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HPLLETIN OF THE BUREAU <>F FISHERIES. 

 Kanten produced in HyogOj Kyoto, and Nagano in the years 1897—1901. 



Town and 

 year. 



Hyogo(Muko 



distn: t). 



1897 



1898 



1899 



1900 



1901 



Quantity. 



Pounds. 



265, 334 



2>3. «; 



294. 667 

 317,384 



312,000 



Value. 



(60, n . 

 73. 395 

 85, 965 

 S3, 563 



I'.S, |.,ll 



Town and 

 year. 



Quantity 

 (square 

 pieces 



H yogo i Ka 

 wabe dis- 

 trict): 



1897 



1898 



1900. 

 1901. 



Number. 



2,226,667 

 2, 213, 334 

 2, 346, 667 

 2, 466, 667 



2.626 l.i.T 



Town and 



year. 



Quantity 

 (slender 

 kanten). 



$7, 345 

 7,331 

 7, 701 

 9,300 

 9,713 



Hyogo i Ka- 

 w abe dis- 

 trict): 



1897 



1898 



1899 



1900 



1901 



Pounds. 



7, 659 

 6, 934 

 12, 200 

 15,854 

 16,800 



$1, 436 

 1,560 

 3, 431 

 7,664 



7, sir, 



Town and vear. 



Quantity, 



Kyoto: 



1897. 

 1898 



1S99. 

 1900. 

 1901. 



Pounds. 



211.471 

 171,951 

 74,851 

 204, 615 

 259, 330 



Value. 



s.cj.nsn 

 36, 111 



16,510 

 68,867, 



55, 520 



Town and year. 



Nagano: 

 1897. 

 1898. 

 1899. 

 1900. 

 1901. 



Quantity. Value 



Pounds. 



275, 012 

 291, 307 



276, 891 

 331.480 

 356, 305 



$60, 770 

 71,858 

 67,249 

 95 306 



124,106 



The importance of the kanten industry in Osaka is indicated by the following 

 table, showing an output of over 1,190,000 pounds in 1901: 



Statistics of kanten production in Osaka, 1897 to 1901, inclusive. 



<t 1 kin = 1.33 pounds. 



The exports of kanten during the thirty-four years ending with l!»o;>. as shown 

 in the following table, were 37,196,466 kin (or 49,595,288 pounds), valued at 14,6-16,910 

 yen (or 87.323,4-55). The exports in 1902 were larger than ever before, amounting 

 to 1,655,501 kin (or 2,207,335 pounds), valued at 1.108,544 yen (or $544,272). The 

 average price per 100 kin increased from 29.80 yen (or 814.90) in 1869 to 76.80 yen 

 (or $38.40) in 1901, and 66.60 yen (or $33.30) in 1902. 



