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“...shows a decrease in imports of over 1,000,000/., and an increase of over 1,000,000/. in exports. The exact figures are: Value. Imports Exports 1901. 1900. £ £ 13,906,381 15,029,403 9,172,413 8,098,592 23,078,824 23,127,995 These figures, taken alone, would seem to indicate a stationary condition of trade, but in fact there was a marked improvement .in 1901, following on the withdrawal of the foreign troops from the metropolitan province of China and the gradual resumption of the normal state of affairs there, How steady is the upward movement of commercc in this district is apparent from the fact that it has risen from an average of 15,500,000/, in 1896-97, to nearly 21,000.000/. in 1898-99, and over 23,000,000/. in 1900-01. And steadily as the imports are rising, the exports are increasing still faster. As late as 1898 the exports were less than 44 per cent, of the value of the imports; in 1900 they rose to nearly 54 per cent,; in 1901 they were nearly 66 per cent., the highest proportion...”
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“...yarns, was practically stationary at a little over 500,000/. Rico. The main item of the great increase of exports in 1901 is to be found not in any manufactured article, as some of the ardent partisans of the protective tariff have too hastily asserted, but in the staple cerealrice. It was to the abundant crop of 1900, over 4 per cent, above the average, that more than a third of the total increase of exports in 1901 was due. The rice exported in 1900 was only 25,000 tons, value 244,000/. : in 1901 it was 66,000 tons., value 604,000/. As explained in previous reports, this by no means implies that there was any corresponding diminution in the import of foreign rice. On the contrary, there was an increase of more than 32 per cent, in the import of the inferior and cheaper grain ;. for rice remains the people's food-stuff, though only the well-to-do classes can afford to buy the liome-grown variety. Three-fifths of the exported Japan rice goes to Europe, one-fifth to America, and Australia takes...”
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“...rough rice business and a good share of the polished rice orders from the United Kingdom as well. Cheap labour, a protective tariff, and careful regulation of the Mak-hes. industry by means of a trust or syndicate have secured for Japan the supply of safety matches to Eastern Asia, The export of this commodity is mainly in the hands of Chinese merchants; and the quality of the manufactures is greatly improved. As against less than 19,000,000 gross, value o77,000/. exported in 1900, the quantity sent out in 1901 rose to over 24,000,000 gross, value 742,000/. In both years matches steadily maintained their place as third in the list of staple exports ; the second place being held as steadily by copper. Nature has been somewhat niggardly to Japan in the matter Metals.. of metallic resources. Of the precious metals her scanty supply has been practically worked out. Of coal she has only a moderate store, and that not of a very high quality; of iron she is so stinted that the supply of ore for the...”
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“...the superior kinds effectually checks enterprise in that direction. The bulk of the export con- sequently consists of the low grade ordinary Okayama cotton warp." The cheap Chikugo variety is steadily declining, and the Jhmgo matting has been unable to hold its own in competition with the original Canton quality, which it was originally designed to imitate. Among the minor staple exports which show an increase may be noted camphor, which rose from 4,500,000 lbs. in 1900, value 505,000/., to 5,250,000 lbs. in 1901, value 379,000/.; beverages, consisting not only of the native rice beer (sake), but also in fully equal amount of the ordinary malt beer, now made in numerous native breweries, the export almost doubling itself within the year, and two in the miscellaneous group which call for separate notice. These are tobacco and vegetable isinglass. The tobacco It is now over four years since the Japanese Government t:nonopoJy. established its tobacco monopoly. So far it has proved anything...”
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“...Europe, where it is used in confectionery for jellies, jujubes, and for other uses to which gelatine is put. After being gathered the seaweed is bleached, dried and packed in bundles at Nishinomiya (Nishi no miya) and other places in .the vicinity of Osaka. There are two varieties of the prepared article, fine (cut in marrow strips) and square. The hulk of the export goes to Hong- Kong and China; hut in 1900 over 57,000 lbs. were sent to the United Kingdom and over 72,000 lbs. to Germany. The value of the total export rose from 92,000/. in that year to 116,000/. in 1901. The salient feature of the trade of the port of Kobe in 1901 is Imports, ithc fact that imports, as compared with the preceding year, fell -off to the amount of well over 1,000,000/. Although the imports of Osaka showed a slight increase the actual drop in the import values of the two ports was 1,123,000/. This was undoubtedly due to the influence of the new protective tariff, as the decrease was entirely in manufactured...”
