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of agricultural occupations. It can be divided among four kinds, viz. the Imperial Agricultural 

 Society, Prefectural Agricultural Societies, County and City Agricultural Societies, and Town 

 and Village Agricultural Societies. All of these are established and maintained like one organism. 

 i\s it can be surmised, there is one Imperial Agricultural Society, fourty-six Prefectural 

 Agricultural Societies, six hundred County and City Agricultural Societies, eleven thousand Town 

 and Village Agricultural Societies ; thus, they are found everywhere in Japan, except Okinawa 

 Prefecture. Subsidies are granted them by both the State Treasury and prefectural governments. 



B. Co-operative Societies. — The object of the co-operative society is to accomplish the 

 progress of business and economic development of its members. About its details, we already 

 gave a treatment under the head of Co-operative Management, Section 4, Chapter I, so that it is 

 unnecessary to dwell on it here again. 



C. Different Kinds of Guilds. — The aim of the staple products guild is that the producers and 

 dealers in staple products are to unite in rectifying malpractices in their business and increase their 

 mutual interests. Such guilds of silk industry number two hundred fifty six, including the 

 confederate associations, whereas those of agricultural products are fifty three in all, including the 

 confederate associations. 



Tea guilds aim at achieving improvements in the manufacture of tea, as well as accomplishing 

 the extention of the market. Their number comprises one central chamber, twenty confederate 

 chambers, and two hundred thirteen ordinary guilds. 



