772
JAPAN
Imports
1896
1897 1 Exports
1896
1897
Yen
Yen
Yen
Yen
Rice.
5,662,337
21,528,428^ Rice
7,957,295
6,141,217
Pulse
3,475,016
5,889,616 Tea .
6,240,896
7,728,966
Sugar
13,711,738
19,799,090; Seaweed .
486,930
726,895
Chlorate of potash .
429,042
497,650, Vegetable wax
.371,700
730,576
Raw cotton
32,573,352
43,122,262, Cuttlefish
1,151,143
1,413,646
Cotton varn .
11,372,001
9,625,258j Camphor.
1,119,196
1,318,291
Cotton goods .
5,117,916
4,247,440! Silk, raw, waste,<tc.
31,595,037
58,650,431
Woollen varn .
1,114,872
1, 337,424 i Silk goods
12,034,000
13,229.476
Flannels .
1.997,245
1,187,654 Carpets, of hemp, &c.
1.152,177
973,871
Woollen nuislin
0,498,162
3,835,88(1^ Umbrellas
773.620
627,057
Italian cloths .
2,813,097
1,815,581' Copper, injrot .
2,423,116
1,075,945
Blankets .
1,932,482
608,928, ,, manufactured
2,461,039
2,680,806
Iron and steel rails .
2,595,459
3,325,004 Matches .
4,986,260
5,641.992
Iron, bar, &c. .
2,359,705
3,046,131 Coals
6,242,931
8,316,775
Iron nails
1,440,253
1,458,294 Lacquered ware
948,734
767,400
Watches .
1,897,481
1,901,813 Porcelain & earthen-
Kerosene oil .
6,331,036
7,667,350, ware
1,974.854
1,819,061
Oil cake .
3,220.600
3,315,587 Floor mats
3,056,759
3,232,738
Spinning machinery
2,992,361
5,401,701 Cotton >arn .
4,029,424
13,490,196
Locomotives .
1,620,767
4,235,616; ,, piece goods .
i
1,333,560
1,838,504
The imports of bullion and specie in 1897 amounted to 81,466,713 yen, and exports to 19,219,163 yen.
The extent of trade with the United Kingdom, according to the Board of Trade Returns, is shown in the subjoined table for five years : —
1893
£ £
Imports from Japan into U.K. . 1,046,598 958,541 Exports of British produce to
Japan 3,485,770 3,719,475
1894
1895
£
1896
£
1897
£ 1,283,165
1,143,382 j 1,241,433
4,638,207 I 6,033,342 | 5,607,822
The staple articles of import from Japan into Great Britain in the year 1897 were raw silk and silk waste, of the value of 39,879/. : silk manu- factures, 167,116Z. ; tobacco, 20,561Z. ; drugs, 27,249Z. ; copper, 136,809Z. ; rice, 124,903Z. ; china and earthenware, 30,074Z, The staple articles of British export to Japan consist of cotton goods, of the value of 1.042,178/. ; cotton yarn, 1,040, 786Z. : woollen fabrics, 365,947/. ; iron, wrought and un- wrought, 983,567/. ; machinery, 1,208,163/. ; chemicals, 104,566/. in the year 1897.
Shipping and Navigation.
The folluwing are the shipping staliJitics of the Japanese })orts, exclusive of coasting trade, for 1897 : —
—
Entered Cleared j
1
No.
Tonnage
No.
Tonnage
Japanese steamships
,, sailing ships and junks
Foreign steamships . , , sailing ships
Total
529
1,145
1,708
142
650,839
32,066
2,919,038
168,946
513
1,218
1,384
142
583,986
34,669
2,365,651
162,251
3,524
3,770,889
3,257
3,146,557
