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SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS DAILY CONSULAR AND TRADE REPORTS ]ISSUED BY THE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WASHINGTON, D. C. Annual Series No. 55d July 14, 1915 JAPAN. KOBE. By Consul George N. West, March 31. The foreign trade of Kobe for 1914 was as follows: Imports, $140,160,036; exports, $83,426,273; total, $223,586,309. For 1913 the figures were: Imports, $172,611,271; exports, $84,894,079; total, $257,505,350. The decrease in 1914 was therefore $33,919,041. This decrease occurred almost entirely in imports, which showed a falling off of $32,451,235, while exports decreased only $1,467,806. Only Four Lines of Imports Showed Increase. Of the imports only four lines-beans, rapeseed, wool, and pe- troleum-showed an increase. The increased importation of wool was accounted for by the augmented demand created by the suspen- sion of the import of worsted yarn and by the formation of the Japan Worsted Yarn Co. The increased importation of beans was ascribed to :. decline in the market in Manchuria. Petroleum was largely imported late in the year. Coming now to a consideration of the lines that decreased, it may be said that the falling off in rice was due to the failure of speculation in the preceding year and to the low price prevailing in Japan. A depression in exportation of white sugar to China reduced the purchase of crude sugar, resulting in decreased imports of that commodity. The decrease in raw cotton was due to a falling off in the purchase of Indian cotton because of the suspension of exchange business. The decreased importation of sulphate of ammonia was a consequence of the depression in the fertilizer trade and the decreased shipments from England. The de- pression in the fertilizer trade also decreased the imports of bean- cake. The importation of artificial indigo from Germany and Swit- zerland stopped almost entirely after September. The decreased importation of pig, bar, rod, and sheet iron was caused, in the main, by the suspension of shipments of German products. Gray shirtings and cotton prints were crowded out by the home products, owing to the development in the industry in Japan. A large stock brought over from the preceding year caused dealers in woolen, cloths to keep down orders. This, together with the suspen- sion of the importation of common qualities from Germany. resulted in a decrease in imports. The economic depression which stopped construction of new factories reduced the importation of machinery. Conditions Affecting Export Trade. Of the principal lines of export rice, tea, camphor, cotton-yarn fabrics, and copper showed an increase over the figures for the pre- 99019-55d-15----1 2 SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS. ceding year, while straw and other braids, cotton knitted underwear, porcelain, matting, and matches fell off. The increased shipment of rice is attributed to the larger demand in America and to orders received from Europe late in the year as a result of the low prices ruling in Japan. The iiini.reia-d export of black tea is accounted for by the _'li.it activity shown in the American marlk't. The shipm .iint of camphor to Europe fell off, but the increase in the demand in Amiierica and India more than coii.~ !-:ited for the diminished d.-iin,;;d in Europe. The low pri,'--. of cotton y..ri and fabrics in.-n'...i the demand in China and India. Copper was l: .v-ly sol-I to England, Russia, and America after the reopening of the copper mail :t in London, and every -tv.inmrr carried shipments of the metal. Lower prices stil.,ilu,:1 the export of habutai to An-tr.ili:i. and the value of the silk shipped thither was double that of the pr.,-colw'g year. The decrea-,rd1 exportation of braids was due to the total -n.-t,.'ni,,n of shipnn.;it to Germany- the best market-and also to a temporary suspension of shipiiielit. to England and France. The braid trade is the one that has suffered worst from the war, the great decline in exports rt'.:-iting in a heavy slump in market value. Owing to the change_ of fashion in .inerica. the demand for matting has been gradually dcliniiig of late, and the war temporarily stopped exports to Europe. In October the price of mnattclu- advanced very high in anticipation of the suspen- sion of importation of supplies of chlorate of potash and other mate- rials. Large shipments were made to IHongkong and large orders came in frmin India because of the expected amendment of the law rc.ga.rding matches, but owing to the depression in export to China the total shipment showed a decrease. Foreign Trade of Kobe by Countries. The value of the imports from and exports to the various countries is shown in the following table for 1913 and 1914: Imports from. Exports to. Countries. 1913 1914 1913 1914 A rTentin n. .................................... -. c'r 'i-1 .. ................................... Austria-IlI r- ir;................................. Asiatic Russie................................ Belgium ........ .............................. British America................................. British India .................................. British Straits Settlements..................... China.............. ........................... Chile................ .......................... Cape Colony and Natal........................ Denmark...................................... Dutch India................................... F nvpt.......................................... I rt ni-h Indo-China............................. France......... ............................... Great Britain.................................. Germany...................................... Il.-i.i *- .............................. ...... Hawaii........................................ Italy............. ............................. K'.. i~r't r.' Province.......................... M .- '. .. ...................................... Netherlands ................................... Norway ........................................ Peru.......................................... I Ifiliit[:.' Islands ............................. Portugal ....................................... Russia......................................... .5'.,1 '., 24 1 92. 10n 2, ( .-., -,'1 269,874 54,000,618 1, 673,009 12,102,729 702. 3, -' .;, 1. .' 5t'i,, .l 2,405,937 1,217,746 6, 028,377 1, .0. ??22 28, 'l 1, ". 15,306,573 164,618 11,069 303,463 3,406,140 2,295 2n-.1?9 **', ., 674, 681 6,547 2,549 3. II 5 4 3 1 4 r,.5 8,170 ,1,211.'.! 48,832, 768 1,417,133 9,752,157 512,060 23,377 1,624,246 1,402, 560 3,045,235 1.217.450 21, 'I1,745 11,103,148 68,019 <>, 5M 1>7,*.' 0 3, 288,664 .............. 154,410 87,050 91 893,287 1,234 5,717 82, 707 1, '.., ',90 135,870 1,071,162 992,204 6,947,098 1,965, 820 27,668,166 22,444 173,086 114,437 1,556,454 280,400 91,734 2,163,409 6,673,027 4,035,838 9,936,161 1,888,717 688,649 2,717,432 30,388 170,184 805 22,756 1,592,833 4,209 83,276 $35,958 2,540,444 217,649 1,013,486 770,590 935,726 7,486,410 1,696,768 27,513,692 14,248 172,521 78,621 1,523,478 501,606 115,649 1,606,108 6,078,205 3,181,543 9,498,947 1,852,444 414,572 2,632,818 8,796 81,429 2,091 19,660 1,855,718 7,716 75,550 JAPAN-KOBE. Imports from. Exports to. Countries. 1913 1914 1913 1914 Spain.......................................... $46,654 526,090 $115,091 554, 806 Sam ........................................... 2,492,707 1,705,251 349,057 123,748 Switzerland.................................... 403,913 JS2,991 6, S28 17,120 Sweden........................................ 1,330,929 1,360,548 23,359 11,852 Turkey ........................................ 5 1 68,058 75,598 United States................................. 31,301,257 25,258,0.37 10,812,7S9 10,945,25; Other countries................................ 1,674,028 1,464,984 150, 67S 205,430 Total................................... 172,611,271 140,160,036 81,894,079 83,146,273 Principal Imports and Exports at Kobe. The table below shows the value of the chief imports and exports at Kobe for 1913 and 1914: Li, j Articles. IM PORTS. Alpacas, etc.............. Aluminum, ingots........ Aniline dyes.............. Beans, soya............... Beans, peas, and pulse.... Bicycles, and parts of..... Condensed milk .......... Cotton: In seed............... Ginned .............. Yarns............... Satins............... Velvets and plushes.. Copper pipes and tubes... Celuloid................. Eggs,fresh .............. Flour, whest............. Fats, animal.............. Glass, plates and sheets... Bides, ox, cow. and buffalo Hemp, jute. flax, etc..... Hats, caps, and bonnets.. India rubber............. Indigo, artificial.......... Iron: Pigs...: .............. Bars and rods........ Galvanized wire...... Tinned, plated, or sheets.............. Plates and sheets... R ai!s................. Pipes and tubes...... Nails. ............... Insulated electric wire.... Leather: Sole.................. Other ............... Linen yarms.............. Lead, mngots and slabs.... Machinery............ Nitrate of soda, crude..... Nickel, grains, blockks, and ingots.............. Oil cake ........... ....... Oil, kerosene or petro- leum .............. ..... Phosohor ite.............. Phosphorus: SYellow............... Red.................. Potash, chlorate of........ Paraffin wax: Free................. Other............... Pencils.................. Pulp for paper manufac- ture.................... $172,296 92,319 1,465,042 580,561 763, 653 757,344 531,998 098,579 79,665,438 147,763 1,100,440 405,961 105,530 72,449 356, 44 282,029 425,419 6.37, RO0 549, i812 1,208,019 61,734 S58 ,9(83 956,542 3,339,371 3,276,552 391,470 69S,362 2,680,231 401,850 914, 207 227,771 1533,264 5S,7.51 293,320 S, 546 (Sl. 144 6, Of 0,770 702, 830 46S,360 5, 87, E'31 707, 0OS 964, 840 122, 07 192,543 .199,744 358,313 269,168 77,871 1,122,746 $106,576 168,256 898,802 1,012, S05 708,928 310,906 415,252 317,400 70,441,367 81,378 705, 383 177,042 50,594 9,986 310,05.5 204,731 235,338 385,768 293,950 1,232,193 42,076 564,559 716, 277 1,643,530 2,149,140) 481,650 481, 657 1,S21,137 257,0S6 501,427 l1,, 71 58,."'2 602,531 4,778,561 515,005 649,807 5, 10s, 09 939, 99Y2 707, 258 71,301 202,549 415,898 299,7356 347,018 60,511 1,154, 498 Articles. IMPORTS-cont inued. Paper: Printing............. Packing............. Other................ R ice...................... Rosin ................... Rapeseed .................. Sugar..................... Sesame seed.............. Shells of mollusca......... Sulphate of ammonia..... Soda, caustic............. Soda ash ................. Sheetiugs. gray............ Shirt ings, white.......... Spinning ma'.hinery...... Tin, ingots and slabs..... Timber, lumber and boards................. Toilet or perfumed water and oils................. W heat.................... Wool..................... Woolen yarns............ W ild silk .............. Woolen cloths and seres.. Wool and cotton cloths and .erges .............. W at-hes .................. Zinr-: Incot. and slabs...... Plates and sheeTs- Free............... Other ............ All other .............. .. Total. ............. EXPORTS. Beans, peas, and pulse... Bam boos ................. Bamboo, manulIfactures of. Boards for tea boxes..... Buttons. shell............ Bronze. manufactures of.. Brushes: Tooth ................ All other.............. Colle or isinglass, vege- table .... .............. Comestibles.............. Cigarettes................ Camphor................. Camphor oil.............. Colza oil.................. Copper, ingots and slabs.. 