770
JAPAN
at Yokosuka, the others at La Seyne) are of an older class of protected cruisers. They displace 4,277 tons, are 295 feet in length, and measure 50 feet 6 inches in beam. Each carries one gun of 12^ inches, and has a considerable quick-firing armament. The AMtsushima, built in Japan, is a like vessel, but of greater speed (19 knots). The Yoshino, built at Elswick, is analogous to the Argentine 9 de Julio, but is larger and provided with a double bottom. Her length is 360 feet, her beam 46 feet 6 inches, and she has a displacement of about 4,200 tons.
Production and Industry.
The land is cultivated chiefly by peasant proprietors, tenancy being rare. The land is thus officially divided for 1894 in acres : — Public land, used for Government purposes 9,675; forests, 2,885,776; open field, 1,412,179; mis- cellaneous (1893-94), 17,420; total, 4,325,050 acres. Private land: under cultivation, 1,235,917 ; homesteads, 93,365 ; forests, 1,789,438 ; open field, 262,774; miscellaneous, 6,718; total, 3,388,212 acres. The public lands include only those surveyed, and the private only those taxed.
The following are some agricultural statistics for five years : —
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1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
Rice (acres) .
6,750,904
6,752,755
6,692,971
7,015,712
6,830,075
,, (bushels)
189,203,356
205,359,621
207,776,255
198,127,873
179,655,848
Wheat (acres)
1,043,718
1,064,192
1,081,914
1,093,008
1,082,425
,, (bushels) .
17,577,262
15,256,168
19,689,080
19,719,457
17,632,137
Barley (acres)
1,590,559
1,601,155
1,588,011
1,600,808
1,594,189
,, (bushels) .
40,273,730
33,793,999
42,325,636
42,367,136
38,955,217
Rye (acres) .
1,565,378
1,592,811
1,621,282
l,64fi,256
1,648,113
,, (bushels
31,870,166
30,060,404
36,300,159
34,818,262
29,396,488
Tea (in kwan ^) .
7,211,865
7,640,368
7,883,232
8,698,781
8,500,745
Sugar (in kwan »)
10,721,172
12,635,293
—
14,402,588
11,822,307
Silk : cocoons (in koku2)
1,480,705
1,686,894
1,800,596
2,258,173
1,836,672
,, raw (in kwan 1) .
1,618,632
1,774,821
—
1,887,584
2,299,6S8
1 kwan = 8-28 pounds avoir.
1 koku = 4-96 bushels.
In 1895 the number of cattle was 1,136,278 ; of horses in 1895, 1,530,603. The mineral and metal products in two years were : —
Official Mines
1 Private Mines
Official Mines
Private Mines
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1894-95
1894
1895-96
1895
Gold, mommei .
90,298
121,280
90,909
150,047
Silver ,, .
2,666,919
16,693,617
2,264,178
17,000,900
Copper, kwan 2
73,869
5.234,971
86,566
5,011,519
Iron ,, .
322,068
4,860,395
816,442
6,562,864 '
Lead
13,321
376,622
5,926
518,207 ;
Coal, tons
22,289
4,238,929
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Antimony, kw n 2 .
—
418,968
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— 1
Sulphur
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5,001,147
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120 raonime = 1 lb. avoirdupois.
2 1 kwan = 8-28 lbs.
Silk, cotton, and other textiles were manufactured to the value of 17,825,645 yen in 1886 ; in 1892, 48,940,536 yen ; in ]894, 58,623,792 you ;
