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Articles on the following subjects have been published by Professor 

 Eesca: On the method of deteriuining the various degrees of the oxy- 

 dization of iron in cultivated soils {Journal filr Landicirthschaft, Bd. 

 32); discussion and exj^lanations of the agricultural maps (Imperial 

 Geological Institute, Tokio, 1887) ; on the agricultural resources of 

 Japan and the colonization of Hokkaido (Yezo), (Imperial Department 

 of Foreign Affairs, Tokio, 1887) ; on the cultivation, treatment, and 

 composition of tobacco {LandicirtschaftUche Jahrhilcher, 1888) ; contribu- 

 tions to a knowledge of Japanese agriculture, with an atlas of twenty- 

 three charts (Berlin, P. Parey, 1890). Of this last only the atlas and. 

 one part of the text have yet been issued. The publications of this 

 institute, as far as they can not be obtained of German book dealers, 

 will be supplied to interested parties by the director of the Imperial 

 Geological Survey (T. Wada, Tokio, Tchigaya, 36). 



(3) The Laboratory of the Fish Commission, Imperial tfepartment of Ag- 

 riculture, Tolcio. — This has been in existence for ten years and is devoted 

 to investigations and experiments on fish culture and utilization of the 

 products of salt and fresh waters. The bureau sustains fishery sta- 

 tions in various parts of the country. Its reports have thus far been 

 issued only in the Japanese language. 



(4) Imperial College of Agriculture at Sapporo, Yezo. — This institution 

 was founded in Japan in 1876 by the Imperial Colonization Bureau for 

 the Yezo Island. In the first annual report (1876-77) the scope of its 

 work was thus defined : " The education and practical training of young 

 men from all parts of the Empire, who are expected to become employes 

 of the colonial department after graduation and to remain in its serv- 

 ice for the term of five years." The number of students is limited and 

 all their expenses while in the college are defrayed by the Government. 

 The course of instruction covers 4 years and leads to the degree of 

 Bachelor of Science. 



The following gentlemen from the United States have been connected 

 with this institution at different times: William S. Clark, Ph. D., LL 

 D.; William Wheeler, B. S.; D. B. Penhallow, B. S.; W. P. Brooks, 

 B. S. ; S. C. Cutter, M. D. ; Selim H. Peabody, LL. D. ; and H. E. Stock- 

 bridge, Ph. D. Eeports of original investigations conducted at the 

 college by these gentlemen are jjublished in its annual reports. 



(5) Besides the two colleges already mentioned, there are in the Em- 

 pire some ten agricultural schools of lower grade, some of which have 

 experimental grounds and small chemical laboratories in which agri- 

 cultural investigations are carried on. 



(6) In the southern i3art of Japan (Kiushiu Island) experiments have 

 been made for about three years on tropical and subtropical plants. 



(7) The interests of agriculturists, as well as of navigators and the 

 general public, are also served by an Imperial Central Meteorological 

 Observatory, with which are connected forty-one meteorological stations 

 distributed throughout .Tai)an. 