5 22,292 216,237 685,074 9,626, 92 167,3M9 555, 883 1,277,439 171,123 438,244 5, 023,101 274, 714 399,240 312,214 259. 189 2,217,529 SG, 693 522,855 60, 224 1, 97S. 967 2,279,640 2,236,594 133,647 1,u 76, 4 11) 1,734,104 c7, 131 443,256 4 S, 829 1 ,, 193 15, $01,911 1911 1454,289 153,-720 571,333 4,632,560 S1, 3013 864,305 776,390 217,090 378,496 4,331, 6.S1 265,278 419,300 75,299 113,043 2,079, 64S 6t24, 268 272,2:9 51,S49 1,5-49,297 2,357,077 1,116,4f,3 195,179 629,000 1,408,290 62, 159 222,240 322,899 28,15.2 12, 720, 404 172,611,271 140,416,036 341,080 24-i, 789 (5 3.736' 203,0: 12 1,309, 5S 118,933 33, 277 089,026 570,785 471,701 54, 7S9 1,112,467 204,537 1)39,669 7,114,112 528,465 228,182 07,S42 299,132 1, 1t3,078 85,839 470, 85 773,424 C45,040 408,743 15,591 1,327,733 107,720 640,313 7,309,779 I~ SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS. Articles. L X PR-RI-CjII In led.0 ( ', i r.nr: 'l I .. .. .. ( worl. ~ ............. . C' I f, hanging and stand- igl ................. Coral.... ............... ... . Cuttle .................. od ..... .............. Fish and whale oil.......... F i rs.................. ..... Fans and roiun fans........ Groundnuts................. ir pr, driod................ S.- manufa tures of...... Hemp brai.ls............... 1 .II...-chi fs.............. Hats, caps, an.l bonnets.... Imitation nankeens......... Japanese toweling.......... Leather..................... Lamps, and parts of........ Lanterns, Japanese......... Lacquered ware............ T.i, i ii. if of scallops....... Mushrooms, d-ied.......... Mineral water............... Menthol crystal............. Match sticks or splints...... Machinery.................. Mattings for floor, in piece.. @',1 1. 1. 1, 2, 1913 1914 Art icles. i, L .11 -- cl.in i i XI.ioil. ,. ,' 1 l \ .. .. ...... ." .i4 'i4 i .'C l ** :: i ,i .. ... .. .. ... .... ",17._. -' 4 1, 11 l o', [l ,| ir U ll l i l ....... .. .. '' -' ," i 4.I l'it ,,:r l2.- ;;' _.. .- i r C'l ... . . 373,000 0 .. +',4S7 Pea chccse misoo) ......... 217,502 170.284 Seawe '.ls.............. 445, 0C4 167,872 Shrimpso an prawns........ Suzar, refined ............... 9il, 420 811,3 1l Sal:e...... ................ 148,477 14,t5,i31 Sulphur.................... 30oi, ( 1 1,021,894 ,-. .i., i n oil ..... ......... 177,777 1 2,4A!4 ': spun ........... 377.545 '; ,1 ii ,,.| Il. braids ...... 47.012 Si!k tissues, habutai........ 17S, 297 103,013 Shirtings and sheetings, gray 987,973 843,2S5 Socks and stockings.... 742,370 1,776,041 Screens .................... 95,219 61, 852 Timber, lumber, and boards 185,274 1,786,951 Toys ....................... 166,917 202,667 Tea: 41,513 433 Green.................. 123,911 132,712 Black.................. 4. ,087 311,012 Dust................... " ,,956 61,853 Other.................. 11i. '7 96,427 Umbrellas, European....... 290,812 'I'. I-".' Waste silk and kibiso...... 3 1,. ',i 4, 7.l Waste cotton yarns ........ 11i. I".' 120,613 Wax, vegetable............ .',l...,. 545,401 Zinc, ore................... 11.1, 1I.2 131,881 All other................... 502,251 189, .87 921,547 611,378 Total................. I Shipping Statistics of Xobe. The table below shows the tonnage entered and cleared at the port of Kobe during 1914: Entered. Cleared. Nationality. Description. Number. Tonnage. Number. Tonnage. American............................ Steamers ......... 57 396, 629 56 387,879 Austrian............... ................do............ 8 29,754 9 32,201 British...................................do............ 509 1,845,650 490 1, 806, 606 Do.............................. Sailing vessels..... 2 4,346 2 4,.30. Chinese.............................. Steamers .......... 3 1, q, 3 1, 5 Danish.................................... do............ 12 3-", -1,.J 12 35, 803 Dutch............... ....................do............ 20 .1, '44 18 46,475 French.................................... do............ 49 185,729 49 185,729 German................................... do............ 123 467,090 123 467,119 Italian................................ .....do............ 1 1,907 .......... ............ Japanese.............................. .....do ............ 1,897 3,529,125 1,884 3,493,757 Do............................. Sjilin .--el; ..... 5 725 2 366 Norwegian............................ Stl ,erlI .......... 9 18,937 8 17,418 Russian....................................do............ 8 16,774 7 14,155 Swedish....................................do............ 8 21,696 8 21,696 Total............................ .................... 2,711 6,607,974 2,671 6,515,415 Cotton-Spinning Industry. The first half of 1914 was a prosperous one for the cotton-spinning industry, both the shipments of yarns and piece goods showing in- creases over the corresponding period of 1913. In July the demand commenced to fall off and in August the trade was completely demor- alized by the outbreak of war. Prices fell rapidly, and the Osaka Yarn Exchange had to be closed for a while. 1913 1914 :!I. 7t ', 112' K -,, 3. 1 -., 2 ii 4.412, !ilN 2-". 21 l -'A "' _ 1') ;7 20 1, ll'J .'..'- "1 2!' 1 1 .: i 114,889 1,5S2,853 2," 1. .', 341,773 -.", ., 1' '. l;. 167,518 692,475 506, 078 (.(, ,i 606,070 S" 73,419 l, li.1i, 'i.l 1- *l 'n, l .'1 2,692,370 1,572,427 382,665 767,208 2,181,138 2,351,277 472,573 357,737 134,782 93,017 201,218 1 :. 13 i..-' 149 :.;1 ... 518,542 511,861 77,952 235,275 31,116 43,973 11., i17 6,912 54<, 716 579,225 185,670 206,161 1-: -*'1 445,256 4,., 27. 441,485 370,995 181,568 10,034,423 10,711,483 84,894,079 83,426,273 - w w w a JAPAN-KOBE. 5 The unfavorable prospects in July caused the Japan Cotton Spin- ners' Association to decide to curtail their production 10 per cent for six months from August 1 and to stop all spindles two days in each month, in addition to the usual two days per month stoppage. Mills that export 60 per cent of their product and those that operate looms and consume their entire production of yarn are excepted, but these last are very few. Notwithstanding the general depression of business, the cotton- spinning industry attained very satisfactory results from the past year's work, the total outturn of yarn amounting to 1,663,699 bales, an increase of about 147,717 bales over 1913. Exports of yarn amounted to 568,281 bales, an increase of 99,545 bales. On the whole the demand from China has continued firm and has been the direct cause of this increase. Apart from questions of price, increased ex- ports were witnessed in spite of the war. The increase in outturn, however, was not proportionate to the increase in the number of spin- dles, since there was a short-time agreement among spinners during the latter part of the year. An additional 110,000 spindles are shortly to be put into operation-40,000 by the Settsu Spinning Co., 30,000 by the Osako Kanegafuchi mill, and 40,000 by the Fuji Spinning Co. As regards the export of cotton yarn during 1914, there was a marked decrease in August and September on account of the war, but generally speaking the demand for this purpose continued to be strong. The exports during the year reached 508,281 bales, or about two-thirds of the amount of production. The following table shows the exports and the home consumption, in bales, for five years: Years. Export. Home con- sumption. 1910............................................................................. 374,633 787,147 1911............................................................................... 2 5,009 844,238 1912............................................................................... 374,932 977,277 1913............................................................................. 468,736 1,049,246 1914....................... .......................... ..... .... ...... ............. 568,281 1, 97,41S Thus it may be observed that, despite the war, the exports in 1914 were far larger than in any of the preceding four years. It may also be pointed out that the amount shown above as the home consumption includes the yarn consumed by the spinning mills themselves (about 25,000 bales a month) and by the other weavers (about 20,000 bales a month) for the weaving of cotton textiles intended for export. It can therefore safely be said that the amount of cotton yarn for real home consumption was about 500,000 bales. Machinery and Metals. The market for machinery has been dull, few new orders being placed, in spite of the fact that American machinery is being sought to take the place of the supply from Germany. The rise in the price of the raw material hindered the execution of old orders and the placing of new ones. Exports of copper received a severe setback on the outbreak of war, the price dropping to about $17.50, and the mines worked by the Furu- kawa Co., of Tokyo, and the Sumitomo & Kuhara Co., of Osaka, had to shut down temporarily. Toward the close of the year exports from Kobe revived again, and the year showed a small increase over 1913. SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS. The exports of zinc ore in 1913 amounted to over 30,000 tons, but the outlirc.ik of war almost entirely stopped this trade for a time. The finm.- for 1914 were only about one-half those of the previous year. Lately the increased d,-manid for the ore in Englih refineries, caused by the use of the metal in cartridl_ -,. has in.re:i.-ed the price, and large ordtr.' have been sent to this country. The O-:i1ka and Mitsui zinc refin-'ri,'-. whose production is not 1mor than 600 tons per month, have little to spare :it'fir supplying the needs of the Osaka ar-en 1l. and prices for sheet zinc have ii--ii, nearly 50 per cent hi 'Le than the lowest quotation since the war broke oiit. Galvanized iron, both sheet and wire, naturally rn -. in sympathy, and, with the exception of l-:i all metals have shown a substantial advance. Speculators who cvr- in an awkward p,.