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JAPAN 



Table II. Exports and Imports: i = 1000. 



485); 1911-12, 57,399,699 (41,420,566 and 15,979,133); and 1912-13 (est.), 57,597,- 

 099 (41,207,386 and 16,390,313). 



For 1912-13 the chief items of Ordinary revenue were: Land Tax 7,540,799, Income 

 Tax 3,272,528, Excise 4,989,220, Public Undertakings, &c. 13,136,864, Telegraph & 

 Telephones 5,416,944, Stamps 2,717,396. Extraordinary revenue: '-From Naval Replen- 

 ishment Fund 1,200,000, River Improvement Fund 1,516,231, Sale of State Property 

 457,963, Surplus from 1911-12 1,550,672, Public Loans 151,815. 



The chief items in Ordinary Expenditure for 1912-13 were (i = 1000): Imperial House- 

 hold 450.0, Foreign Affairs 428.2, Home 1,240.7, Finance 18,567.4, Army 7,679.0, 

 Navy 4,081.5, Justice 1,235.0, Instruction 948.5, Agriculture & Commerce 762.6, 

 Communications 5814.1. Extraordinary expenditure (1 = 1000): Foreign Affairs 93.6, 

 Home 2,088.8, Finance 4,150.2, Army 1,772.0, Navy 5,257.8, Justice 77.8, Instruc- 

 tion 101.9, Agriculture and Commerce 841.2, Communications 2,006.6. 



The National Debt stood at 255,370,500 at the end of 1911-12, the figures for three 

 years being as follows (i = 1000): 



1909-10. 1910-11. 1911-12. 



Amount brought over from preced- 

 ing year 



Amount Issued 



" Redeemed 







222,830.7 258,280.0 265,039.5 



48,463.0 52,137-0 554-0 



13,013.0 45-378.0 10,223.0 



Mining. For the efficient administration of the Mining Industry, Japan is divided into 

 five districts, each of which is under the control of a mining inspection office. The total 

 area of mining land leased amounts to 7,013,265 acres, and of this area 1,252,146 acres are 

 occupied by mines actually in operation. The mineral products obtainable in Japan include 

 gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, coal, iron, antimony, manganese, graphite, sulphur, peat 

 and petroleum. The total number of persons engaged in the mining industry amounted in 

 1910 to 222,195, ar >d of these 137,467 were employed in coal mining. The output of the 

 different metals for 1910 was as follows (1 = 1000): Gold 140.3 oz., Silver 4,550.5 oz., 

 Copper 130,530.2 Ibs., Lead 10,419.2 Ibs., Antimony 345.9 Ibs., Sulphur 116,925.8 Ibs., 

 Pig Iron 157,894.7 Ibs., Steel 20,744.8 Ibs., Iron Pyrites 213,319.1 Ibs., Coal 15,681.3 met. 

 tons, Petroleum 76,621 .ggals. In 1911 anincreaseof 58 per cent occurred over the previous 

 year in the number of applications for coal prospecting, and an increase of 337 per cent in 

 applications in regard to sulphur. During the latter year also the value of mineral exports 

 amounted to 4,564,872, and of imports to 8,680,746, an increase on the preceding year 

 f ii 659,069; the increase being chiefly due to the export of coal, and in imports to the larger 

 quantity of iron brought into the country. The capital invested in mining enterprises dur- 

 ing 1911 amounted to 4,272,887. The aggregate nominal capital of mining companies at 

 the end of this year amounted to 22,330,826, of which 16,389,568 was paid up. 



Fisheries. The fishing industry was valued in 1910 at about 8,018,681 sterling and has 

 shown remarkable progress during the last few years. In 1908 the fisheries of every descrip- 



