AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES. ii 



land, and at ii'29 per cent. = 23*37 yen per cho, for dry-farm land. 

 The harvest products of 1177 per cent, and 11*29 P^^ cent, respec- 

 tively, of the value of the land were distributed as follows : 



Rice land. Dry-farmland. 



per cent. per cho. per cent. per cho. 



State tax .... 2*5 13*28 ... 2*5 5*17 



Ken tax .... 2*5 13-28 ... 2*5 5*17 



Costs of production 277 1472 ... 2*29 4*75 



Net earnings . . . 4*00 21*25 ••• 4'00 8*28 



11*77 62*53 ii'29 23*37 



On this basis, the ground tax for — 



2,539,090 cho of rice land 



comes to . . 33,719,1 15 yen, and for 

 1,732,449 cho of dry-farm 



land comes to 8,956761 yen; and for both together, 

 4*271,539 cho of cultivated 



land comes to 42,675,876 yen. 



And 43,029,745 yen was the actual revenue taken in the fiscal 

 year which ended June 30, 1884. 



At present the area of Old Japan ^ (Hondo, Kiushiu, Shikoku, 

 Awaji, Sado, Oki, Iki, and Tsushima), comprising 18,537 s*^- ^^ 

 = 28,356,945 sq. cho, is divided as follows : — 



1. Uncultivated mountain forests and 



desert land 17,302,928 sq. cho. 



2. Cultivated and useful land, in the 



broadest sense 11,054,017 „ 



The latter embraces — 



a. ta, or rice land 2,642,251 sq. cho. 



b. hata, or dry fields 1,852,455 



c. hara in use (for grass, hay, and pasturage) 756,127 „ 



d. yashiki, or building ground 548,541 „ 



e. shio-hama (flat sea-shore for salt evapora- 



tion) 6,364 



f. cultivated forests 5,240,571 „ 



g. artificially made pleasure-grounds . . . 7,7o8 ,, 



11,054,017 sq. cho. 

 The group b (hata) embraces also — 

 the mulberry plantations for silk culture 1 10,174 sq. cho. 

 tea-plantations 42,174 



j> 



^ According to information kindly given by the imperial Japanese embassy at 

 BerHn, with reference to the levies of 1879, and also of Herr Regierungsratii 

 Rudolph. 



