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Other ports ............................................................................................................................................................®
Salmon fisheries (Russian), season fairly prosperous ................................................6
British ship takes cargo of fish......................................................................................................6
Value of fisheries for 10 years ......................................................................................................6
Fishermen and salt monopoly ......................................................................................................6
Communications—
Railways ............................................................................................................................................................6
Steamship lines ...................................”
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“...No. 4439. Annual Series.
Reference ioprevious Report, Annual Series No. 4256.
Report on the Trade of the Consular District of Hakodate for the
Year 1909
By Mr. Vice-Consul H. G-. Parlett.
Trade for 1909, review of.—The total value of the foreign
trade of this Consular district during 1909 was 1,693,627/., or
324,558/. less than that of 1908. The decrease is noticeable in
both imports and exports. In the case of the former it amounted
to 217,008/., in that of the latter to 107,550/. Tor this unfavourable
showing the depression prevailing throughout the country is naturally
in part responsible, but the more local causes were three—a great
falling-off in those purchases of machinery and railway material
which had so largely swelled the import returns of 1908, a poor sea-
weed and marine products harvest, and continued depression in Otaru
lumber circles.
Individual ports, figures for.—The following table shows how the
figures for each port during 1909 compare with those of the year
previous:—...”
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“...prosperous.—It is impossible to obtain accurate figures of the value
of the fisheries of the Asiatic littoral in the general trade of Japan,
because though the fleets clear from Hokkaido ports, many of their
units do not return thither, but make direct from the fishing stations
to their ports of discharge on the main island. Nevertheless a rough
estimate gives the number of boats engaged in the industry during
the year under review as 313 (tonnage 66,107 tons), and the value of
their catches as 510,110?. approximately. The past season was on
the whole a prosperous one, and the industry shows very distinct
signs of development.
British ship takes home a cargo of fish.—One British ship at least
visited the fisheries during the summer and carried home a cargo of
fish, but whether the venture was a pecuniary success or not is not
known here.
Value of fisheries during last 10 years.—The following are the
official figures showing the value of the imports of produce from
these fisheries into the Hokkaido...”
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“...210,5571 347,827 J total for the six ports, which amounts to
Timber ..... >> 320,233 188,705 396,936 219,039 J | 345,605/. There is a general decrease L save in the case of exports to United States
Sulphur ..... it 20,696 23,020 68,922 77,874 China, 516/.; Sweden, 7,392/.; Canada,
7,8771.; United States, 26,900/. ; Aus- tralia, 33,716/. Vide Table 4. Does not include 1,550 tons at 4,2721. sent from Yokohama
Manganese ...... >> 1,905 4,971 ... Goes through Yokohama; 1,376 tons, value 2,809/.
Coal ......... ii 66,443 56,637 39,060 39,915 24,265 Demand poor. Asiatic Russia, 10,186/.; Hong-Kong, 8,532/.; Straits Settlements,
2,179/.; United States, 3,363/.
Raw material for manufac- ... ... 76,708
turing purposes
Manufactured articles ... ... ... ... 5,669
Miscellaneous ... ... 54,908 21,'i37 4,894
Fishing trade—
Rice ...... Tons 299 454 440 3,759 5,586 4,557 ]
Salt......... 23,164 21,305 25,709 108,149 100,752 117,443 f For the Kamstchatkan...”
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“...—Return of the Foreign Export Trade of Kushiro during the Years 1907-09.
Articles. 1907. lions. 14,738 2,575 1908. 1909. 1907. 1908. 1909. Remarks (applying mainly to 1909).
Sleepers Timber Miscellaneous Total ...... Tons. 22,018 5,843 Tons. 40,177 11,967 £ 11,650 2,060 £ 23,687 5,437 £ 40,525 \ 8,905 J 17 ("Owing to the improvement of transport •! facilities, the timber trade of this port is I rapidly increasing in prosperity
... ... j ... 13,710 29,124 49,447
Note.—The value of the foreign import trade of Kushiro in 1909 was 071....”
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