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EXPORTS. 



Descripti 



ons. 



Amount of Exports. 



Ra'e against the to/al 

 exports. 



Fish oil. 





Yen. 

 2,975,235 



2li% 



Cuttle fish. 





2,401,403 



I7l9^ 



Laminaria. 





1,709,338 



I2i% 



Dried shell. 





1,444,347 



loi^A 



Isinglass. 





991,584 



7lVo 



Fisla dried, boiled and salted. 



775.387 



SlYo 



Shell buttons and 



shell. 



634,678 



Ai¥o 



Others. 





2,807,106 



20I0/0 



ARTICLES OF IMPORTS. 



Descriptions. 



Imports. 



Rate against the total 

 imports. 



Salted trouts and salmons. 



Fish guanoes. 



Shells and tortoise shells. 



Miscellaneous. 



Yen. 

 3,420,641 



2,482,474 



170,704 



1,080,221 



A7iYo 

 ZAt-qYo 



Of the following table the canning industry was in a crude 

 condition in the early days but subsequent to the Japan-China 

 war, a rapid development was made which reached a stage of 

 greater perfection during the Japan-Russian war, so that a new 

 feature has been introduced in the canning processes of various 

 descriptions. The output of fish prepared per year has now 

 reached 8,500,000 pounds, of which canned sardines and crabs 

 have made a striking increase. Below is given the description 

 -of those exhibits. 



(i) Canned Goods Exhibited by 



