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Quantity and value of harden exported. 





Year. 



Quantity. 



Average 



value per 



urn kin. 



1871. 

 1872 . 



is:;;. 



1871. 



1875. 



1876. 



1877 



ls:s. 



1879. 



1880. 



1881. 



1882 . 



1883 



1881. 



1885. 



1886. 



1887 



[S.SS 



1889. 

 1890. 

 1891 . 

 1892 



1894. 



1895. 

 1896. 

 1897. 

 1898. 

 1899. 

 1900. 

 1901. 

 1902. 



Total 37,196,166 



Kin 



221, 



272, 



283, 



333, 



361, 



566, 



776 



171 



120, 



139, 



169, 



363 



302, 



777, 

 946, 

 214, 



31 II I, 

 543. 



38, 

 336, 

 117 

 028, 

 300, 

 269, 

 152, 

 298, 

 118, 

 103, 

 326, 

 205, 



-'117. 



144, 

 585, 

 665, 



771 

 227 

 606 

 399 

 286 

 :;m 

 364 

 971 

 494 



r,s 



825 

 164 



II. 1 



232 

 606 

 2M, 

 KM2 

 350 

 064 

 790 

 713 



i 



237 

 200 

 725 

 125 

 775 

 125 



Ml HI 



906 

 275 

 500 

 144 



5M1 



1 t II . 



66, 263 



98, 102 

 108, 387 



7s.u;.; 



102, 920 

 134, 243 

 201,665 

 303, 014 

 245,761 



227. 1M7 



269, B67 

 291,758 



333, 04S 

 211,237 

 242. 105 

 309,084 

 345, 719 

 392, 644 

 337,879 

 329,222 

 270.511 

 323. 444 

 453. 124 

 581,218 

 682,140 

 195,625 

 449. 271 

 595, S18 

 591,057 

 611, 336 

 674.435 

 964.322 

 1,217,195 

 1, MS. 544 



13,646,911 



Yen. 

 29. 9 

 36.0 

 38. 2 



23. I 

 28. 3 



23.7 

 26 



21.9 



211.11 



23. 1 



21.4 

 25.6 



27.2 

 25.6 



25. 5 



26. 6 

 25. I 

 22.0 



24. 6 

 23. 6 

 31.4 

 34.8 

 15 8 

 47.0 

 38.2 

 in. 2 

 42. 5 



11.5 

 50. 7 

 55.9 

 66. 8 



76. s 

 66.6 



1 yiii=50 cents. 



As will be seen from the foregoing 1 statistics, more kanten is exported than is 

 consumed locally. Slender kanten is sent to China (Shanghai and Hongkong). British 

 India. Australia, Germany, France, and Great Britain; small quantities have also 

 been sold in the United States. The square kanten is exported only to Holland, with 

 which country there has been a trade in this commodity for many years. The prices 

 vary greatly, depending on quality of the product, the shape of the sticks, and the 

 country in which sold. The best quality of square kanten brings as much as .">5 or 

 60 cents a pound, and the best grade of slender kanten 40 cents a pound. The com- 

 mon qualities of the same articles are worth about 4o and 25 cents, respectively, per 

 pound. Following is a detailed statement of the prices of the different grades of 

 kanten in Osaka for a series of years: 



Market prices of kanten per 100 kin. 



" For exportation to Europe. 



b For exportation to China. 