-ition at one time were able to dispose of their g ,,s at a profit. Kfanchhirian Cereals-Ag:'ic..'ltural Products Exported f.:om Ja, .an. Up to 1914 only occasional shipniL.nt- of Minchourian cereals had I: .vn made to the United States through the port of Kobe, but after the outbreak of war fer...l up the price of grain these exports as- sumed large proportions. This was especially true in the case of linnize, of which about 80,000 tons were shipped by the close of the year. The quality of this grain is not so g,,od as American, but on account of its cheapness it is cracke, and used for stock feed on the Pacific coast. Other cervalh exported w\vre kaoliang, or millet, and buckwheat. The exportation of agricultural products from Japan has much increased of late years, the principal lines b'ing onions and potatoes. In Senslin (Osaka prefecture) alone onions were produced to the amount of 24,845,100 pounds in 1913, and the production increased to 33,126,800 pounds last year, without co igc-ting the market. Now onions produced in the Hokkaido are being shipped, and prices are said to be about 25 per cent higher in Japan than last vyor. The onions are cent to Manila, Hongkong, Shanghai, Vladivostok, Australia, and the South Sea Islands. During the past two or three years the area under potatoes in Osaka prefecture was not more than 750 atcr',, 500 acres in Kvoto prefecture, and 400 acres in Hyogo prefecture. Lately the demand for potatoes has considerably increased,, since they are utilized as a foo, stuff for the troops, for distilling alcohol, for making brea,1, and also as an article of the popular diet. Since the outbreak of war in Europe potatoes have begun to be largely exported to Russia. In 1914 the ara of land under potatoes increased to about three times the figure for the preceding year in the prefectures mentioned, and it is expected that a further increase will be seen this yvar. The potatoes mature quickly, and rice can be raised on the same field after they are gathered. Thus the potato creates an extra revenue, and is fast gaining in popularity. Apples and Peanuts-Fertilizer Market. The demand for apples produced in Japan is rapidly increasing abroad. In the past five or six years the foreign markets for Japa- nese fruits and vegetables have been much extended, and their expor- tation is now beco-iiiing a promising business. Owing to the heavy crop of peanuts in 1914 and the fact that the market in America was overstockedl, the price fell markedly toward JAPAN-KOBE. 7 the close of the year but recovered soon after, with the clearing of stocks, and the year closed with prices about 15 per cent higher than at the end of the previous year. Toward the end of 1914 great depression prevailed in the fertilizer market, caused by the low price of rice and raw silk in the last half of the year, which affected the purchasing power of the farmers. The demand was estimated to be less than one-half that in ordinary seasons. Dyes, Drugs, and Chemicals. As was to be expected, the market for all German-made, aniline dyes went up considerably on the outbreak of war, holders here keep- ing back their stocks in anticipation of even higher prices. But after a time market rates declined, as some of these stocks were realized on; consignments shipped before the war also commenced to arrive, as well as supplies for America and China, diverted here on account of the higher prices obtainable. The market was also affected by the de- creased demand resulting from the prevailing inactivity of the weav- ing industry in Japan. This decline, however, was only temporary. In consequence of the importation of German dyes through neutral countries being entirely shut off and prices in Ameiica and China becoming higher than in Japan, together with a larger demand from abroad for European paper, woolen goods, and other articles requiring dyes, the scarcity became further accentuated. Stocks of dyes in Japan are scarcely sufficient for the 1915 demand. Indian indigo is not available, the exportation being prohibited by the British Government. Farmers in Awa Province are therefore making preparations to plant indigo extensively, and the 1915 sow- ings are expected to be about three times as large as in 1914. The shortage of dyes having caused such a rise in prices that the weaving trade is seriously affected, the Government is investigating the question of manufacturing dyes in Japan, but is still undecided whether to make it a Government business or leave it to private enterprise. The annual outturn of coal tar in Japan is said to be about 12,000,- 000 gallons, about 30 per cent of which is already taken up indus- trially, leaving only 8,000,000 gallons for dye manufacture-an insfiftti- eient supply, necessitating the importation of tar to supply the deficiency. The manufacture in Japan is estimated to cost about 20 per cent more than in Germany, so an increase in the import duty by at least this amount will be necessary, in addition to a subsidy to help start the industry. Salicylic Acid Supply Will be Sufficient. The suspension of the supply of salicylic acid from Germany has caused alarm to the sake brewers, who demand the drug as the indis- pensable antiseptic for the Japanese wine. The authorities have therefore been conducting investigations as to the amount of existing stock of the imported drug in the country. This is considered suffi- cient for another year's consumption. The Government and other drug factories have also commenced to manufacture, so there is little anxiety as to the future supply. The prohibition of reexport of imported chemicals has checked the advance of prices, but exports of those produced in Japan have in- SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS. cr,; :1d. Among these are iodide of potassium and acetic acid, which are largely shipped to India, the South Sea Islands, and Russia. Japanese Make Progress in Paper Manufacture. Hitherto European paper has been imported to the value of about :,..00,000 annually, according to the O'-ik;i Maini-chi. Local manu- i';atire has made sudden pr-,igres since the outbreak of war in Europe, and art" paper and account-book paper, which it had been considered impossible to produce in Japan, are now m-.iking their appearance from Japanese mills. Double-elephant, tra,'ing paper, and glazed paper (tsuya gami) can not yet be produced in ,Japan. The annual value of imports of these papers is about S1,0()0,000. The annual value of pulp imported has hitherto amounted to about $3.000,000, and now it is produced in Japan to the value of about $1,000,000. The annual value of paper and pulp together to be imported hereafter is not expe'tid to exceed $3,000.000-half the amount of the imports before the outbreak of war. By the great efforts of the Japanese paper mills, stimulated by the inero';'a-d price of European p:ipeir, the inconvenience cau-eol by the cutting off of the supply was minimized, and the paper market, which had advanced abnormally, lias now become settled. The total outturn of European paper at the end of 1914 was about 30,000,000 pounds per month, an increase of 4,000,000 over the pre- vious year, about one-half of which represents an increase in produc- tion of newspaper printing paper. Japane-e-madle newspaper print- ing paper is being shipped all over the East on account of the check o'c:i-ioned by the war in the trade with England and Gerni;ny. Japinese news printings, are of very poor quality, and find a market only on account of their cheapness. There is also a demand for Japanese strawboard in India and the Far East, caused by the scarcity of stock, and the paper mills have agreed to pay a bounty of $6 per ton on exported board paper. Glassware Industry Recovers from Effects of War. The outbreak of war caii,ed the manufacture of glassware to become quite di.morgai2ized, and exports to China, India, and, other c:i,:tern countries were suspended for awhile. Soda ash rose in price from $2.50 to $i. per bale of 2241 pounds. However, the demand from neighboring oriental countries soon increased with the diminution of stocks and the cessation of the usual supply from Belgium and Germany. Orders were also received from England and the United States. The increased demand, together with the recommencement of importation of soda ash, which had been temporarily suspended, caused a more favorable outlook for the trade, and the year closed with all the factories working at their full capacity. The manufacture of sheet glass in Japan has not advanced very far, and the output of the factories is usually not sufficient for the home demand. The thicker plate glass for roofing, showroom win- dows, and mirrors can not be turned out as yet. The war having stopped the supply of sheet glass from Belgium and Germany and the Engli.sh factories being short-handed, a demand has arisen from China, India, and other Eastern countries, and the companies have been able to make some shipments abroad. JAPAN-KOBE. 9 Matehes-Shell Buttons. The match trade in the early part of 1911 was dull, because of an oversupply of stock. The companies had greatly increased their plants and output during the previous prosperous years. Another cause was decreased demand from China, on account of internal troubles and currency depreciation. The war, however, brought about a change in the situation by checking the importation of hydrochlorate of potash and yellow and red phosphorus. The former, which usually rules about $11 per case, rose to $60 about the end of October, and phosphorus in proportion. They have since declined somewhat. The increased cost of matches-from $2.50 to $6.50 per case-hlas checked the ex- port trade, the China market still having considerable stocks on hand, and the total export for 1914 shows a certain decrease from the previous year. - The shell-button business was temporarily deranged by the out- break of war, but soon resumed its normal condition and toward the close of the year was quite brisk. The import of Takase shells was stopped for a while, but toward the close of the year there were a few shipments from Manila and Australia. Although stocks were scarce and prices high, prospects at the close of the year were good, owing to the large foreign demand. Exports of Fish Oil-Japanese Ship Paint to China. The export of fish oil, being mostly to countries engaged in the war, has been affected accordingly. The quantity of fish oil exported from Kobe in 1914 amounted to 29,348.544 pounds, valued at $1.021,- 894, showing a decrease of 11,405,764 pounds in quantity and of $284,767 in value as compared with the preceding year. The values of shipments according to countries in 1914 were as follows: Bel- gium, $329,366; Germany, $243,890; England, $189,095; Australia, $90,498; Italy, $58,017; Austria-Hungary, $51,225; America, $40,506; France, $14,403; other countries, $4,894. The value of oil shipped to Germany in 1914 showed a decrease of $197,517; to England, $139,261; to France. $47,497; and to other countries, $512; but shipments to Belgium, Australia, Italy, Austria- Hungary, and America increased by amounts ranging from $6,843 to $46,264. The market price has been advancing, but it is still much below the rates obtaining before the outbreak of war. Hitherto Japanese manufacturers of paint have made only the cheaper grades, while better-quality paints have had to be imported. Stocks of paint in China and other Eastern countries that are sup- plied from Europe ran short on account of the war, and this has en- abled paint manufacturers to make some shipments to Hongkong and Shanghai in spite of an increase in price from 25 to 50 per cent. Of the materials used, the lead is imported from Australia and the zinc is mined in Japan. Serge Weaving-Government Manufacture of Condensed Milk. With the development of the serge-weaving industry in recent years, Japan has been able to supply its own needs in the coarser qualities, although the finer grades suited for foreign-style clothes have still to be imported. Woolen yarns for series are imported 990190-55d-15----2 SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS. from Aist ria, Germany, France, and England, and naturally the outbreak of war, by checking importation, has rendered the position of these faculries very difficult. Some mills have been obliged to stop and otliher to curtail production, and the probability is that 1915 will not see half the output of serge.-s of 1914. The Hyogo Prefc''tural Experiment Farm at Awaji has completed preparations for the manufacture of condensed milk. The quality is to be standardized on the American Eagle" brand, and the fac- tory will take over the ,inrplus milk of all the dairies in the prefec- ture and conduct the industry on a large ca:e. The product is ex- pected to be on the market early this year (1915). Imports during 1914 decreased considerably. Celluloid-Rubber-French Nails. The outbreak of war has been advantageous for the two cellu- loid factories in this district. These companies, because their com- 1,ined. output is in excet-- of the demand, have been in financial diffi- culties since their start, and iinegtiations were in progrc.