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JAPAN BY THE JAPANESE

Goods Traffic.

Fiscal Year. Government. Private. Total.
23rd (1890)
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00,671,561 01,088,645 101,760,206
25th (1892)
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00,982,404 01,719,316 102,701,720
30th (1897)
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01,558,194 07,073,315 108,628,509
34th (1901)
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02,659,602 11,750,150 114,409,752

Passenger Traffic Receipts.

Fiscal Year. Government. Private. Total.
23rd (1890)
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03,183,383 01,966,532 105,149,915
25th (1892)
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03,335,609 03,122,946 106,458,555
30th (1897)
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07,003,795 09,904,292 116,908,087
34th (1901)
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10,648,762 16,929,621 127,578,383

Goods Traffic Receipts.

Fiscal Year. Government. Private. Total.
23rd (1890)
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00,778,798 00,998,742 101,777,540
25th (1892)
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01,075,342 01,743,455 102,818,797
30th (1897)
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02,064,716 06,055,547 108,120,263
34th (1901)
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04,404,917 11,431,032 115,835,949

Comparing the figures for the thirty-fourth fiscal year with those for the twenty-third year, the former show a fourfold increase in the number of passengers; an eightfold one in the goods tonnage; a little over a fivefold one in the passenger revenue; and nearly a ninefold one in the goods revenue.

Within the last twelve years remarkable progress has been made. The goods traffic shows a more decided increase than does the passenger traffic. Judging, however, from the statistics of existing conditions, it would appear as though the passenger revenue is always greater than the goods revenue.

The ratio that the goods revenue bears to the passenger revenue per 100 yen is shown below:

Yen.
23rd fiscal year (1890)
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34.5
25th fiscal year (1892)
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43.7
30th fiscal year (1897)
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48.0
34th fiscal year (1901)
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57.0