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COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES
403
Year. Amount
Produced in
Japan.		 Amount
Exported to
Foreign
Countries.		 Difference
between the
Amounts
Produced and
Exported.		 Percentage. Value of Export.
Remained
in Japan.		 Ex-
ported.		 Total Value. Price per
Picul.
Kin. Kin. Kin. Per Cent. Per Cent. Yen. Yen.
1890 43,408,869 37,250,728 06,158,141 14 86 6,326,680 17
1891 44,352,488 39,923,999 04,428,489 10 90 7,033,049 18
1892 45,074,156 37,518,203 05,555,953 17 83 7,525,315 20
1893 47,752,300 36,443,555 11,308,745 24 76 7,702,088 21
1894 49,720,200 37,453,587 11,816,613 24 76 7,930,286 21
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1895 53,743,000 38,826,661 14,916,339 28 72 8,879,241 23
1896 53,127,456 33,241,472 19,885,984 37 63 6,372,328 19
1897 52,949,725 32,632,683 20,317,042 38 62 7,860,460 24
1898 52,760,738 30,826,632 21,934,106 42 58 8,215,664 27
1899 46,966,538 33,451,528 13,515,010 29 71 8,387,598 25

Note.—One kin=1⅓ pounds nearly.

Rice and Grain.

Grain is the principal agricultural product of the empire. The area of cultivation has recently been considerably extended, and the method of cultivation also has been improved. Notwithstanding this, the productive capacity has not been very great, compared with manufactured goods, because these are not goods for exportation, but for the consumption at home, and there is not a great increase in demand for grain. The rice crop has varied from 36,000,000 or 37,000,000 to 42,000,000 or 43,000,000 koku, while the other grain crops have varied from 15,000,000 or 16,000,000 to 20,000,000 koku.

Year. Rice. Barley. Rye. Wheat. Total Grain
Crops other than
Rice.
Koku. Koku. Koku. Koku. Koku.
1890 43,037,809 5,417,332 2,840,624 2,455,008 10,712,965
1891 38,123,548 8,114,959 6,431,682 3,541,732 10,088,373
1892 41,378,474 6,809,275 6,057,134 3,074,867 15,941,276
1893 37,199,663 7,189,448 6,146,126 3,289,655 16,625,229
1894 41,815,714 8,528,408 7,314,304 3,967,253 19,809,965
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1895 39,920,882 8,536,770 7,015,709 3,973,644 19,526,123
1896 36,199,771 7,849,281 5,925,887 3,554,149 17,329,317
1897 33,039,293 8,028,698 6,165,792 3,811,000 18,005,490
1898 47,387,666 8,913,560 7,366,605 4,181,888 20,462,053
1899 39,698,258 8,512,726 6,682,021 4,141,205 19,335,952

Note.—One koku=5 bushels nearly.

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