NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

The following table shows the national development in population, finance, trade, railway, vessels, telegraphs, savings, and currency, during the 30 years from 1872 to 1902.

Year.	Population. (in Thousand)	State Expenditure. Yen.	Trade. Yen.	Railway. Miles.
1872	33,210	57,730,025	43,204,462	18
1873	33,300	62,678,601	49,742,830	18
1874	33,625	82,269,528	42,779,120	38
1875	33,997	69,203,242	48,586,738	38
1876	34,338	59,308,956	51,676,296	65
1877	(unknown)	48,428,324	50,769,424	66
1878	„	60,911,336	58,862,974	68
1879	35,768	60,317,578	61,128,772	73
1880	35,929	63,140,896	65,021,987	98
1881	36,358	71,460,321	62,250,133	122
1882	36,700	73,480,667	67,168,344	170
1883	37,017	83,106,859	64,712,861	244
1884	37,451	76,663,108	63,544,112	262
1885	37,868	61,115,313	66,503,659	353
1886	38,507	83,223,960	84,044,745	430
1887	39,069	79,453,036	96,711,932	593
1888	39,607	81,504,024	131,160,744	912
1889	40,072	79,713,671	136,164,472	1,136
1890	40,453	82,125,403	138,332,086	1,339
1891	40,718	83,558,891	142,454,540	1,716
1892	41,089	76,734,740	162,428,833	1,870
1893	41,388	84,581,872	177,970,036	1,938
1894	41,813	78,128,643	230,028,141	2,118
1895	42,270	85,317,179	265,372,756	2,290
1896	42,706	168,856,509	289,517,234	2,507
1897	43,228	223,678,844	382,435,848	2,948
1898	43,763	219,757,568	443,255,909	3,120
1899	44,260	254,165,537	435,331,802	3,638
1900	....	292,726,996	491,691,839	3,855
1901	....	266,856,824	508,166,187	4,026
1902	....	275,751,194
Year.	Vessels. Ton.	Telegraphic Lines. Ri.	Savings. Yen.	Money in Circulation. Yen
1872	22,364	87	....	132,611,498
1873	26,988	806	....	159,423,361
1874	26,120	1,758	....	157,660,830
1875	42,304	1,833	15,224	154,931,596
1876	40,248	2,156	41,845	163,692,344
1877	49,105	2,876	100,138	175,432,023
1878	43,899	3,512	286,289	221,994,874
1879	42,763	3,842	494,114	215,912,239
1880	41,215	4,489	662,091	203,994,171
1881	41,044	5,078	821,938	195,742,688
1882	42,107	5,477	1,058,225	186,376,681
1883	45,350	5,871	2,298,502	182,625,317
1884	49,845	6,122	5,260,484	177,978,053
1885	59,613	6,283	9,050,255	181,433,916
1886	63,314	6,353	15,462,054	198,557,838
1887	72,322	6,818	18,417,022	200,157,163
1888	81,066	7,588	20,142,169	207,825,609
1889	88,816	8,191	19,976,419	220,748,343
1890	93,812	9,250	19,197,942	205,408,438
1891	95,588	9,113	26,424,174	210,872,584
1892	102,301	9,920	30,031,483	219,848,385
1893	110,205	10,230	32,199.954	244,847,437
1894	169,414	11,502	32,772,652	256,088,534
1895	213,221	12,212	41,143,695	291,665,016
1896	227,841	15,431	46,693,884	307,461,803
1897	426,624	18,360	51,550,536	330,470,142
1898	464,246	20,561	52,532,992	285,589,698
1899	498,376	24,342	68,829,712	332,702,090
1900	534,239	27,390	72,897,286	318,280,814
1901	....	....	....	306,315,006
1902

NOTE.—In expenditure, the figures from 1872 up to 1898 are taken from the settled account, and those of 1899, 1900, and 1901 from the actual account. 1902 is from the Budget. In railways, the figures show the mileages of the lines belonging to the government as well as those belonging to private firms opened to traffic at the end of the respective years. The tonnage of vessels shown in the table is that of steamers. Before 1896, the figures represented the aggregate amount of both registered and unregistered tonnage, while from that year up to 1902, the figures only represented registered tonnage. In savings, the figures show the total amount saved in the post offices as well in the savings banks at the end of the respective years. The figures from 1890 to 1900 indicate, however, the amounts of the postal savings only.

From the “Tōyō Keizai Shimpō” (Oriental Economist).