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“...10 KOBE. Articles. Cotton manufactures Woollen ,, Metal Value. 1901. £ 583,092 584,564 1,185,568 1900. £ 1,253,518 983,362 1,483,285 As showing the effects of the competition of the homemade products it may be worth while to show the above results in somewhat fuller detail: Articles. Yalue. 1901. 1900. ; £ £ Cotton ! Piece-goods ........168,730 ; 533,176) Italians................120,610 266,860 Yarns........' 94,8H5 228,000 White shirtings......! 34,646 I 211,600 Prints........! 40,176 | 137,760 Mousseline-de-laine .. ..I 260,700- j 482,000 Woollen manufactures .. .J 109,560 210,800 Plate and sheet iron .. .. | 101,250 169,350 Kails ........i 36,328 90,225 This list of diminished imports could he considerably extended, and the drop in the aggregate value would have been considerably greater but for the compensating rise in a few articles such as beans and bean cake, refined sugar and pig iron. The increase in the bean cake is an unmistakable indication of the resumption of business activity...”
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“...coupled wheels bogie tender Tank capacity Side tanks Tender tanks Coal capacity- Steam pressure Sq. ft. 108 'CO ,078 *4S Tons cwts. qrs. 41 11 2 0 11 2 22 12 3 Ft. in. 1 6 1 10 3 7 2 3 H 13 11 40 67 Sq. ft. 1,186'4S 18*5 Tons cwts. qrs. 70 15 Gallons. 582 4 1,851 -0 Tons. 21 Lbs. 150 The expenses required may be given as under : in the construction of these engines Labour ,. .. .. Materials Articles of consumption .. Wages of cooiies .. Superintendence Compensation paid to the stores fund Value. Total Equivalent in sterling Yen. 11,912 872 31,125-706 6,047 -981 2,054- 140 1,S73* 206 1,060 878 54,104-786 £ s. d. 5,523 3 9 Cost per engine, 27,052-393 yen (2,761/. lis. This being the first time that eight-wheel coupled tender engines were used by the Imperial railways, and no engine of such large dimensions having been imported, there is no available data for comparing the above stated cost with that of similar...”
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“...KOBE. 15 -engines made abroad. But reduced to toil rates, tlie cost of these new engines is 509 yen (517 19*. 2d.) per ton. while that of six-wheel coupled tank engines imported at the time is 668 yen (687 3s. 10c7) ; this showing that the engines made at home are cheaper than imported ones by about 24 per cent, in the rate per ton. There was an increase in the sugar import amounting to nearly Sugar. 12 per cent, in quantity and over 19 per cent. in. value, the intake -of the two ports being 97,320 tons in 1901, as against 87,070 tons the year before. More than half of this was refined sugar, brought to Kobe, and somewhat less than half was raw sugar, divided between Kobe and Osaka. Practically the whole of the Osaka import, amounting to 24,840 tons, most of it Java, under 14 Dutch standard, was really unrefined brown sugar, intended to lie refined at the Osaka works, whilst of the so-called brown sugar imported at Kobe, amounting to 20,620 tons, a considerable quantity was not really raw...”
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“...Thread...........! Other manufactures... Lbs. Tons Sq. yards., Total Sugar Refined... Sundry... Total Woollen manufi Cloth......... ,, part wool Mousseline-de-laine ... Serges ......... Italian cloth...... Flannels ...... Other piece-goods ... Wool......... Yarn ......... Blankets ...... Total Grains and seeds- Rice ......... Cotton seeds...... Beans, peas and pulse Other grains and seeds Total Kerosene oil ...... Chemicals and drugs ... Sq. yards... Gallons ... 1901. 1900. Quantity. | Value. Quantity. Value. ,. 283,260,133 J 16,200,775 £ 5,264,707 86,866 284,347,733 19,228,000 £ 6,188,030 100,046 . 299,466,908 5,351,573 303,575,733 5,288,076 27,381 7,139 27,933 3,173 10,872 5,335 1,192 .! 1,846 J 3,779 1,752 i 214,108 69,525 108,174 41,096 101,252 36,328 17,948 30,465 61,576 160,775 47,012 1 56,004 84,695 i 156,610 25,190 10.626 13,122 4,315 17,232 11,903 1,136 2,797 7,649 "4,634 236,301 120,136 60.698 71,598 169,349 90,225 19,905 64,756 119,829 188,221 57*298 116,775 178,194 ; 1,185,568...”
