2246 



CO^^BIERCIAL JAPA^. 



[December, 



CROPS, 



Rice 



Barley 



Rve 



Wheat 



Potatoes . . . 

 Oilier crops 



Cotton 



JU:mp 



Tobacco ... 

 Indigo 



Total. 



ESTIMATED AREA DEVOTED TO AGBI- 

 CULTUEE. 



1S98 



Acres. 

 6, 903, 

 1,616, 

 1,679, 

 1,140, 



706, 

 3,009, 



lOS, 

 54, 

 77, 



124, 



15, 403, 783 



1895 



Acres. 

 6, 809, 106 

 l,603,3.il 

 1,645,890 

 1,094,231 



1892 



Acres. 

 6, 749, 999 

 1,600,199 

 1,592,145 

 1, 003, 915 



1898 



Bushels. 



2-36, 9:55, 000 

 44, .56.5, 000 

 36,830,000 

 20,907,000 

 •720,920,000 

 45, 910, 000 

 »> 7, 314, 2.53 

 »> 3, 569, 159 

 ''8,871,370 



»> 19, 415, 593 



1892 



Bushels. 



199, 6W, 000 

 42,680,000 

 35,07.5,000 

 19,865,000 



Bushels. 

 206, 890, 000 

 34, 045, 000 

 30,285,000 

 15,370,000 



'Kwan. 



bKwan, 1891. 



Average Yield per Acre. 



The cultivated area and products look stationary, but average yield per acre is increasing slightly. 



No fitatisMca are taken showing the classification of population. If accurately estimated a great percentage would be found to be 

 agricultural. 



All forests of the country are under public administration, of which 33,072,380 acres were directly under Government control, with 

 but 17,y03,yG5 acres under the lease of private citizens, in 1897. 



A census was taken on December 31, 1898, of cattle and horses. 



YEARS. 



1898 742,412 



Cows. 



1897, 

 1895 . 

 1892 . 



813.215 

 iKS:.\20r. 

 643, 292 



4RS,a'>4 

 593, 739 

 451.072 

 451.607 



Total. 



1,2.30,466 



i,40(;.fts.i 



1,136.278 

 1,09^1,799 



Propor- 

 tion per 



1,000 

 popula- 

 tion 



28.12 

 32. fi5 

 27. 16 

 26. 6-J 



Mares. 



873,617 

 874,663 

 852, 567 

 837,984 



Horses. 



714,ftSO 

 718,208 

 678, 036 

 716,668 



Total. 



1,587,697 

 1,592.871 

 1,5:10.(>03 

 1,554,652 



Per 



1,000 

 popula- 

 tion. 



86.21 

 ;«*.. 86 

 36. 59 

 37.8-1 



Butch- 

 ers. 



1,315 

 1,16.1 



ANIJIALS SLAUGHTEBED. 



PER CENT or 

 SLAUGHTERED. 



Beeves. Calves. Horses.; Sheep. Hogs. Beeves. Hones. 



157,866 

 1-51.227 

 154,815 

 100,629 



41.478 

 7.277 I 41.019 

 6,771 3«>,026 

 I 26,817 



• 1««,217 



68.05 107.034 

 46.64 I 11.419 



1.<1.6 

 22.7 

 16.6 



2.6 



2.35 



1.7 



n. FISUKRIRS. 



The marine ]M'oduct.<' arc important for both food and fertilizers. There is quite a variety, snrh a." trout, tunny fish, cuttlefish, agi, 

 turbot, Hhellfish, In'rhtMU-incr. dried sardine, herring, bonito, shrimps, gomame, salmon, mackerel, <lrie<l tunny fi.sh, kainoha«hira, 

 agematti, konlni, funori, tsuuonialM, iiori, wakame, hijiki, colle vegetable, sardine, fish oil, and shark's fins. 



