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PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



JAPAN. 

 HIOGO. 



EXPORTS. 



It is shown by the monthly Japanese customs returns for 1898 

 those for the year 1899 not having yet been published that the total 

 declared value of all paper and paper manufactures exported from 

 Japan during that year amounted to 1,833,658 yen ($893,162), of 

 which but 87,787 yen ($43,718) was machine made or ''European 

 paper," and this was sent principally to China. 



The manufacture of handmade paper, the principal kind used 

 here, like the occupation of weaving, is one of the most widely dis- 

 tributed industries in the Empire. 



Much of this paper also is exported to China, but the quantity 

 sent is not stated in the customs returns. 



The earliest obtainable data showing the exportation of paper 

 from Japan is the year 1868, the total exports from that period until 

 1892, inclusive, being herewith tabulated: 



Itemized exports front Japan of paper, including paper manufactures, 1893-1898. 