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“... and watches ........ Clothing and accessories ... Coal ............ Flax, hemp, Jute and China grass... ......... Glass and glassware...... Hides............ Leather ......... Railway carriages and trucks Scientific instruments Satins and velvets, silk and cotton mixtures ... Silk, and manufactures of ... Timber, planks, &c.... Tobacco, cigars, &c.... Wines, spirits, Value. 340,502 55,461 1900. Quantity. Value. 59,176 395,963 I 229,029 113,36!) 342,398 50,231 110.058 82,386 242,675 1,353,885 766,448 35.3,321 97,324 50,060 147,384 76,336 143,406 99,227 318,969 275,107 145,263 | 42,923 42,717 1 85,640 252,631 100,011 38.468 55,331 29,635 223,445 85,620 1,372,566 48,638 Tons Lbs. Lbs. Sq. yards., 25,755 10,789,198 949,277 190,490 i Bc-imports Recapitulation | Cotton......... Metals............ Cotton manufactures Sugar............; Woollen manufactures .. ( Grains and seeds ..... Kerosene...”
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“...Articles of Export from the Ports of Kobe and Osaka during the Years 1901-1900. Articles. Cotton yarn Cotton fabrics Grey shirtings.. Flannels White fabrics T-cloths Other piece-goods Cotton towels Sundry.. Total Metals- Copper, refined other, and manufac- tures of Other metals and manufac- tures of Total Lbs. Yards Pieces ' jj Yards Dozen Tons Matches Gross 1901. ----------------------- - .......... --------- . Total, 1900. Kobe. Osaka. Total. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. 68,117,760 & 1,774,654 4,647,807 | £ 131,033 72,765,657 £ 1,905,687 75,921,988 £ 1,922,956 2.464,110 303,029 219,403 5,227,668 4.31,901 22,210 42,829 13,234 38.367 37,369 39.416 20,538 9,319,920 23,933 1,865,2 L6 4,647,448 9*8,223 115,120 8,228 114,919 34,690 61,524 10,225 28,500 11,784,030 326,962 2,085,219 9,875,116 530,124 137,330 51,057 128,153 73,057 98,893 49,641 49,038 16,710,120 364,468 178,670 60,150 i !! | 285,476 60,566 1 213,963 I 373,206 ! 587,169 ! 584...”
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“...Keturn of Principal Articles of Export from the Ports of Kobe and Osaka during tlie Years 1901-1900continued. u! Articles. Lbs. .. Tons .. 1901. Total, 1900. Quantity. Value. Kobe. Osaka. Quantify, j Value. Quantity. Value. Total. Quantity. Value. Recapitulationcontinued Tea........ Rice .. .. ..... Porcelain and earthenware .. Provisions and beverages .. Silk or silk fabrics Clothing or apparel Miscellaneous .. Re-cxjDorts .. .. 16,440,391 66,139 i i £ ; £ \ 350,364 i 1,253,579 9,455 603,567 i 1,086 10,444 177,543 .. 13,130 248,782 .. 57,662 101,997 ; .. 17.479 80,384 83,492 1,450,930 ; .. 353,561 i 131.889 i .. 79,764 17,693,970 67,225 i 1 £ 359,819 614,011 190,673 306,444 119,476 163,876 1,804,4-91 211,653 15,925,797 25,038 £ 363,905 24-4,663 195,192 154,485 134,445 129,262 1,619,111 268,522 Grand total i 1 7,881,468 .. 1.290,975 I 9,172,443 8,098,592...”
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“...26 kobe. Table VII.Return showing the Distribution of the Trade of Kobe (Hiogo) amongst the Countries participating during the Years 1901-1898. Exports. Country. Value. 1901. | 1900. i 1899. 1898. United Kingdom Hong-Kong .. British India Australia Canada .. .. . Total British .. China United States .. Germany .. .. Other countries Grand total £ 544,239 ; 1,898,904 307,866 I 171,251 73,309 £ 551,875 2,148,027 268,386 138,454 84,977 £ 566,945 2,155,614 186,854 138,892 63,733 £ 358,189 1,914,837 203,698 145,630 50,983 2,995,569 2,638,167 1,386,186 52,631 103,018 248,004 457,893 3,191,719 2,079,618 1,271,394 76,719 91,832 71,350 266,757 3,112,038 2,862,221 1,097,188 57,407 100,891 144,937 258,926 2,936,790 2,025,825 994,932 121,809 57,352 56,329 153,272 7,881,468 7,049,389 7,633,608 6,346,309 LONDON: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, Bt HARRISON AND SONS, Printers in Ordinary to His Majesty. (1400 11 | 02H & S 190)...”