statistics for the space of ten years from 1897 — 1907 in onkr 

 to show the nature of the progress of this branch of industry : — 



Descriptions. 



1907. 



1897. 



Balance. 



Output. 



62,857,212 



Yen. 

 30,955^157 



31,902,055 



Amount prepared. 



39,264,195 



29,740,358 



10,627,535 



Amount from fish culture. 



2,823,263 



607,810 



2,215,453 



These figures indicate in Yen that in fishery for the space of 

 ten years there is an increase of 2. 03 times, in the output of 

 manufacture an increase of 1.4 times while in fish-culture, an 

 increase of 4.7 times is observable. Figures concerning the 

 output of the aquatic products can not be ascertained by exact 

 statistics, and since they are affected by fluctuation in the prices of 

 commodities, we may not naturally determine by means of the 

 above mentioned figures that the output was increased exactly 

 by so many times, but at least we may infer from these figures 

 the condition of the Japanese fishery at large. Since the statistics 

 above mentioned are confined to the fishery along the sea- 

 coast of Japan, the output from deep sea fishery, Korean seas, 

 Kwantung provinces and Russian coasts, Taiwan and Karafuto, our 

 new territories, will augment the figures to 13,014,248 yen to 

 which may be added the amount of fishery thus producing a 

 total of 75,871,460 yen. 



Fishery. 



As mentioned above, as a result of the peculiar adaptability 

 of Japan's position to fishery, a great many varieties of fish have 

 been utilized and the output is by no means small. Thus to men- 