-s in 1914 for an a imlg;oi(l:in. Since the war started the Nippon Celluloid Co. stopped the manufacture of celluloid and devoted itself to making guncotton for the Russian Governmeniit at remuiinenrative rate-. The Sakai Co., having the field to itself for celluloid and beifig favored by a rise in prices of from 10 to 20 per cent, is also doing well. The prohibition on the outbreak of war of the export of raw or manufactured rubber from the Straits Settleimeints (whence the i a- terial used in the factories in this conii'nlar districts obtained) to any except British ports threatened to affect seriously the rubber industry here, but arrangements were made between the two Gov- ernments by which Japan could obtain its suppliet;'of rubber. The manuf.icttre of French nails was started by nail factories here, with the effect of nearly stopping the importation from for- eign countries. Hopes are entertained of entering the market in China and neighboring countries. Japanese Shipbuilding Industry. During 1915, in addition to war vessels, 11 steaminrs, with an ag- gregatte tonnage of 67,000, are to be completed in Japan, including 4 Nippon Yusen Kaisha ships, each of 7,500 tons; 2 Osaka Sho-sen Kaisha ships, each of 9,400 tons, and another of 5,300 tons; and 1 Japan-China Steamship Co. vessel of 3,700 tons. Japan has experience. in building warships of over 30,000 tons, and steamers aggregating more than 100,000 tons can be turned out in a year without diffici1lty. An independent supply of materials, however, is not yet in sight. The supply of steel for shipbuilding is largely obtained from England, Germnany, and Belgium. Of all non-British shipbuilding districts (according to Lloyds classification), Kobe is exceeded only by four in its output of mer- chant tonnage. Those doing bigger bu.incss are the River Weser, Hamburg and the Elbe, Rotterdam (with Dordrecht and Flushing), and Maryland and Virginia. The Netherlands, Japan, and Norway were the only shipbuilding countries that launched more tonnage in 1914 than in 1913. JAPAN-KOBE. 11 Labor Conditions-Reduction of Wages. Returns compiled by the Osaka prefectural government showed the number of operatives at the end of December, 1914, employed in making knitted goods, shell buttons, glassware, brushes, matches, celluloid goods, paper, rugs, towels, wooden pipes, cast-metal work, and medicines, all for export, to be 26.182. Of the 12 industries named, the hands employed on all except glassware, rugs, and cast- metal work showed an increase. Iron, silk reeling, leather, toys, en-- ameled ironware, rubber, and weaving are recovering activity. Returns of wages paid in Osaka in the second half of 1914, which have been published by the Osaka Chamber of Commerce, show that the wages of laborers generally have declined materially, though in a few instances they have shown an extraordinary increase. Com- pared with the corresponding period of the preceding year, the average rates of wages of 104 different classes of workers show inibreases in 23 classes of less than 5 cents a day, the wages of printers only increasing by as much as 6 cents, making the rate 50 cents. Decreases are recorded in 47 trades, the largest decrease being 20 cents in the case of leather-trunk makers, and a decrease of over 5 cents occurring in more than half these trades. As a result of the heavy decline in the price of rice, accompanied by a decline in many other commodities, manufacturers made the outbreak of war the occasion of an all-around reduction of wages. The match factories were among the first, with a reduction of 10 per cent,in the wages of male operatives and 15 per cent in the wages of feminale operatives. Coiresponding reductions have been made in practically all branches of industry. Trade of Osaka by Countries. In the following table the value of Osaka's trade with each important country during 1913 and 1914 is shown separately: Imports from. Exports to. Countries. 1913 1914 1913 1914 Australia............................................... 52,592 $53,513 13,370 1397 Asiatic Russia .......................................... 1,342 3u6,,03 1.834 153, 439 British India ......................................... 8,370,444 9,312,325 98G, 15b 1,320,552 British Straits Settlements ............................. 17 4,5.6i 151,9S7 173,9(i Belgium ............................................... 31,033 4S,i.30) 864 221 China.................................................. 2,859,917 3,604, 08 20,602,6.32 28,847,2.S7 Dutch India.......................................... 3,447,247 1,9534,519 3,791 2, 13 French Indo-China................................... 417,144 392,919 12S 71 France ........... .... .................................. 28, 1S (65,670 1,519 1,531 Great Britain........................................ 2, 286, 251 1,561,I910 116,759 133,319 Germany............................................ 744,175 652,215 .................... Hongkong............................................ 27,924 5,511 1,074,216 1,5s8,535 Kwangtung Province.................................. 430,013 73t6, jS0 7, 3S0,K 70 4,787,61.5 Italy .............................. ............ .. 15, 830 19,01)3 167 339 Netberlands .......................................... S, .18 26, 66.) ........... ............ Philippine Islands................................... 188, 873 149, S64 5,194 9,389' Siam ................................................... 3260 22'3 .50 Sweden and Norway.................................. 36, 26.13 23,229 ................. United States ....................................... 679,474 1,147,194 7,615 4,972 Other countries...................................... 1,17S,062 520, -30 41,798 16,8.7 Total........................................... 20,754,413 20,620,213 36,579,320 37,022,069 12 SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS. , Imports and Exports at Osaka. The values of the principal imports and exports at Osaka during the past two years have been: Articles. IMPORTS. Beans: Red and white, small .. '. I. ................ . Borate of soda .............. Ir il-. pigorhog......... Bones, animal.............. Cotton and manufactures of: Ginned................. Seed.................... VY. .I i. plush, and other pile rissues..... ..... Slit l.I ini, .1 lirtings- ill '. .. .. ... .... . White.............. Prints................ Satins and italians...... Caustic soda (crude) ........ Cakes..... ............ Copper, ingots and slabs.... Cycles .............. Dynamite.................. Detonators............. Dry plates for photographs, undeveloped............. Electric machinery, and parts of.... .......... Flours, meals, and groats of .-r liu- and starch....... Fl i li grass, ramie, etc. Fat, animal............ Furs........................ Flannel............... Gypsum................. Goat's and camel's hair.... Glass, sheets and plates..... Hides and skins: iall, ox, cow, and buf- lalo............... Deer................. Hemp, jute, and manila hemp...... .......... Iron: Pi: .............. lI,,.21 and slabs........ ] a rods, T, angle, etc. 1, I.i-: and sheets- Galvanized- Corrugated.... Other.......... Tinned............ Other.............. Wire.................. Pipes and tubes........ Boots' protection....... Insulated electric wire...... Incandescent electric lamps. Kwarmnn, i 11, .- l, Isuge, ebony v i... it .......... K iri......................... Lacquer.................... Licorice....... ........ Morphine, hydrochlorate and sulphate .......... Machinery, and parts of .... Manures............... Ni. 1.- 1. ingots and grains.... ,.,,I rivets, screws, bolts, nuts, etc.................. Phosphorite................ Pencils ..................... P ri lin, i : ................ 1 I. C i 1.. i .. ............ Photographic papers....... Potteries ................... Paris of cycles: Tires................... Others................. 1913 20,757 41., 17tj 8,440,058 356,336 2,417 1? 132 -'"., i. 11,678 72, 210 1,273 15, 474 134,654 132,496 8,178 55,423 10,718 1,907 375,075 1-, 172 1 11 8,712 12,465 18,728 202,972 9,002 77,233 2., 11| 121,555 114,686 1"'.. I :I 2".,077 ',-,783 27,422 136,959 644 20,104 2,642 -12.164 :.",096 145,140 29,595 168,334 190,623 15,554 119 60,356 1, s -i...7 10,697 89 31,166 131,346 51,605 $33,956 14i l, 1.11, 1,, I 12 121,880 35,608 9,819,146 341,356 874 l ., fill,. 7, ',J 53,579 119,492 7,084 1. -2-' 71,-""' 124,467 9,360 44,134 1,911 4,934 377,662 203,558 12,731 945 8,866 11,050 21r,034 17,839 96,584 .,VI, ca2 14 l'", 117,513 77,238 70,471 31,705 127,916 27,782 196,484 3,444 210 15 1 .113 :,079 117,742 48,373 157,651 105,175 20,581 2,105 1,1l..,7 .1 6,835 98 26,313 20,644 5,284 55,112 32,335 Articles. IMPORTS-continued. Pumps...................... Rice and paddy............ Rails....... .......... Railway carriages, and parts of.... ........... Rhubarb................... Sugar...................... Sugar, refined.............. Soap, washing.............. Soda ash ................... Straw plaits................ Soap, toilet................ Si,.'iid-l or orthopedic in- struments, and i..irl of.. Tea............ ....... Vegetable fiber............. Vessels, steam or 1l 11;.... Wines...... ........... W ool....................... Waste yarns and waste thread.................. W ild ilk.. ... ............ Woolen or worsted yarns... Waste or old metal: Zinc............. ....... Iron .................... Brass and bronze....... All other ............... Woolen cloths and series: W ool .................. \v,,,.! and cotton-...... \\W, t.:.r meters............... Zinc ..................... All other................ Total ............... 20,754,413 EXPORTS. Beans and peas............. Beer, in bottles......... Bleaching powder.......... Brass and yellow metal: Plates and sheets....... W ire................... Buttons .................... Brushes.................... B.;s sacks, and portfolios.. c.-il. or isinglass, vegetable. Confectioneries and sweet- meats ............... Corn',.iilie., in tins and ,,, rr o I .................. Cigarettes.................. Colza oil .................... Copper: Ingots and slabs ........ Plates and sheets....... W ire.................. Candles.................... C(",tlT r I .. ........... Flannel............... l' in:g :aiid slirtings, gray .............- T clotlhs .............. Other tissues........ Blankets and blanket- ing ....... ....... Threads............... Wadding............... Yarns............... Towels, Turkish and huckaback or honey- comb................ Undershirts and draw- ers, knit.............. 1913 $11,375 1,626 513,774 48,333 7,142 3, 1V'., .7 121,512 1,015 25,715 30,027 2,820 374 3,655 65,923 ............ 21,492 1,801 4,159 281,722 25,775 14,421 5,187 53.971 33,899 81,427 90,816 1,749 13,233 2,258,334 1914 $8,392 54 73,044 6,904 2,035,744 65,656 44 40,450 25,080 1,032 1U1,550 a, 835 97,719 84,660 12, 21 2 1, N.J 12,397 S.51,674 I 105 15,226 2.432 2'", %-74 17,018 106,032 177,864 1,619 3,625 2,,1-..062 20,620,215 16,690 143,422 15,891 112,646 49,427 1111l.469 5i,314 98,108 117,308 6,843 76,864 66,050 15,527 1, "74,, 013 4'.. 'to, n 47,161 1,910 115,407 91,939 2,578,380 387,896 335,731 67,791 21,971 29,186 12,337,612 220,116 633,979 17,320 154, 642 33,230 103,925 51,470 140,236 65,419 147,158 115,925 8,889 89,566 130,078 3,957 1,827,863 109,999 13,857 1,327 153,203 109,883 2,506,638 514,064 444,528 62,579 33,331 32,860 10,791,290 295,097 761,028 JAPAN-KOBE. Articles. 1913 1914 Articles. 1913 1914 EXPORTS-continued. Cement, Portland.......... Clocks, hanging and stand- ing ....................... Cotton gin, and parts of..... Clothing, European......... Fish, dried and salted....... Flours, meals, or groats of grains and starches....... Fans and round fans........ Glass bottles and flasks...... Gloves...................... Hats, caps, and bonnets..... Iron manufactures: Tubes... ............ Pans and rice ket ties.... Other manufactures, n.e.s ................. Inks and paints............. Imitation nankeen.......... Imitation nankeen, dyed.... Insulated electric wire...... Implements and tools....... Japanese towels............. Katsuobushi or bonito fish, dried aud boiled.......... Leather..................... Looking-glasses............. Lacquered ware............ Lamps, and parts of........ Mushrooms, dried.......... Mandarins................. Manure.................... Matches.................... Mousseline de laine......... Machinery, and parts of.... Pet cheese (misi).......... Prepared medicine......... 87, 403 119,244 47,839 15,059 16,221 18,961 81,876t 166,.382 86,434 362,575 14,370 12.319 210,844 29,615 2,304,194 7,703 2S,00 18, 45 41,551 13,705 310,111 231,3'97 14,238 243,922 89.235 246,467 926 1,324,200 48,266 290,533 16,072 654,194 $17, C01 106,179 7, 419 7,581 20,743 26,209 f.-1,413 154,45.5 79,857 163, 488 12,205 7,065 200,227 39, 865 1,923,750 21,836 42,395 IS, c08 13,142 17, 080 209,417 197, 694 15.090 177,744 80, 042 120, 67 5 1,073, 751 51, 450 318, .8 15,4q1 4,8tl, 266 EXPORTS-continued. Plaited cords, braids, etc... Paper: European,printing ..... O ther.................. Renshi ................. Potteries................. Ropes, bags, and mats, of straw .................. . Seaweeds and cut seaweeds. Sugar, refined .............. Sake....................... Soy......................... Sulphuri' a'.id............. Soap, toilet................. Satins, silk and cotton...... Silk tissues and cotton mix ture .................. Striped tissues............. Socks and stockings........ Shoes, boots,clogs, sandals, etc........ ....... .... Scientific articles........... Sashes...................... Tea....................... Timbers... ........... Toilet or perfumed water and hair oil............... Toilet powder.............. Twilled tissues.............. Toys....................... Umbrellas and parasols, European................ Vessels, steam and other.... Wood, manufactures ot..... All other ................... 5175, 655 94,559 17,271 156,131 134,890 10,64-14 63,722 613. 959 365, 511 30,931 9, 636 230,95fh 202, "'i4 77,056 25, i23 344,935 64,736 6.-, 342 14,035 48, 24 37,296 90,342 5'1, S74 3, 653,922 110,3 33 2.30,5?1 22 56, 404 3, 73. 5.53 $193,4'33 S6, 033 22, 500 105, 103 124,001 11,S)7 5.;, 605 4,, 305 363, OU 32,341 3,2.54 204.4-02 155,U01 60,406 46, 412 442,U17 51,344 51,941 7,487 42.907 'J, U:33 63,8S34 54,067 4,24 .',t l3 131, 14I 195,167 114,159 417, 95b 3,606,655 Total................. 36, 579,320 :37,022,669 The number of vessels cleared at Osaka during 1914 was 685, of 798,614 tons, of which 647 vessels of 699,726 tons were Japanese, and 30 vessels of 88,704 tons British. The imports into the supports of Kobe for 1914 amounted to $951,355, a decrease of $680,515 over the previous year. The exports from these ports are trifling. The trade of the subports of Osaka, among which are the ports of the Yokkaichi consular agency, amounted in 1914 to $25,140,352, an increase of $3,232,953 over 1913. Both imports and exports gained, the former $1,154,564 and the latter $2,078,389. Slight Opportunity for Investment-Foreigners at Disadvantage. Opportunities for investment in business enterprises in this district are negligible, as it is the aim and ambition of the Japanese to con- trol all classes of manufactures. This they are succeeding in doing, even going to the extent of selling goods without profit and at times even at a loss, in competition with foreign goods, to enable them to control the market in Japan and in the northern part of China. As no real estate can be owned by a foreigner, and it is therefore neces- sary to lease it or to form a company under Japanese laws, foreigners are at a great disadvantage. The large Japanese manufacturers in cotton and wool receive a drawback on all foreign sales of their goods, which enables them to compete advantageously in prices with foreign-made goods. Banking Situation-Problem of Exchange. There appear to be adequate banking facilities for carrying on business, as there are four foreign banks, with branches, and all the 1 SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS. large Japanese buiinks are represented here by branches. The credits and exchanges are, however, a'lnt, entirely through London, and since the war coiminen.cedi in Europe this has made the rates of ex- change very high and dilatory. As a very large proportion of the products of Japan are sold in the United States and its imports of cotton and machinery are pur- chased in the United States, business would be facilitated if the exchange could in a gre-it measure be transferred from London to New York. It is believed that American trade between Japan and the United States would be largely increased in all branches if this plan could be carried into effect and a system of credits established. Shortage of Tonnage is Being Overcome. Transportation facilities up to the fall of 1914 were ample to ac- commodate without delay all conluere existing between the two countries. Peginnin-g with November, 1914, hlNwever, there has not been sufficient available tonnage, as two lines of steamships have been withdrawn. This state of affairs is being overcome by addi- tional ste-iiners being added to two of the Japanese lines, the placing of several large English steamers on a regular route between Ilnng- kong and Puget Sound ports, and the chartering of some Japanese steamers other than the regular line ones. One serious drawback in the chartering of steamers other than those belonging to regular established lines is the fact that they are unable to e-,c iice return charges from Pacific coast ports and are obliged to return pr:ntically in ballast. Since the opening of the Panama Canal four lines of te.:imn'ips are -eii'ling one steainer each per month, carrying freight and a limited number of first-class passengers direct from Japan to Atlantic coast ports. These steamers have all ,se'ired full cargoes. The same lines also send a steamer each month via the Suez Canal to Atlantic ports of the United States. There have been a few steamers coming to the East with full cargoes of cotton from Gulf ports and a few with a partial general cargo from Atlantic ports, call- ing at Gulf ports and securing cotton to make a full cargo for the East. Japan Supplies Own Needs in Certain Lines-Introduction of American Products. Japan is rapidly becoming able to supply its markets with ma- chinery, engines for the use of petroleum and gasoline, electrical apparatus, drawn tubes, and other manufacture- of iron, steel, and copper by bringing out skilled worklien from England, Germany, and the United States on contracts of from three to five years to teach the workmen here the methods of the various trades. For a successful introduction of American manufactures and products into Japan it is considered highly important that reliable representatives of the various products should be sent to Japan to canvass the trade and explain the advantage and superiority of their goods, having. with them, so far as possible, samples for a proper demonstration. While every endeavor is being made to call the attention of the Ja-panese trade to the catalogues received, by having notices inserted in the leading Japanese newspapers that they are on file in the cnsii lte and will be explained to all desiring information, the re-sults have been less encouraging than expected. Quite a number of Japanese, however, have reported that they have established sat isfactry connections with American merchants. JAPAN-KOBE. There would seem to be, if the opportunity is seized at once, a chance of establishing and increasing American trade with Japan, as goods of various kinds formerly purchased in Germany and Eng- land are nearly consumed. Exports to United States and Island Possessions. The following table shows the value of the exports to the United States, the Philippine Islands, and Hawaii during 1913 and 1914, according to invoices certified at the Kobe consulate: Articles. 1913 1914 Articles. TO UNITED STATES. Bamboo poles............. Bamboo and wood ware.. -. Bean and bean oil.......... raids, chip, strvw, and hem p................. .... Brushes............ ......... Camphor and camphor oil.. Chillies and ginger.......... Cotton goods ............... Curios (over 100 years old).. Drugs and medicines....... Fans....................... Glassware.................. Gold bullion................ GuL string.................. Hats....................... Isinglass (agar-agar)........ Metals ....................... Metal were........ ,........ Menthol crystals............ Matches.................... Mineral water............. Paper and paper ware...... Peanuts.................... Personal and household goods............:."-, .... Porcelain and earthenware. Provisions .................. Rice .................. ..... Rag rugs................... Sake....................... Siuphur .................... Silk goods ................... Straw matting and mats.... Screens.......... .......... Tea........... ........... Toys .......... ........ Wax, vegetable............. Miscellaneous............... Charges.................... Total ................ TO PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Bamboo and wood ware... Braids, chip, straw, and hemp..................... Brushes.................... Cotton goods............... Camphor and camphor oil.. Drugs and medicines....... Fans....................... Glassware.................. 586,398 339,314 266,315 1,360,271 515,592 282,415 40,671 98,619 96,672 8,789 42,761 848 63,673 1,520,255 45,675 664,326 25,896 197,474 9,604 408 126,35S 45,268 -4,687 244,187 26, 198 452,990 121,817 16,714 181,653 1,500,095 6,2.57 510,174 155,070 89,008 363,1s59 1,180,866 10,924,511 20,122 40,372) 2,962 733,034 624 1,854 18,441 74,431 182,937 401,882 186,544 1,314,284 677,135 388,104 18,J.43 45,794 90,606 9,427 43,794 3,580 2,913,300 62, 261 1,263,929 82,242 699,250 38,168 210,758 11,961 1,003 105,580 61,190 4,463 258,236 61, 770 443,256 41,226 126,287 41,686. 45,470 1,102,3r'9 S,4118 60S, 410 202,921 136,215 829,810 1,381,410 14,591,289 8,422 22,397 4,474 716,023 1,418 1,218 12,363 93,447 TO PHILIPPINE ISLANDS-- continued. Isinglass (agar-agar)........ Leather goods.............. Metal ware................. Mineral water.............. Matches .................... Paper and paper ware...... Porcelain and earthenware.. Provisions................. Rice........................ Sake....................... Silk goods................. Straw mattings............. Sulphur................... Tea........................ Toys....................... Vegetables and fruits....... Wax, vegetable............. Yarns (cotton and silken) .. M iscellaneous.............. Charges................... Total................. TO HAWAIID. Bamboo poles.............. Bamboo and wood ware..... Braids, chip, straw, and hem p................ .... Brushes.................... Camphor and camphor oil.. Cotton goods ............... Drugs and medicines....... Fans ....................... Footwear ................... Classware................... Metal ware................. Matches................... Paper and paper ware...... Peanuts ........... ......... Porcelain and earthenware.. Provisions................. Rice...................... Sake........................ Silk goods.................. Straw mattings............. Screens................. ... Tea......................... T oys ....................... Miscellaneous............... Charges..................... Total ................. $1,854 33,747 10,029 14,576 28,923 8,303 13. 493 35,9 9s 1, 656 747 52,295 1,.3..3 493 144 7,027 155,452 1,457 336,894 66, 648 219,906 1, 882,848 97 15,174 418 1,048 487 60,656 4,873 425 17,71S 451 3,446 1,515 5,574 35 8,309 252,791 1,0010,499 73,595 47,735 14,3.6 238 4,096 1,503 60,566SS 217,566 $3,374 33,255 2,285 21,014 32,993 10,630 11,416 33,551 89) 847 40,4_9 1,260 402 .22 10,629 183,554 7,629 263,812 11),950 240,881 1,966,400 44 11,598 302 467 6.57 18,233 2,332 52 13, .90 67 2,334 6,752 6,520 185 6,423 243,829 761,937 39,686 31,624 9,749 270 4,305 1,218 67, 575 199,248 1,793,926 1,459,651 YOKKAICHI AGENCY. Bly Consular Agent Willard de L. Kingsbury, March 31. During the past three years there has been a great expansion of electric railways in Aichiken. From Nagoya, with a population of 476,754, the electric lines are branching out in all directions. Al- ready the lines have been extending to Inuyama, a distance of 18 16 SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS. mileh-. to Tunshima, a di-lance of 11 miles, and to Ono, a distance of 19 miles. A new line is contemplated from Naogoya to Okazaki, a distance of 19 miled. The porcelain industry has been most -everely injured by the Euro- p :nil war. Many orders for Europe were left in the hands of the mnwirifactilrers because of the war, but, on the other hand, it is re- ported that there has been an increase in orders from America, England, and the British Colonies. The demand for clocks for exportation to China became active at the end of the year, the reason given being the shortage of German clocks. There has been an incru:,.-e in the demand for fishing nets, aind orders are in hand for exportation to Manila, Vladivostok, and the Caspian districts. Experimentation in the manufacture of acetic acid has been in progress, and w itli some success, the incentive being the lack of imports resulting from the war. The gla.s industry also has been more active, as the supply from Germany and Austria for southern Asiatic countries has been cur- tailed by the war. The increa ,ed demand, however, began to show itself only at the end of the year. New Municipal Library in Tsurumai Park. A number of brick, stone, and concrete buildings have been erected during the past year, Pnd others have been contemplated. In par- ticular a municipal library will be built in the Tsurumai Park in the two years of 1915 and 1916 in corninein'ration of the coronation of the new Emperor. The cost of the building is e.-timated at 126,500 yen (.t-,9O97). The main building will be of brick. It will be four stories high, will hold 50.000 volumes, and will contain more than 30 rooms. There will also be a lecture hall which will have a seating capacity of 600. The library will be opened to the public in 1917. It is also planned to purclnhaie a menagerie and build a municipal iiienagei'ie building in the same park at the expenditure of 30,000 yen ($14,940). Trade of Yokkaichi, Nagoya, and Taketoyo. The following table shows the imports and exports through the ports of Yokkaichi, Nagoya. and Taketoyo. The totals for these have bepn combined, since practically the same territory is supplied through these ports. Articles. 1913 1914 Articles. 1913 1914 IMPORTS. IMPORTS-continued. Ammonium, sulphate of, Cotton, and manufactures crude..................... ?7., r, $90, 457 of: Bags, gunny................ 7,'.4 3,321 Ginned............................ $6,411 Beans: Raw................. ... .,', 247 8,F68,827 Soyva.................. 1, 460, 0F '1, 7,'.-7 Twines and thread..... ... .... 1,476 Small, red. and white... 49,212 r, I Dynamos................... 1,432 ........ P hli ih.. oven ... .......... ......... 3........ ....... ..... .. .. .... 3,370 L'.r, k... ......... ..... 22,558 2,623 Gas tanks, etc.............. 31,352 .......... ( ij.- i n.. ....... .... 1,207 .... ... Glass .............. ........ 42,994 19,529 Caustic soda, crude ......... 55,561 CO, 104 Indigo, artificial ........... ............ 2,951 Chestnuts .................. .......... 4,127 Iron: Chlorate of potash .......... 12,S73 9,760 Bars ................... 167,793 141,798 Coal....................... 222, 9 7 469,305 Belts................ ............ 1,170 Cocoons ................... 1,051 S27 Cocks..................2,875......... . Coke ...................... 5,225 1,324 Dog spikes............ .. .......... 1,605 Copra ..................... 1990 .......... Fishplates ............. 15,023 2,728 Corn, Indian .............. 8,491 1,364 Nails................... 29,700 1,929 JAPAN-YOKKAICHI. Articles. 1913 1914 IMPORTS-continued. Iron-Continued. Pipes .................. Pipes, east.......... Plates and sheets..... Plate.;, not coatel...... W ire................... Other.................. Liquid gold................ Machines., miscellaneous.... Manure .................... Material for bridges........ Meters, gas................. M illet ...................... M illet. Itilian............... Naphtha................... Oil: Bein ................. Kerosene and petro- leum ................ Machine................ Mineral, n. e. s.......... Paraffin .................... Peanuts.................... R ails ............. ....... Rattan, unsplit............ Rice and paddy ............ Salt, table.................. Seeds: Cotton ................. Hemp and Pcri.la nan- kcrnsis............ Parilla ocymoidts....... Rape................... Sesame................. Miscellaneous.......... Straw braid and Panama straw .................... Sugar...................... W heat..................... Wheat bran and rice bran.. Worsted yarn.............. All other................... 5179 5.237 18, 22 2,107 18,723 49,51.5 2-1. 546 2,7 '0.393 20.152 2.8,.7 1,213 2. 53 23, 619 93.743 435., -,28 2,875 7,018 1.409 203. 509 9.812 1,771;..5, 17, 800 4,321 36. 50 i 22, (94 5, 01 2,039 5.032 111,181 98.S.86 21,116 94,341 8,5S7 Total ............... 14,720,517 EXPORTS. Alcoholic liquors........... Bags: Gunny................. Linen .................. Bamboo ware.............. Boards for tea boxes........ Brocade thread............. Calico and sheetings........ Clocks, hanging ard stand- ing....................... Clogs....................... 5,002 6, 506 1,236 2,492 219,934 120,"274 36,652 5,038 36,998 ... .... 31.524 411 19.1. t2 42,.;.'6 i.2 S`5 2,419.1(10 7, 7-8 213.221 57,3S3 309,370 1,112 7, 94 11i 2, 432 43. V01L 7. 0iO 80 1, 43 24,230 4,179 17,671 7.476 8,279 3,873 5,229 100,191 6. 602 33.593 7,593 15,6960, 67 4,495 9,53.3 1,919 18. 987 209. R53 99, .51 267,964 22,941 3,576 Articles. EXPORTS-con inued. Comestibles, miscellar-eus. Cotton cloth: ColoreJ .... ....... Stripe:] ......... ... .. Cotton gins... ........ Cotton undershirts and dra.rs ....... ........ Cotton wjste.... .......... Dre.ses arnd accesori(s...... Fabrics, miscellari(os...... Far;................ .. Gliss an guinssware........ Hosiery shirts ............. Iron maLnufattures .......... Jiririldh. as................. L.anips and parits........ . Lumber nr.d 1:oards .... Machines and parts, miscdl- laneo u ........ .......... Mandarin.;s.... ........ Mats and roattre..es .......'. Metal rmanula.-tures, mis- ce llar.ce I s......... .... . Nanke.pn-. Ima1'iati on........ Nap. in mnut'l.i tulres...... N' ts. fishing................ O il, coLa................... Paper ..................... Papor war ................. Plants and roots............ Por-ri ............... . Po cl ins .................. rire, uunusked and un- c Iaced ..... ...... ... F i.?e, w hite............ .... . Shirt ings gray ........... Shos, misk-ellaneous ... .... Sov ...... ....... ... . Spinning machines and looms..... .. .......... Tea cloths .................. Ten: ........................ Tissues: Cotton ................. Manufactures........... Mis-ellaneous............ Twill.,d ............... Tobacco leaves ............. Toys..................... Vegtatles. preserred...... W ine (sakri................ Wood: Manufactures:........... Miscellaneous.......... Yarns, col ton .............. A ll other ................... Total................. 1913 1914 V2, 75 21,591 10,421 11. 357 2,.01 3, vis 1,117 9.7435 7,15? 3,721 1, .720 12, 42 1,224 150 3, 2.31 3, 12.. 21,s44 4,719 202,514 2.218 2.272 5,77S .5.12S 12,4,3 1.'23 1, 220,, 2091 4.222 13,938 ........... 237,126 2,697 3,957 7,972 42.631 269,811 460, f65 1,392 250 260,396 ............ 3,008 2,152 3,546 26,560 2.3,239 853,078 20,027 4,200,208 $1,167 11,823 496 9,327 1, 792 3,2 S 5,136 4,;14 (, 6b79 2,016 40,500 ... 9 103 10, 145 47, GlI 2,206 458 2?. 796 98 4,183 15 107 16. ?89 319 1,214,S10 14,903 1,418 29S. 87 8. 761 2,704 11,633 27,579 352,132 631,687 18,161 259,365 1,378 21, O. 1,546 5,2,38 23.236 42,740 1, 390,726 26,360 5,290.150 Declared Exports to United States. The value of the declared exports from Yokkaichi to the United States and its insular possessions in the Pacific Ocean during 1913 and 1914 is shown in the following table: Articles. 1913 1914 Articles. 1913 1914 Articles TO UNITED STATES. Bamboo ware............... Basket ware................ Calendars................... Cotton goods............... Earthenware............... Fans....................... Flowers, artificial........... $16,187 ............ 3,860 ........... .. 4,192 1,817 527,504 2,875 ........... 4,E52 1,007 ........... i90 11790 TO UNITED STATES-Contd. Lacquered ware............ Lamp shades............... Matches .................... Matting, porch seat......... Mats........... .......... Metal ware ................. Oranges.................... $883 188 2,763" 3,558 1,220 14,478 51,059 1,183 20,703 521 1,616 4,318 SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS. Articles. 1913 1914 Articles. 1913 1914 TO UNITED STATES-COn. TO PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Paper ware ................. $14,137 $25,547 Cotton goods............... $4,283 $2,313 Porcelain................... 938,685 8601,019 Cinth. Niq.oun .............. 776 629 R ice................... ..... 14,252 8,853 l'.rL... iii. .............. ............ 770 Silk goods.................. 809 6,364 Plants ...................... 2,071 .......... Total ................. 5,059 3,712 Tea......................... 461,034 594,642 Toys....................... 13,279 24,636 TO HAWAII. Vegetables, fresh............ 1,317 373 W ind bells................. $1,110 $3,119 Canned provisions.......... 105 .......... Woodenware ............... 983 6, 036 Cotton goods................ 354 ..... All other................... 6,247 7,641 Porcelain................... 320 .......... Charges..................... ............ 81,869 Tea ......................... 709 .......... Total................. 1,504,160 1,687, 727 Total................. 1, 48 ......... NAGASAKI. By Consul Carl F. Deichman, March 25. Both the commerce and industries of this consular district have suffered from the depression in financial circles caused by the war and the curtailment of credits, and, with the exception of the coal, shipbuilding, and iron industries, business was very dull and unsatis- factory throughout 1914. It showed, however, a tendency to improve toward the close of the year. The exports of coal from this district to China, Hongkong, Philip- pine Islands, and Straits Settlements increased materially the second half of the year as a result of the war, while foodstuffs, cotton yarns, cotton tissues, and cement show increases to Chinese ports. The exports of coal to the United States and Hawaii show heavy de- creases from the amounts for 1913, caused no doubt by the resump- tion of coal shipments from the British Columbia mines. The principal articles of export from this district to the United States ports are coal, graphite, vegti:,ible wax, phosphates, porce- lains, and Japanese novelties; to Hawaii, cement and coal; to the Philippine Islands, coal, cement, beans and peas, potatoes, acids, paper, porcelain.