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COMMERCIAL JAPAN. 



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CoMMERci A L Japa N IN 1 900 2219 



Earlier commercial relations 2219 



Share of the United States in the commerce of 2220 



The cotton trade and industry of Japan 2221 



Iron and steel 2221 



Tlie demand for agricultural products 2221 



A study of Japanese imports 2221 



Area, population, and production 2222 



The coal supply 2223 



Transportation methods 2223 



Currency 2223 



Education in Japan 2224 



Ports and trading centers 2225 



Shipping 2225 



Changes in value of the standard of the currency 2225 



The development of commerce in Japan and its effect on civilization in that country 2227 



Introductory 2227 



Chapter I. The history of the commerce 2228 



II. Present condition 2234 



III. Further observations 2258 



The adoption of the gold standard in Japan 22t>5 



Othcial statement of the Japanese minister of finance accompanying the report upon the adoption of the gold standard 2265 



Effect of the change in standard upon economic conditions in Japan 2268 



The report of the high commission of agriculture, commerce, and industry on the adoption of the gold standard 2268 



Details of the coinage history of Japan 2269 



Commercial conditions and prospects 2281 



American flour gaining in popularity 2281 



Trade conditions — opening for American goods 2282 



Gro wtli of American imports into Japan 2285 



Hints to exporters to Japan 2285 



American competition with British trade in Japan 2286 



Japanese commercial museum 2287 



The financial future of Japan ' 2289 



Foieign companies in Japan 2289 



Foreign trade in Japan 2290 



The textile industries of Japan 2292 



Japanese industrial progress 22VM 



Cheap labor in Japan 2294 



The Bank of Japan 2294 



Collection of debts in Japan 2298 



New laws in Japan 2298 



Length of railways in Japan 2300 



Japan and the Nicaragua Canal 2300 



British view of trade prospects in Japan 2301 



The wealth of Japan 2302 



Cotton manufacturing 2304 



Japanese weights and measures 2305 



The new Japanese tariff, 1899 2305 



Commercial statistics of Japan 2317 



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