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JAPAN BY THE JAPANESE
  1. Bake, naval station, 133
  2. Baken-chiu, 187
  3. Bakin, romance writer, 545
  4. Bakufu, legal system of, 499–502
  5. Banbetsu division of population, 286
  6. Banjo, gunboat, 127, 129
  7. Banking system, growth of, 361–379
  8. Banking system, the, by Mr. Yamamoto, 379–381
  9. Bank-notes, tax on issue of, 353
  10. Banks:
  11. Clearing-houses, establishment and working of, 362, 377
  12. Kinds: Government, 365
  13. Local Industrial, 363, 364
  14. Private, 379
  15. Number of, and amount of capital in, 1890–1899, 399
  16. Principal: Agricultural and Industrial, establishment of, 363, 364, 374; lines of business, 375
  17. Crédit Foncier, 399
  18. Fifteenth National, 357–359
  19. Formosa, Bank of, statistics regarding, 364, 593 598; establishment of, 375, 376; lines of business, 376; system of banking, 593–598
  20. Hokkaido, Bank of, statistics regarding, 364; establishment of, 376
  21. Hypothec Bank of Japan, lines of business, 372, 373
  22. Industrial Bank of Japan, establishment of, 363–364; lines of business, 373–374; foreign capital introduced, 411
  23. Japan, Bank of: Administration of, 370–371; business transacted, 348, 368–370; capital of, 364, 366, 367; establishment of, 363, 365, 366; finance of, 318, 331, 332, 337; Government, loan to, 358; issue, sole privilege of, 362–370; notes, law regulating issue of, 367, 368; regulations of the, 363; statistics regarding, 399
  24. Kokumin Chochick Ginko, 458
  25. Yokohama Specie Bank, establishment of, 318, 327, 328, 362–364, 371, 372; foreign agent of Bank of Japan, 369, 370; lines of business, 372; statistics regarding, 399
  26. Banks, Regulations governing: National Bank Regulations, 327–329, 361–363, 377, 378; savings banks, for, 362, 377–378; convertible notes, for, 363, 366; Yokohama Specie Bank, for, 363; Colonial Bank of Hokkaido, for, 376; National Bank Act, 399
  27. Reorganization of, 336, 337
  28. Table of, 364
  29. Banrimaru, ship of Higo clan, 124
  30. Beer, export of, 442
  31. Beet-sugar industry, 413, 414
  32. Belgium, postal service with, 564
  33. Belgium, trade with, value of, 409, 443
  34. Bessemer system in mining, 451
  35. Besshi Copper-mine, 448, 450
  36. Bills, amount of, cleared in period 1890–1902, 394
  37. Bimetallism, see under Currency
  38. Bin-ei-yoku of Bin party, 182, 189, 192
  39. Bin-ken-ko, death of, 182, 183
  40. Bin party in Corea, the, 190–194; plot against, 202–204; policy and power of, 175–177, 180–185, 187, 188
  41. Bin-tai-ko of Bin Party, 182
  42. Bishu clan, ships of, 123
  43. Bismarck, Count Herbert, negotiations with, 210
  44. Biwa, Lake, railway from, 485
  45. Black, Mr., editor, 553
  46. Black Stream, the, 429
  47. Blacklead, output for 1901, 450
  48. Blue-Books, non-existence of, 218
  49. Boards:
  50. Audit, establishment of, 348, 503; functions of, 61, 62
  51. Codification, Board of, 213
  52. Colonial, attached to War Office, 114
  53. Exploration, Board of, 151
  54. Bokkeiziu, Minister of Right, 177
  55. Boku-ei-ko, Commander of the Guards, 193, 195; Corean Minister to Japan, 188, 189; flight to Japan and America, and return, 201; Kin party, member of, 181, 182, 192–195
  56. Boku-tei-yo, Corean Minister to Washington, 199
  57. Bon, festival of, 289
  58. Bonds:
  59. Consolidated Public, 358
  60. Exchequer, issue of, 335
  61. Government, issue of, 356; see also Loans, Public
  62. Kinsatu Exchange, the, 327, 357–359
  63. Nakasendo Railway, 356–359
  64. Supplementary Railway, 357–359
  65. Voluntary Capitalized Pension, 356–360
  66. Bon-ichi, ceremonies, religious, 289
  67. Botoni, poetess, 255
  68. Bourses, tax on, 352
  69. Boxer disturbances:
  70. Chinese apology for, reply to, 17
  71. Expenditure entailed by, 323
  72. Japanese help in suppressing, 575
  73. Results of 335
  74. Brinkley, Captain, Japanese art, quoted on, 522