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COMMERCIAL JAPAN. 



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30,000,000 yen; notes in circulation, 217,809-333 yen; loans, 786,117,640 yen; deposits, 1,725,404,724 yen. In 1898 there were 1,414 

 private banks, with a paid-up capital of 190,292,740 yen; loans, 1,576,200,337 yen; deposits, 3,393,044,548 yen. In 1898-99, 1,565,498 

 persons deposited 37,921,508 yen and withdrew 15,430,590 yen from the post-offices, which act as sa\-ings banks. In the same year 

 there were 413 savings banks, with a paid-up capital of 14,966,242 yen, and deposits aggregating 93,659,013 yen. 

 The following table shows the amount of coinage issued in the fiscal years ending March 31, 1896 to 1900: 



The following table shows the condition of banks in Japan in 1898: 



BANKS. 



Head 

 offices. 



Branch 

 offices. 



Paid-up cap- 

 ital. 



Deposits. 



Nippon Ginko 



Nippon IndiiHlrial Bank. 

 Yokohama Specie Bank. 



National banks 



Affrioullural-Indu.strial . 



Private 



Savings 



1 



1 

 1 

 4 



41 



1,414 



413 



Total 



1,875 



904 

 453 



1,368 



Yen. 



30,000,000 



2,500,000 



10,500,000 



390,000 



8, 798, 020 



190,292,740 



14,906,242 



257,447,002 



Yen. 

 1,72.5,404,724 



842,014,934 



6, 682. 266 



962,086 



3,393,044,548 



93, 659, 013 



6,061,768,165 



Yen. 



786,117,640 



0,776,609 



209, 777, 971 



2,981,879 



4,356,3.37 



1,576,200.337 



72,854,056 



2, 659, 064, 829 



In January, 1899, there were 4,481 miles of State roads and 15,362 miles of prefectural roads. 



Railways are of two classes: (1) State railways; (2) railways owned by private companies, 42 in number, two "of them supported 

 in a certain way by the Government. 



The following table gives the railway statistics for 1898-99: 



State 

 railways, 

 1898-99. 



Length in miles 



Gros.s i ncome yen . . 



Expenditure do 



Good.s carried tons. . 



Passengers number . . 



820 

 11,143,742 

 6, 343, 030 



1,887,2'27 

 31,720,787 



The following are postal and telegraphic statistics for four fiscal years: 



Railways 

 owned by 



private 

 companiea, 



1898-99. 



2, 6.52 



21,841,4.58 



12, 0;)9, 674 



8,141.315 



66,J>U.,330 



I,ot tcrs and po.st cards 



Newspapers and periodicals 



Books 



Hauiples, etc 



Registered packets 



I'lvrccls 



Total 



Post-offirea 



Tclogra ins deli vcred 



Telegraphic line miles.. 



TeU'gniphic wire do 



Si ihiiiarmo cable do 



Submarine wire do 



Telegranli ( illicers 



Post and tclcgrajih officers 



Post and telegrai>h income yen.. 



Post and telegraph ex pendi turo do 



189ft-97 



403,818,612 



86,801,875 



6,617,114 



S9S, 190 



5, 22:^ .S91 



2, 737, 138 



606,096,820 



4,270 



10,978,153 



11,517 



37, 65-1 



387 



481 



1,114 



17, 050 



9,221,833 



6,625,725 



1897-98 



1898-99 



454,052,108 

 88,750,347 

 7,363,932 

 1,0.53.116 

 6, 498, 199 

 4, 213, 849 



661,931,651 



505,002,412 

 91,519,154 

 7, 063, 751 

 1,164,:?27 

 7,409.388 

 6, U76, 048 



617,835.680 



4,285 



14,136,012 



12,,5:<9 



44,801 



1,556 



1, 691 



1,255 



18.464 



10,797,093 



7,954,087 



4,337 



15,503,700 



12,924 



50,177 



1.7ta 



l,9.>vS 



1.2.')7 



19,910 



11,844,707 



1S90-1900 



501.960.680 

 110,0«V1.M3 

 8, 079. 462 

 1,341.1.51 

 8,424,7l« 

 6,016,011 



635. 886. 810 



4,464 



763,777 



13, 879 



59. 3'.* 



1,794 



2.«« 



1.4il 



21,319 



In IVIarcii, 1899, thoro were 1,562 miles of telephone (31,273 miles of wire), with 13 exchange offices, 40 calling offices, and 8,083 

 pubacribcrs. 



EDUCATION IN JAPAN. 



Edncntioiial conditions in Japan are the subjoct of very favorable comment by those who have had opportunity for thorough 

 investigation, while the oflicial reports of the Japano.se Governmont show that the numlH^r of schools teat-hors. and pupils ha.« rapidly 

 incroasod during the pa.-<t few years. The number of primary schools on January 1, 1899, assliown by the otiitial n^jxtrts of the Jaixineee 

 Government, wa.s 26,824, with a total attendance of 4,062,418, of which number 2,582,277 were boys and 1,4S0,141 girls. S[Kvial twhnical 

 Bchools also number 268; ordinary lUMinal Hchools, 47; and these, with others of various designations, brought the total nunilier of public 



