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cant growth of less than 4 per cent, 

 from $68,458,000 to $71,098,000. 



It is of interest to note that while the 

 largest increases in imports are credited 

 to the United States, the United King- 

 dom, and British India, the largest in- 

 creases in exports occur under the head 

 of China, United States, and Korea. 

 Thus imports from the United States 

 for the first six months of the year 1905 

 were $31,921,000, as against $13,328,- 

 000 during the same period of 1904 ; 

 imports from the United Kingdom were 

 $32,623,000, as against $16,982,000; 

 imports from British India were $34,- 

 034,000, as against $21,092,000, while 

 imports from Germany are stated as 

 $10,794,000 for the first six months of 

 this year, as against $6,985,000 for the 

 same period of the year 1904. As re- 

 gards imports from other countries, 

 they have increased at a much lower 

 rate, or else show decreases. 



The exports during the same periods 

 were largest for China, which is credited 

 with $21,932,000, as compared with 

 $14,953,000 during the first six months 

 of 1904. The United States ranks next 

 among the countries to which Japanese 

 products are destined, the figures for 

 the first six months of 1905 being 

 $20,304,000, as against $19,910,000 for 

 the previous year. In the third place 

 now stands Korea, with $5,852,000, as 

 against $3,840,000 for the same period 

 of 1904. The exports to the other 

 countries are relatively small and, more- 

 over, show decreases. Thus exports to 

 France, one of Japan's large customers 

 of silk, have fallen from $7,117,000 

 during the first six months of 1904 to 

 $5,401,000 during the first six months 

 of 1905. The exports to the United 

 Kingdom have likewise decreased from 

 $4,343,000 to $3,335-ooo> while exports 

 to Germany have fallen from $1 ,098,000 

 in 1904 to $1,045,000 in 1905. 



The leading position of the United 

 States in Japanese foreign commerce is 

 seen from the fact that this country fur- 



nished 22.4 per cent of the total imports 

 during the first six months of 1905, as 

 compared with 14.7 per cent of the total 

 imports during the same period of j 904, 

 and is credited with 28.6 per cent of the 

 total domestic exports during the first 

 half year in 1905, as compared with 

 29.1 per cent of the total domestic ex- 

 ports of Japan for the first six months 

 in 1904. 



OUR IMMIGRATION IN 1905 



FOR the first time in the history of 

 our country the number of for- 

 eigners whom in twelve months we 

 adopted as permanent citizens has ex- 

 ceeded one million. The official fig- 

 ures have just been published by the 

 Bureau of Immigration and are given 

 on the opposite page, 



MAP OF THE PHILIPPINES 



FOR the map of the Philippine Isl- 

 ands which was published as a 

 supplement to the August number of 

 this magazine we are indebted to the 

 Bureau of the Census. The map was 

 compiled under the special direction of 

 Mr Henry Gannett, assistant director 

 of the Philippine census, to illustrate 

 the report on the Philippine census. 

 Through the courtesy of Gen. A. W. 

 Greely, U. S. A., chief signal officer, 

 the government and civil telegraph lines 

 were added to our edition of the map. 



EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES 



EXPORTS of manufactures from the 

 United States in the fiscal year 

 1905 were not only the largest on record, 

 but are in excess of the combined ex- 

 ports of all articles in the centennial 

 year, 1876, and nearly 140 million dol- 

 lars more than the total imports and 

 exports of the country at the close of 

 the civil war. 



Statistics just compiled by the Bureau 

 of Statistics of the Department of Com- 

 merce and Labor show that the exports 



