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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 | 48,596 | 251,740 | 708,384 |
| 32nd31st (1898) | 24 | 115,102 | 771,647 | 2,508,802 |
| 32nd (1899) | 29 | 130,461 | 1,164,708 | 3,957,315 |
| 32nd33rd (1900) | 18 | 74,530 | 543,906 | 1,188,761 |
| 32nd34th (1901) | 15 | 57,199 | 471,321 | 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). | ||
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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 |
994,943 yen. |