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JAPAN BY THE JAPANESE

bounty, their gross tonnage, the number of miles of their voyage, and the amount of the bounty which has been granted to them, in accordance with the said law, are as follows:

Fiscal Year. Number of
Ships.
Gross
Tonnage.
Number of
Nautical Miles of
the Voyage.
Amount of
Bounty.
(Yen.)
32nd30th (1897) 11 148,596 1,251,740 0,708,384
32nd31st (1898) 24 115,102 1,771,647 2,508,802
32nd (1899) 29 130,461 1,164,708 3,957,315
32nd33rd (1900) 18 174,530 1,543,906 1,188,761
32nd34th (1901) 15 157,199 1,471,321 0,906,203

The names of steamships which held a valid certificate in September, 35th year of Meiji (1902), and for which the bounty is to be granted in accordance with the said law, their gross tonnage, their routes, and the names of their owners, are as follows:

Name of Ships. Gross
Tonnage.
Routes. Owners.
Kiushiu-Maru. 3,853 The Nippon Yusen
Kaisha (Japan
Mail Steamship
Company).
Ryojun-Maru. 4,805 Hong Kong.
Tosa-Maru. 5,823 Seattle Line.
Idzumi-Maru. 3,229 Bombay Line.
Akunoura-Maru. 1,717 Chinese Coast,
Straits Settle-
ments, and
Australia.
The Mitsubishi
Goshi-Kaisha
(Mitsubishi Com-
pany).
Wakamatsu-Maru. 2,774
Daiya-Maru. 2,795
Atagosan-Maru. 2,043 Ditto. The Mitsui Busan
Kaisha (Mitsui and
Company).
Asosan-Maru. 1,701
Tsurugisan-Maru. 4,128
Fujisan-Maru. 2,043
Hikosan-Maru. 3,712
Kelung-Maru. 1,669 Ditto. The Osaka Shosen
Kaisha (Osaka
Mercantile Marine
Company).

Between the years of 1899 and 1905 the yearly subsidies to be paid to the three leading steamship companies were approximately as follows:

Nippon Yusen Kaisha
…          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …
4,696,324 yen.
Toko Kisen Kaisha
…          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …
1,013,880 yen.
Osaka Shosen Kaisha
…          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …
0,994,943 yen.