JA1< 875 



irws. Absooodertnnmlwrad 818.78ft. and per- armvof 



*d 53.791. Of crntmartans. 84 aoso campaign on tbe 



-Tbe Imnerial Jonaosaa \t 



randi-huv List made oat to 8e*ember. iST***. 2 

 KJO.000 persons, of wbom men-of-war afl<U or in an adrsaod rtai* of 

 .1 in is.:t In Koriuuaa and its construction. Of tbesa. 17 are 



*> square mils*, composite, Tbe otbers ar* of et*H and 

 which 



-. makes in best modern style. In tbe bodget of 



nai nuuo 



tbe Japanese the ordinary eipeadilurs for tbe Navy K ,*n 



ini.ir. i .......... i a i 7j88tJ0 wm^ ifiA ii^ . 



l.e session of thr hiet. Jan. amount asked for is 8848(888 yen. of wfckt 



ir 6.45U.940 yen are fur tbe cooetmnioo of war 



11 forties presented a unanimous ships - already ordered** and tt,888Lfs* 



i budget, substantially as presented "na\al extension.'' Tbe prograsjMM Is to rales 



nrnent, wan voted with.. ( ,t -I.- tal displaotmatit of tbe nary to 888y88 



rtSJfja. IH'.:KNI.:.N |:, s, ,, ; . .,; , \ ... i ., v p i',.. i 



ooed as ordinary*, and 8.888.788 J| "." 



. 1804. ross to 880,788488 yr> 



revenue was 88.O40.000- 70. were for imports and 117.488J61 yen were for 



lay was 8n \ceeding tbe avarage by about 



irease of . , m t h, ao per cent Tbe depredolion 



a .1,-,-n-aM- ,.f I^MMmO r n. m raaji , ml '- Lated asp rti 



.an fllld. In " * n. ' l.x,- :.,.- " - .. ' ,. r" ' .' ' 



"bol, tbe estimate 1 m- ti., latt.r over the f,,ni.. 



4^00,000 yen. nnl in receipts ac- with 1 NQ8, sbows clearly tbe dev 



QoTernroeiit enterprises 1.000,000 Ja|nesa people's purcbaaing poww. In I8M 



tbe items of iwtional l.n. about 7.800.000 ym. In tbe first balf of Ut4 



there is a total increase < he foreign trade amounted m aipurts to88L44t> 



. In xtmonlinary items tbere ftSO. an<l in unj-.rt. to 80087.038 pa*, making a 



.17 yea, compared with lOJ^IV 

 vo Tears tbe stoel^lail 



War Depart- gregate eipanaion of 18.71M88 jm. In sps3i 



nal *um of 550,000 yen foi 



-. and the rise of price over Import is explained by tbe parr bass of VSJT 



u- material abnuL On tbe pnajianma easjdfcsa* 



ion m ,, r .-| - of the ilk trade and general revival of bsjejsjsjsj 



sources in Japan an climated total trade lor 1888 of 



ue an tx. 70.902.341 880.000.0 



fees, 2.540.381 . --f trade 



n ; are to be noted. In 1884. 



at on depos- ami native manufactures, to , 



..'4*080 yon, while imports. obieiylai 



blio debt was 8883143ft! yen. raw products, were valued at 81 00 



bears ft percent, inter- 1H93 Japan M to tbe 



i feudal and bought 319.084 yen wortb of comawdttas. 



te old daimios, pensions to re- 



Obi - ati.l MsOTi : : 



J?5iA&^C ,. N < a - - : - - H 



tiflcates) beld as a guarant.- imported, an increase owr l4 of 



.,. Ja|ir* crrtltt 788 pounds. Owing to tb* increase to o4t. 



i.ain..iint- pared with 300.000 te 



yen. \ 



was for 80.M8 bales, 



i- military operaUons of 1804- romaaleatlo*-Tb 



vith tin- lessrves. for great activity of i 



'.e ofnrial sr.-it.Mioi as tbe rail w. ami blMi|ramiSjglMSjdssaw- 



ual (>clop^ilia. M It. vf. : . and wiib orlrrtty tbe eftlraordloary 



H9 "the alrealr flxel rt|^n- rvouireeaoBta of war ami |sjc, Tbe lengtb of 



av "asvragato 18^98.109 ven. railway m operatlosj at tbe e*d of Marcb, 1888. 



tary and 1M8M80 wa. 5.180 mile.; tbat of NSMS alsr coaeUwy 



it u're rr a- .on r projected was 1.048 mitts, and tbe naav 



rment of thr arm v l*r of nrttsir rail war comnaaivs was88l 8W 



f. railway bate a capdal of M3JMJ88 yrr 



ral rx- a t.4l mileage of r7mile. of wbicbm were 



1 le 5-%J>WI.- alread? ofwA in Marrb. Tbe 88 private earn* 



rogrammr ha in v,,-w the dmih- panias bav a capital of 88U848J88 yea. aad IJM 



1 * *** - 1 t^.l mull i j M.<LAdiM / ISA 



prwent mihtarv force ami the i^wrr. miles off umr total pfojariea mtieoge <z.im 



years, of landing and maintaining an miles) an opea to traffic. Grand total in Japan : 



