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FOREIGN TRADE IN THE FAR EAST

(a) Treaty ports:-

II. JAPAN

opened in 1859 | Hiogo

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Hakodate.. Nagasaki..

...opened in 1868

..opened in 1859

Osaka b

opened in 1868

Yokohama or Kanagawa

..opened in 1859

Tokio a

opened in 1867

Niigata b (or Ebisumi-

nato)

...opened in 1869

Anping...

Keelung "Takao

...opened in 1896

(b.) Ports in Formosa opened to subjects of Powers having Commercial Treaties with Japan for residence and trade:-c

.opened in 1896 | Tamsui.

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.opened in 1896 Tainan (or Taiwan-foo) (opened in 1896; ...opened in 1896 to foreign vessels and their cargo only). (c.) Opened with a proviso as to closing at three months' notice:-

Opened in

...1899

Shimizu d (Province of Suruga) Taketoyo d (Province of Owari) ...1899

Nagoya e (Province of Owari)

Yokkaichid (Province of Ise)

Moji d (Province of Buzen)

..1907

....1899

Shimonoseki (Province of Nagato)1899

...

.1899

.1899

Hakata d (Province of Chikzen) ...1899 Karatsud (Province of Hizen)......1899 Kuchinotsud (Province of Hizen)..1899 Misumi d (Provinee of Higo) Izuhara d (Island of Tsuhima) Sasuna d (Island of Tsushima) Hamada d (Province of Iwami) Sakai d (Province of Hoki)

...1899

1899

... 1899

.1899

Opened in Miyazu d (Province of Tango)

.....1899 Tsuruga d (Province of Echizen) ...1899 Nanaod (South Bay) (Province of

Noto)

.1899 ...1899

Fushiki d (Provinee of Etchu) Otaru d (Porvince of Shiribeslii) ...1899 Kushiro d (Province of Kushiro) ...1899 Muroran f h (Province of Iburi) Itozaki (Province of Bingo)

.1899

1900

Wakamatsui (Province of Chikuzen) 1904

Shishimid (Island of Tsushima) ...1899 Nahad (Loochoo Islands)

Suminoyej (Province of Hizen)

1899

...1906

Awomorif g (Province of Mutsu) ...1906

a Tokio was never a shipping port, but simply a place open to foreign trade and residence. b These ports are under Article XI. of the Treaty of 1894 excluded from the category of ports between which coasting trade is permitted to British vessels.

e Opening notified by departmental notice issued by Foreign Office in Tokio (February, 1896). d Article 3 of Imperial Ordinance No. 342 (published in "Official Gazette" of the 13th July, 1899), by which the opening of these ports was notified, reads as follows:-

"When the imports and exports together at any of the ports mentioned in Article 1 for

any two years in succession do not reach the value of 50,000 yen they shall be closed.

When in cases where, in consequence of the development of communications, new ports are established in the vicinity of any of the ports enumerated in Article 1, the further maintenance of any such port, as an open port, is considered unnecessary, it may be closed, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding clause.

"The date of the closing shall be notified three months beforehand by the Minister of Finance"

e Opened by Imperial Ordinance No. 330 (published in "Official Gazette" of the 28th «October, 1907), under same conditions as ports under 4.

The following articles only may be imported at the ports of Muroran and Awomori:-

Grains and seeds.

Beverages and comestibles (articles in Group 3 of the Import Tariff attached to the

Customs Tariff Law).

Sugar, confectionery, and sweetmeats (articles included in Group 4 of the said Tariff).

Furs.

Hides and skins (articles included in Group 6, No, 66 of the above-mentioned Tariff). Oils, fats, and waxes.

Iron-

T, angle, and the like.

Rails and fishplates for rails.

Bolts, nuts, washers, rivets, and dogspikes (all made of iron),

Materials for bridging and building (made of metal),

Mechanics' tools, and agricultural implements and parts thereof.

Locomotives, locomotive tenders, and parts thereof.

Railway passenger cars, freight waggons, and parts thereof.

Duty free articles,

Articles exempted from import duty (articles included in Article 7 of Customs

Tariff Law).