the working of cargo are to be provided. The work is to be com- pleted in about ten years from the date of its initiation.
Kobe's excellent railway communications, both north and south, have naturally tended to centralise trade at this port.
In 1910 the values of the different classes of imports of foreign produce and manufactures were :--
Cotton and Cotton Yarns Yen 115,923,957 Paper and Paper Manufrs. Yen 3,752,586 Iron and Steel
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18,754,542 Beverages and Comestibles
Drugs and Medicines
Grains and Seeds...
Cotton Manufactures
Machinery
Dyes and Paints ...
Oil Cake
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6,216,494
Wool and Woollen Manufrs.
6,455,629
Oils and Waxes
5,574,453
Copper, Lead, Zinc, &e.
5,340,836
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11,727,213 Metal Manufactures 10,527,708 Vehicles, Clocks, Watches, Etc.
8,423,788 Skins, Hairs, Bones, etc.
,984,129 3,161,403
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2,244,736
2,8€ 9,215
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7,982,250 Sugar and Sweetmeats 5,609,571 Ores and Minerals
2,651,093
2,620,130
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Sundries
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12,517,221
Total Imports
...Yen 230,336,984
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The values of the principal articles of Export in the same year were as follows:----
Cotton Yarn & Cotton Goods Yen 29,846,331
Copper
Matches ...
Grains and Seeds...
Marine Products...
Yen 3,616,011
13,640,160 Oils and Waxes
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3,215,783
7,994,227 Earthenware & Glass Manfs. 5,767.622 Tea...
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3,65,881
2.645,613
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Braids of Straw, Etc.
7,616,013 Beverages and Comestibles, 8,892.564 Sundries
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2,803,173
24,502,640
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3,887,165
Camphor
2,964,362
Total Exports
Clothing and Accessories Mats and Mattings
...Yen 121,049,552
The quantity of tea exported from Kobe-Hyogo during the year 1900 was 6,827,637 kin, while in 1909 it amounted to 6,725,599 kin. Practically the whole of this went to the United States of America and Canada.
The following table of values in Yen shows the total trade of the port from 1901 to 1910:--
Imports
1901 125,979,022 1902 144,516,111 1903 154,534,013 1904 174,855,201 1905 228,614,005
Exports Total
77,206,226 203,185,248 | 1906 74,748,143 219,264,254 | 1907 : 6,518,216 245,052,229 | 1908 87,976,178 262,831,37: 1909 84,458,679 313,072,684 | 1910
Imports Exports Total 192,190,166 110,605,293 302,795,459 223,437,566 106,668,265 330,105,831 191,080,×66 84,114,773 275,195,639 184,224,779 10,616,555 284,841,334 230,336,994 121,049,552 351,386,536
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