38 JAPAN - CO-OPERATION' AND ASSOCIATION 



amount in view of the conditions of these small farmers. The decrease in 

 the savings in the last year is to be ascribed to the general conditions 

 referred to in previous articles. (Effects of the crisis of 1907-8). 



In respect to the purchase business we have the following figures : 



1907 1908 1909 



(a) Purchase of agricultural imple- 

 ments, manure, ploughs, bags and 

 other material required for pro- 

 duction or sale yen 6,535 1.534 4.544 



(b) Purchase of food suppUes, to- 

 bacco, petroleum, school mater- 

 ials and other articles of con- 

 sumption fl 888 697 827 



In respect to the sale business, which, as we know, is the principal 

 work of the society, we have the following figures respecting the sale 

 of husked rice, in the period from October, 1909 to October. 1910. 



Sold to the Military Authorities 

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Total . . . 2,364 33,626 



It is seen from these figures that most of the sales were made to the 

 military authorities : in many cases these sale societies suppl}' the garrisons 

 within the sphere of. their activity to the mutual advantage of both, 

 parties, of the military administration which can thus obtain cereals at a 

 lower price than by buying directly on the markets and of the society which 

 finds an easy and profitable sale for its goods. We shall see below, in 

 reference to this, what purchases were made by the separate commissariat 

 office of Ujina from certain sale co-operative societies. 



To close this short account of the work of the Toyochi co-operative 

 society, we shall reproduce its balance sheet for 1909. 



(i) I Koku = 1.8 hi. 



