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COMMEECIAL JAPA^. 



[Decembeb, 



amended in February 1889, taking the form of the United States lav;', and the system was then complete. Statistics show the numbei 

 of licenses of various patents since 1885: 



In 189G an estimate was made of patents on machinery. Of 73 patents on silk, 10 were made in a silk district; of 30 on tea refining, 

 11 were made in a tea district; of 41 on matting, 27 vvere made in a matting district; of 8 on matches, 6 were made in a match diiitrict. 



Importance of Mancfaciuking Industry: 1897. 



•> Yen. 



« Koku. 



i Square yards. 



Industries for ivhich materials are locally produced. — They are the manufacture of silk, tea refining, pottery, clay pipe?, matches, iron 

 and other metal, etc. The iron and steel industry has now attained great proficiency in every kind of production, and is advancing 

 daily. The iron industry, under Government control, was established in 1896 with 4,090,000 yen, and it improved its investment to 

 6,470,000 yen in 1898. The inconveniences of material transportation caused the Government to give a bounty in opening a port to 

 facilitate the transportation of coal, iron, and machinery. The capital was increased again to 8,630,000 yen in iS99. Match factories 

 arc kept very busy. There were 278 fa(torie.«, with 19,229 employees, in 1899. They produced 5,871,506 gross, and 58.906,665 gross 

 were e.xjjorted in 1899. Our pottery and clay pipes are favorites in the world, and imitations of our porcelain is seen in the Netherlands. 

 In 189'.) tea was i)r()(iucc'd to the amount of 33,451,528 yen, of which 8,387,598 yen was exported. In the silk factories having more 

 than ten employees in 1896: 



Cocoon used kokns.. 



Silk prnil need pounds. . 



Si 1 k jirod uced in 1S93 do 



Worsted silk do 



Employees number. . 



Production. 



1,0.36,849 

 6,031,738 



1,522,383 

 172,901 



Machinery. 



887,098 



5,140,627 



3, .381,008 



1,302,912 



12, 444 



Hand work. 



149, 751 

 891,111 



428,413 



219,471 



48, 460 



more 



This table shows that the producing power and efficiency are great in machine work and machines are going to be 

 . The factories of silk juanufacture are getting larger and the number of employees is increasing. 



used more and 



