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U. S. National Museum, Washington, January 27, 1882. 



CATAI.OGUE OF A C01.IiECTI0N OF JAPANESE COTTOIV FIBER 

 PBK.SEIVTED TO TEIE UiMTEO .STATE!^ IVATIONAI. IflUSElTPH BV 

 THE GOVERIVMEJVT OF JAPAIV, TOGETMEB ^VSTBI TME AitlOUJVT 

 OF TBIE AiVNttJAI. €ltOP OF JAPAIV AIVO THE PRICE OF COTTON.* 



[Prepared by the Japanese Legation.] 



No. 1. Cotton produced by — 

 Konishi Shojiro, 



Awadouo mura, Soyekami-gori, 

 Yamato, Osaka -Fu. 

 Annual crop, about 225 kiu = 298.14075 pounds. 

 Market price, 7.1 sen per 1 kiu = 1.32507 pounds. 



*NOTE TO THE CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF COTTON. — Of the SutBxeS tO 



the words signifying the localities of producers, ' ' niura " means village and " gori " town- 

 ship, and in tbe catalogue is mentioned next to the township the name of a geograph- 

 ical division or province, and then follows a political division. 



Note to the account of cotton husbandry. — The district of Kinai, strictly 

 speaking, comprises the provinces of Yamashiro, Yamato, Kawaehi, Idsiinii, and 

 Settsu, but in the sense used in the account that district may also comprise some 

 other neighboring provinces. The district of Kanto comprises the province of Mu- 

 sashi and other seven .adjacent provinces. The district of Chiugoku consists of all the 

 provinces lying south of those of Harima and Tamba and north of Nagato and Suwo. 

 The district of Kiushiu is the whole of the island of that name. The district of 

 T6-oku com^irises the northeastern part of the province of O-shiu, which is now di- 

 vided into five provinces. And the district of Hokuroku includes seven provinces — 

 Wakasa, Techizen, Kaga, Noto, Tetchin, Techigo, and Sado. 



Proc. i^at. Mus. 81 29 May 13, 1889. 



