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able headway within recent years while their foreign trade shows 

 that both in exports and imports the volume has considerably 

 increased. 



For the last few years the transportation of fresh fish has 

 been increased, as a result of which the Imperial Railways of 

 Japan provided refrigerator cars and in steamers on the sea the 

 same provision has been made both of which are conducive to 

 the increase of transportation facilities. The consequence is 

 that the volume of fish transported has shown every tendency 

 of increase. 



Some kinds of prepared articles from aquatic products have 

 decreased while others increased according to favourable tradal 

 conditions, causing a general increase of prepared articles 

 from year to year. The same may be said of the amount of 

 fish caught. Principal articles prepared from aquatic products are 

 katsiiobiishi (bonito dried), kanten (isinglass), dried ear-shell, 

 dried sea-cucumber, konbu, dried shark's fins, dried prawns, salted 

 yellow tail, salted salmon, dried trout, dried sea-weeds, fish oil 

 and fish guaro, and canned fish. These products are mostly 

 prepared by the process of boiling, drying or salting. In the 

 following table is given the amount of the various aquatic 

 products. 





1905 I906 1907 



EXPORTS. 



Volume. 



Value. 



Volume. 



Value. 



Volume. Value. 



FOOD-STUFFS. 















Cuttle fish 



2,075,443 



2,959,738 



2,516,318 



3,440739 



2 042 887 



3,176,873 



Shark's tins 



79,856 



183,564 



83,347 



225,970 



83,299 



267,254 



Sea- cucumber (dried) 



99,749 



248,756 



93,708 



273,067 



137,431 



336^418 



Boiled sardine 



3,610,609 



2,530,453 



3,606,276 



2,556,308 



4,061,774 



3,191,979 



Mascle of shell fish 



21,86-2 



75,377 



1,000 



7,000 



8,244 



27,721 



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