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The amount of the algae consumed in 

 the home country is not exactly known. 

 It is only known that the number of the 

 Porphyra sheets manufactured in the 

 year 1894 amounted to 11,232,900. As 

 Porphyra is rarely exported abroad, this 

 whole amount should have been spent 

 in a year. 



The following is a description of the 

 three Japanese prints that accompany 

 this paper: The colored print with the 

 gilt scroll and foreground represents the 

 Ainu people gathering Kombu {Lamin- 

 ar id). This is from Hakodate and is the 

 actual cover of a Kombu cake. The 

 other colored print represents a girl 

 going out with a bamboo basket to 

 collect Nori {Porphyra) ; the * 'brush- 

 garden" is seen in the background. The 

 uncolored print shows the process of 

 Nori manufacture ; three girls are en- 

 gaged in cleaning the plant ; a boy is 



