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TABLE V. 



COAL-EXPORT AND-IMPORT 180 3-1878 iucl. 



Tear. 



Export. 



Import. 



Average 



Actual Export. 



For Ships' use. 



English 

 tons. 



Value 



in 

 yen. 



yearly 

 produc- 

 tion 

 tons ( * ) 



Engl. tons. 



Value in 

 yen. 



Engl. tons. 



Value in 

 yell. 



1868 



1869 



15,584 

 14,552 

 25,162 

 18,744 

 27,389 

 47,172 

 31,408 

 22,268 

 49,949 

 49,597 

 95,064 



79,519 

 82,978 

 139,085 

 lo0,429 

 180279 

 225,158 

 146,470 

 94,706 

 209,823 

 185,723 

 335,015 



945 



18,665 

 30,845 

 45,003 

 30,883 

 99,194 

 81,763 

 83,560 



136,386 

 82,661 



111,785 



4,760 

 99,603 

 159,258 

 224,552 

 155,637 

 402,931 

 408,870 

 452,811 

 717,270 

 404,363 

 576,635 



55,232 



5,353 

 16,977 

 17,004 

 28,212 



812,881 



92,716 



149,120 

 182,608 

 177,780 





1870 



1871 



1872 



1873 



1874 



1875. 

 1876 



1877 



1878 





Total 

 Yearly average. 



Average price 

 per ton. 



399,883 

 36,353 



yen 



1,779,184 

 161,744 



4.45 



721,630 

 65,6 38 



yen 



3,606,696 

 327,881 



4.97 



122,8:8 

 11,167 



yen 



1,415,108 

 129,555 



11.52 



356,783 



(*) Accoiding to Table 111. 



about 28% of the coal produce leave the country, to wit : about 10% are actual- 

 ly exported, about 18% supplied as fuel to foreign steamers, winch touch here, 

 while 72% of the produce remain for consumption in the country, the principal 

 consumers being the Mitsu Bishi Company and the railroads. The construc- 

 tion of coke-blast-furnaces would of course have a favorable influence on the 

 development of the coal-industry. How far the impending working of the 

 Chinese coal-mines on modern system may influence the coal-miuiug iu Japan, 

 the future will show ; the interference can, however, never be great, considering 

 that the actual export even now only figures with 10% of the produce, aud that 

 China's coal-production, according to von Richthofen's estimate, in late years 

 already amounts to about 3,000,000 tons annually, that is, about eight times 

 Japan's production of coal. 



