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The amount of output prepared of the articles in the fore-going 

 tables during the 14 years from 1895 is as follows: — 



Year. 



Output prepared. 



1895 



20,547,643 



1896 



24,155,239 



1897 



29,740,358 



1898 



26,190,460 



1899 



31,678,766 



1900 



33,003,299 



1901 



30,075,953 



1902 



28,656,952 



1903 



29-570,312 



1904 



31,726,659 



1905 



35,500,016 



1906 



33o43;28i 



1907 



39,267,195 



1908 



35,546,824 



Of the products mentioned in the preceeding table the chief 

 exports to oreign countries are dried cuttle fish, konbu, isinglass, 

 dried ear-shell, sea cucumber (dried), cod fish (dried), prawns 

 (dried), muscles of shell fish, oil and shark's fins (dried) etc. 

 Their chief destination is China, but to Europe and America, 

 fish oil, isinglass, corals, fur seals, shell buttons, canned sar- 

 dines, crabs and prawns are exported, while dried cod fish and 

 salted herring forms promising articles of exports. The statis- 

 tics regarding both exports and imports have been published 'or 

 the sake of reference. (Vide tables). 



The number of both exports and imports during the 14 

 years from 1895 is as follows: — 