-., and toys. Statistics for Various Classes of Trade. The total value of the exports and imports of the 14 open ports in the Nagasaki consular district to and from foreign countries dur- ing 1914 amounted to $47,089,186, a decrease of :,,4-6,955 (over 10 per cent) from the amount for the preceding year. The total value of the imports for 1914 was ."',-; ,292,304, a decrease of '1,.s .4,921. The total value of the exports for 1914 was $20,796,882, a dccrcl-_e of $512,034. The above totals of exports and imports of merchandise do not include the value of bunker coal and ship's provisior-s obtained in these ports by foreign-going merchant vc'-els and men-of-war; the catches of fish and otliel marine products by Jalpanesee fishing vessels on the high seas and off the cu,-ls of Kwantung, Chosen (Korea), and Siberia, and brought to these ports for disposal; the trans- shipment trade to and from foreign countries and Chosen, nor the trade with Chosen. These values are given in the following pa'ra- JAPAN-NAGASAKI. graphs and should be added to the totals given above when determin- ing the whole volume of foreign trade of this district. The total value of the bunker coal and ship's provisions taken at the various ports in the Nagasaki consular district during 1914 amounted to $7,172,228. a decrease of $1,002,798 from 1913. The total value of the fish and other marine products brought to these ports for disposal during 1914 amounted to $1,938,367, an increase of $256.799. The total value of the transshipment trade at the ports of this district to and from foreign countries during 1914 was $879.771 (including gold bullion valued at $131,089). a decrease of $)264.268. The total value of the transshipment trade of the ports of this district with Chosen during the year 1914 was $2,316.278 (including gold bullion valued at $1.190), a decrease of $1,144.140. The total value of the exports and imports between the ports of this consular district and the ports of Chosen during 1914 was $9.241.678, an increase of $549.4)4. The total value of the gold bullion shipped from Chosen to Shimonoseki and Moji in this consular district during 1914 was $5,710,797, an increase of $1,693,986. Total Value of Foreign Commerce. The total value of the foreign commerce of this consular district for 1914 therefore amounted to $71.152,256. including the commerce with Chosen (Korea). valued at $14.952,475 (including the ship- ments of gold bullion, $5,710,797), but not including the transship- ment trade with either Chosen or foreign countries. The total valhi- for 1913 was $75,001,820. The decrease of $3,849.564 for 1914 is accounted for by the heavy falling off in trade from foreign coun- tries. The trade with Chosen shows a fair increase for 1914, partly due to the falling off in shipments from foreign countries on account of the war, but mostly to the gradual displacement of foreign-made goods by those made in Japan. Shipping and Shipbuilding. The total number of foreign-going vessels entered at the 14 ports of this consular district during 1914 was 4,266, with a registered net tonnage of 10,016,276. The total number of foreign-going vessels that cleared from these 14 ports during 1914 was 4,356, with a registered net tonnage of 10,230,832. The total number of vessels from the ports of Chosen (Korea) entering at the ports of this consular district during 1914 was 3,999, with a registered net tonnage of 1,773,303, and the number that cleared for Chosen ports during the year was 3,899, with a registered net tonnage of 1,711,003. The shipbuilding industry of this district continues in a flourish- ing condition and many rush orders for new work have been exe- cuted promptly, with more on hand. The Mitsu Bishi dock yard and engine works at Nagasaki have had a busy year with docking and repair work and new merchant vessels and warships. The branch repair yard and dry dock of the Mitsu Bishi Co. at Hikoshima, near Shimonoseki, was completed toward the close of the year and opened SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS. for work on Decemuber 1, 1914. The dry dock is 350 feet on keel blocks, 56 feet wide at entrance on bottom, and the depth of water over keel blocks is 26 feet at high water. The number of Japamnee regi-.tered menrhant vessels docked at the 1litoi Bishi dry docks at Nagasaki during 1914 was 135, with a gross toinziige' of 168,417; the number of foreign merchant vessels docked during the year was 51, with a gro(,, tonnage of 157,? 63; also one foreign warship of 11,700 tons displacement. The Imperial Japanese Navy Yard at Saseho, Nagasaki prefec- ture, is making ext.snive improven-nts to yard and shops, and the large basin with piers to accommodate 10 dreanlij;iaugts is practi- cally completed and the water turned in. The navy yard is pre- pared to build, as well as to repair, warships, a cruiser and a torpedo- boat destroyer having already been built there. The Matsuo Iron Works at Nagasaki and the Fukagawa Ship- building & Iron Works at Wakatsu, Saga prefecture, in this district, build and repair small coat ting steamers, steam trawlers, and other fishing craft. Importance of Fishing-the Pearl-culture Industry. The fishing bii-lne-s of this consular district is one of its prin- cipal industries, and gives employment to the population of prae- tically all the villages along the coast, as well as the crews of the steam fishing fleets in Nagasaki and Shimonoseki. A large amount of capital is inv'.e.-td in these enterprises, especially steam trawling and whaling, and good returns are obtained on the investments. The coral fisheries of the Goto Islands, lying about 45 miles west of Naga-:ki, are quite important, as are those off the .soutlhast coast of Kyushu Island, the coral being of good quality and finding a ready market in Italy. The pearl-culture industry in Omura Bay, Nagasaki prefecture, has had a steady development, and the pearls now obtained are of a fair quality and size. The. ventiire is now on a paying basis and is being extended. The Mining Industry-Agriculture. The mining industry, especially coal mining, is in a very pros- pi *,us condition, although it did not enjoy as good a season as in 1913. Gold, silver, and zinc mines had a good yt:.ir, but copper had a wt It:l.k on account of the war. The exporters of this metal have been unable to ship to Germany, which has been in the past one of their best customers. The prospects are good for all other metals the present year, although large iiic'lcars are not anticipated. The agricultural districts had a fair year, the rice crop especially bein-m very large and resulting in lower pi ire for this >-taple. Other grains experienced a shortage and fruits had a poor s.ani-.n in this district. Railways-Light and Pow-i- Enterprises. The Imperial Government Railways had a good year in freight and paenpger receipts. The work of extendiing the branch lines in this district is progreinm-, although somewhat slowly on account of the lack of sufficient funds for a construction program. The pri- JAPAN~-NAGASAKI. vately owned light railways are also making very slow progress in new construction, owing to difficulty in raising funds for this purpose. The electric light and power enterprises in this district have been fairly successful, some companies amalgamating their interests and extending their lines. This industry may be said to be on a sound and paying basis, although there are still many concerns that have not progressed beyond the promoting stage and are the result of the hydroelectric boom experienced here about four or five years ago. The Nagasaki Electric & Gas Co., the KyLshu Electric Lighting & Railway Co. at Saga, the Kyushu Hydroelectric Co. at Hita, Oita- ken, and the Kagoshima Electric Co. at Kagoshima, Japan, are the most successful companies. Industrial Conditions in Various Lines. The Nagasaki Spinning Co. (Ltd.) has been quite successful. It is now running full force, with 20,000 spindles, and a project is under way to increase the size of the plant. The machinery for this plant came from England. A soap factory was started last year in Nagasaki for the manufac- ture of soap for export. and to facilitate the import of the raw mate- rial and the export of the finished product the company built the fac- tory in the customs-free depot or zone. The soap is shipped to China. A new glass factory for the manufacture of sheet glass was estab- lished at Tobata, Fukuoka prefecture, by the Asahi Glass Manufac- turing Co., of Osaka. It is now in successful operation and working to full capacity to supply the demand for sheet glass heretofore sup- plied by Belgium and Germany. The machinery for this plant was obtained in the United States. The flour mill at Dairi, Fukuoka prefecture, is also working to full capacity at present and most of its product is exported to China and Kwantung Province. Transportation Facilities-Improvements. The shipping facilities of this consular district are very good, steamships from all parts of the world calling at the principal ports, and the facilities offered shippers are much greater than the volume of business requires. A new harbor scheme has been planned for Hakata on the north- west coast of Kyushu Island, to cost about $1,400,000, but it has not as yet received the sanction of the central Government. Many municipal improvements in the various cities have been planned, and some are under construction already, such as the water- works systems in the cities of Saga, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima, as well as new parks in Moji and Nagasaki. The new city hall of Nagasaki was completed at the end of the year and opened for the transaction of business on January 18, 1915. The population of the city of Nagasaki on December 31, 1914, ac- cording to the police census, was 164,272 inhabitants. The new cable to Shanghai from Nagasaki belonging to the Com- munications Department of the Imperial Japanese Government was laid during the latter part of 1914 and is now in operation. SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS. Trade of Nagasaki Port by Countries. The share taken by each of the principal countries the port of Naga:iiki during 1913 and 1914 follows: in the trade of 1913 1914 Countries. Imports. Exports. Imports. Ex-ports. United States.......................................... $888,261 .".. $832,315 $130,410 China................................................. 1,215,784 1. 121.-'. J 1,238,149 894,061 Kwangtung Province ................................. 540,02-1 44,050 574,251 33,679 It, I .II .... ......................................... r.r. .. 676,084 2,093 760,613 iro' i-l In iii ........................................... .. *'. 15,383 351,790 2,622 British Straits Settlements................................ 7I, 7 4,..:.:'. i 44,146 74,888 Philippine Islands ..................................... 2.184 51, "-12 593 73,800 French India.......................................... 2,211,767 2.. nf 581,599 1,262 Russia in Asia......................................... 12,367 :.'1, -", 1 l 33"' 45,990 Siam ................................................... 