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JAPAN
The following table shows the total values of goods exported and imported in 1917:
EXPORTS
Yen
Tissues, Yarns and Materials thereof :-
IMPORTS
Yen
Tissues, Yarns and Materials thereof :-
Of Silk
Of Cotton...
All Other
Ores and Metals
Machinery
..450,379,358
Of Cotton....
.248,533,467
Of Wool..
28,645,085
Of Flax, Hemp, etc.
171,873,534
..117,744,871
All Other
Of Silk
Grains, Flours, Starches and Sds. 79,716,299 Drugs, Chemicals, Medicines.
Pigments and Coating
Ores and Metals:-
Iron...
72,416,089
Clothing and Accessories... 64,618,493 Minerals and M'factures. thereof 31,387,453 Metal Manufactures
Oils, Fats, Waxes and M'factures
thereof
Earthenware, Porcelain, Glass
29,331,289
28,976,105
and Glass Manufactures 28,934,191 Sugar, Confect's, and Sw'tmeats. 27,612,599 Beverages and Comestibles...... 26,092,613 Paper and M'factures. thereof... 22,118,613 Tea.
21,756,246 14,189,195
Marine Products.
Skins, Hairs, Horns, Tusks and
Manufactures thereof......... 7,528,271
Tobacco....
Miscellaneous
Total
.335,055,550-
59,434,653
20,132,450
6,273,633.
4,645,260
..209,699,567
Metal Manufactures..... 18,124,093: All Other Metals
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54,721,591 Drugs, Chemicals and Med. 64,957,475 Machines and Machinery......... 47,127,917 Grains, Flours, Starches and Sds. 27,617,150 Minerals and M'factures. thereof 21,989,789 Oils and Waxes
19,458,006
Animal Prod. (skins, bones, &c) 16,545,678 Sugar, Confect's. and Sw'tmeats. 11,830,721 Dyes, Pigments and Paints...... 9,299,894 Paper and Stationery. Beverages and Comestibles Earthenware, Porcelain, Glass
8,420,256
7,068,793
3,090,877
923,794
89,402,960
.....1,035,811,107
and Glass Manufactures
1,801,576
Clothing and Accessories.......
129,299,701
Miscellaneous
.1,603,005,048
Total..
The total Shipping from and to foreign countries for the year 1917 is given as 19,461,222 tons and is divided among the different nationalities as under :—
Strs.
Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total
Tonnage
Japanese
7,463
14,178,552
402
48,514 7,865
14,227,066
British
625
2,620,796
1
*3,598
626
2,624,394
Russian
566
712,099
7
820
573
712,019
American
169
475,532
2
1,421
171
476,943
French
68
271,330
68
271,330
Norwegian
68
207,141
68
207,141
Danish
37
110,956
37
110,956
Swedish..
12
32,475
12
32,475
Chinese
52
24,771
52
24,771
Others
219
773,227
219
773,227
Totals
9,279 19,406,869
412 54,353
9,691 19,461,222
The Customs Revenue for the year 1917 was Y35,918,953.
Extension of the Japanese railway systems has proceeded uninterruptedly since the first line was laid in 1872. The mileage open to traffic, according to the latest returns, is 5,756 miles of State railway, and 1,743 miles of private railway. (This does not include the South Manchurian Co.'s lines, which measure 697 miles.) The Government in 1906 decided on the State ownership of all railways which are used for general traffic, the object being to improve the facilities for direct traffic over long distances, to accelerate transportation, and to cheapen the cost. The Government proposed to purchase the lines belonging to thirty-two private companies within a period extending from 1906 to 1911, but the House of Peers, when the Bills came before them, reduced the number of companies to be bought out to seventeen, and extended the period of purchase to 1915. The aggregate length of the lines it was decided to purchase was 2,812 miles, the cost of construction being about Yen 229,000,000,
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