163,115 94 l', 12"-' 422 Great Britain......................................... 2,245,705 68,250 2,044,469 28,567 Germany.............................................. 204.080 24,450 280,167 22,805 Belgium............................................... 242, 606 17,074 374,934 627 Other countries........................................ 78,839 59,045 51,814 30,018 Total........................................... 8,036,179 2,363,318 6,474,681 2,099,764 Trade by Articles. The principal imports and exports at Nagasaki in 1913 and 1914 are shown in the following table: 1913 1914 Articles. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. IMPORTS. Brass and bronze: Ingots and slabs............pounds.. 335,351 Cable, etc., submarine and telephone..... ......... .......... Coal....... ............ ........................ tons.. 3,603 Cotton, raw, ginned..... ................ pounds.. 3,313,068S F .--, fro- .......................................do.... 471,338 1 r l I .. r. : Bone, animal................................do.... 51,761,725 Oil cakes................................... do.... .'-, 536 All other.......................................... ...... ... Glass, sheet .......................... square meters.. 41 *.,i Iron, and manufactures: Blars, rods, etc...........................pounds.. 13,614,208 Pigs and i. ..i .................... ...do ...(10 14,991, t2 Pipes and tuibes ............... ......... do .... 2, 003, 051 Plates and sheets......................do.... 22,794,362 .'.11 ,.., 'ins, wire rope, nails, screws, . .I ................... pounds.. 2, 696, 08 Machinery- Muetal and woodworking........ ....... do.... 57,011 O ther........................................ ............ Materials for construction: Railway chillyy rails).................... pounds.. 3,0cr3,R 40 l; .. tc ........................ .....do.... 1, 091 Oil: h erosene...... ......... .............. .. 2, '.115 Rice.........................................pounds.. 121,077,264 T'iml er: Teak............................... cubic melers.. 978 Other.. ....... .......... .................... ....... Tin blocks, ingots, and slabs................ pounds.. 176,694 Vegetables: Beans, peas, and pulse.......................do.... 9. .11. 104 M illet ................. .................... do .. ..., 017 A ll otter articles......................................... ............ Total ............... ............................. EXPORTS. Charcoal...................................pounds.. Coal ........... ........................... tons.. Comestibles, in cans and bottles ..................... Fish: Boiled and dried, small...................pounds.. Cuttle.......................................do.... 13,794,562 144,264 862,998 7, ".1 -.1il $66, 709 25,598 39,459 515,160 30,697 550,919 648, 705 I .1., 1 , 117. '0'- 251,414 189,356 116, 143 468,567 134,346 97,407 C34,3 63 44,369 79,141 251,708 2, .,:. 647 11 ,, ", 70,761 138, 080 102,410 547,973 67,151 499,543 38,626 26,024 521,418 268,241 9,526 6,588,516 665, 729 5'. ".1.949 54,342,420 338, 614 1 h. i,. .' 2. "2 - 27, 12'.,' . 1,700,971 1,032,152 C52,091 211,121 3, 318,662 35,215,356 729 89,045 16,161,552 2,056,428 11,687,362 159,161 1,100,827 5,006,727 $46,683 461,392 62,736 813,944 51,460 i 21, i. 577.,1177 97,795 2.1t 114 I 97,693 428,259 FS, 195 110,890 538,867 9,440 11,147 401,867 630,889 "2. 154 14,603 41,214 231,571 28,604 670,711 6,474,681 55,410 584,431 60,734 38,411 359,056 JAPAN-NAGASAKI. Articles. EXPORTS-co0nt inu.d. Fish-Continued. She'.- .\ wabi or .iliboips.....................poUndL. ru z ; ....... .......................... . E: .2 r (l'I n ,' .............................. d ... ( t'-. ,, d r.- I ..... ...... .... ......... ..... i . Shriri;is r'Jid i.rv n.; ........................ .. S h.r. s' fir .. .............................. n . [ .he ic m e.,-, cried ......................... . Mushr )rna s. ti ed .................... ............. Paper. To vuand l!ir ,int L ............................ )a.... A ll" other ..... ......... .... .. ............ . Pott ......... .. ................. p). i;s. Shells, awabi er al.ilonc3............. ..... . Te.1 ...... ..............................r. ,r. . All othLer art i,:le ....................................... .. 1913 Quantity. Value. 7,.677 $2,,'. 'I 4-1 4 -1 : 6 ".417 .:. uk .,, I 1 ., l 4I In.3, 014 I 6,315',231 3:.1. ') 1^:1 .':i3 :4. ",, 30,.3 11 61. '. 7 5 l. I I.' . -1' ,-I . I1, 11. 'Tot ll ......................................................... .. 2. 'J i ............ 1 2, 764 Commerce of Moji, by Countries. Following are the imports and exports of Moji. by countries, during 1913 and 1914: Countries. U united Stat- .......................................... China.................................... ............. Kwangtung Pro'-inc .................................. Hongkong.............................................. British India........................................... Straits Settlem ents..................................... Dutch East Indis...................................... French Indo-China..................................... R ussia in A sia ......................................... Philippine Isands..................................... Australia............................................... Great Britian.......................................... Germ any............................. ................ Belgium ............................................... Sweden ................................................ Norway................................................ All other countries..................................... Imports. 82,734,592 1,514,4.37 1, 03 4-64 hl, 44s 5,012, IS 9.33 4,082,103J 169, 111 4,958 27,372 338,369 1,516,104 2,153,933 27s,8!31 223, 171 19,73.-i 440,229 Total............................................. 19,6 K7,966 Export;. I Imports. E xportl. T2S7,160 I $2, 140,2-' 52 SI, q- 4, vO,'). J 1, 4534,1"I 4, ; ,s ;' 2,02/,; ) I ,')l,0 1,.150, 22 1,491,302 34,3.23 1,504,079 293, i7h 4, 196, 374 2%3, 101 252, 4910 5,i 2., 36i0, 772 103,349 I 2, 1'93,034 162,8 8 45,,i,; 121,04S 107,644 24,ls1 14,3.3 25,20) 517.39:N) 27,1 03 442,t836 112,6t7 6354,912 64,5S. 152,4.5 1,121,223 133,8S3 50 S20 1,441S,1)3 99,901 5,538 I 47,269 2,041 2 175,772 179 ........... 44,257 35 149,457 i 1,011,592 203,866 10,406,112 16,072,626 9,942,163 Principal Imports and Exports at Moji. The following table shows the value of the principal articles im- ported and exported at the port of Moji during 1913 and 1914: Articles. 1913 1914 Articles. 1913 1914 IMPORTS. Boilers, steam, and parts... Coal........................ Cotton, ginned............. Crane...................... Dynamos, electric motors, etc....................... Eggs, fresh................ Flour, wheat............... Iron: Bar, rod, etc........... 3553,272 57,764 5,002,867 262,464 371,010 89,5.51 86,178 93,164 SS75,704 244,406 5,325,237 53,246 143,338 112,564 33,604 172,257 IMPORTS-continued. Iron-Continued. Lump, ingot, billet, etc. N ails................... Ore........ .......... P ig ..................... Pipes and tubes........ Plates, tinned.......... Sheets and plates....... Wire and wire rods..... Wire rope............. Quantity. 1 1, 5.*I :-,. tr,< 222., 2.4I "'76,,.; =)H 13! 5.76 K ,1'' 12,1,'1 Value. i37. 23 3 2'-', 6 i7 7 .11) 2S, 653 ;0, G} h7,73? I", 531 1.33l 4, 116 *4';, i'i)] $147,414" 19,uL< 79,270 436,3; 1 127,534 62, 131 141,531 139,07s 41,762 $90.509 3.814 46, 743 112, t78 131,451 J7.077 143.217 84,450 3S,950 ( UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA i 1ll 1111lil ll 1 illlltnlll11111111 3 1262 08491 1766 SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE R.,a, io. Art icles. IMPORTS-continued. Machines and machinery: Metal or N oodN\ orking.. Parts of................ Pumping ............... Other ............... Materials, .iiliin-., of met- als................ ... .. .. M ats, I. iL:L *n.i ............. Nickel, ingots and grains... Oil, petroleum.............. Oil( ake: eam ................... Rapesecd............... Ot:u r .................. Ph( s )horite ................ Pulp..................... Rails....................... Rice... .................... Soda ash ................... Sugar: Below Dutch Standard N o. 15.............. .. Dtutrh Standard No. 15 nmd above............ Sulphate of ammonia, crude. Wheat..... ........... All other ................... Total................. 1913 $22, 93 330,094 54,493 902,900 405,571 61,294 89,183 214, 40 1, C:5, 662 281,307 44, 860 72,970 178, 198 330,341 825,446 70,292 4,211,182 12,150 T1 o, 93 1. 17., 059 1, :..;,772 19, C87, 966 $106, 889 22..." 74,528 r34,228 74,355 49,481 180, 203 1, 82,0?8 "06, t83 (3, 7(5 151, 11 '"I1. 117 1.1,7 1(8,335 84,578 2,923,921 63 217, 077 1,143,382 1,376,726 16, 072, 626 Articles. EXPORTS. Cement, Porl land.......... Charcoal................. Coal....................... Cords, braids, etc., plaited.. Fish: Boiled and dried........ Dried.............. Fresh................... Salted.................. Mandarins.................. Matches.................... Paper: European.............. Hanshi and mino....... Other................... R ice........................ Sake........................ Shirtings and sheetings, gray...................... CIu. ,, refined............... 1 inl.:r and lumber (except railway ties) ............ Vegetables .................. Wax, vegetable............ Yarns, (otton.............. All other.................. Total................. Trade of Minor Ports. The value of the total import and export trade of the minor ports in the Nagasaki consular district during 1913 and 1914 is shown in the following tl1le: Pcrts. Imports. MOJI CUSTOMS DISTRICT. Shim onoseki ........................................... Wakomatsu ........................................... Hakata.......... .............. ................ NAGASAKI CUSTOMS DISTRICT. K aralsu ............ .................................. 8um inoye.............................................. M iike. ... ........................................... Kuehinolsu............................................ is um ii ................................................ Idzuhtra......................................... Shishimi...... ...................................... Naha (Leo Chloo)...................................... Total............................................ $379,879 1,676,350 383, 749 21,131 t68, 555 1. 857 ..: 421 70,112 33,906 3,403,080 Exports. f141,026 2, : 1, 595 31,015 1. 'r,.1.183 .-"., 400 3,312,367 93, 157 54,375 230 3,133 8,539,486 Imports. $507,314 1,909,797 383,668 2,357 5S3,003 22,571 205,263 90,094 40,930 Exports. $ 7O, 7 6 3, 072, 395 11,777 1,331,715 224,696 3,132,917 42,330 ............ 29,546 166 38,630 8,754,958 [This report included many additional tables, prn.enting the trade of the district in g',r.a t detail. TI -. figiire, may be consulted at the Bureau of Forei-Ln and D)._ocstit Commerce. A brief preliminary report"ferr":g:l- ki. iinli ulin, tlle articles and their value invoiced at the c.-'nsTiate fur th,. I nitiLd St tes and psse-li I TO GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1915 '.. .-. .- -r .Y. i I NGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1915 $241,685 52,785 3,194,112 ".;., syo F8, 873 12', 44 75,031 ,. 3 1'J, S5,013 12,662 37, 238 17, :50) 56,370 44,734 156,194 3,391,638 61,549 39,765 1,569, 684 1,031,600 10,406,112 36,081 3,237,755 64,851 8,494 83,138 37,749 3, 198 13,034 11, *59 3T, '997 21,739 33,953 (.3, 7MS 83,251 2,762,117 67,497 27,583 71,832 1,700,989 1,206,899 9,942, 160 ---~'~'-------- |