FOOTNOTES:
[ [114] For statistics of railways, see [Appendix XXXV].
[ [115] The percentage of children "attending" school for the whole of Japan is officially reported in 1918 as: cities, 98.18 per cent.; villages, 99.23 per cent.; but this does not mean daily attendance.
[ [116] Since 1919 the salaries of elementary school teachers have been raised to 26, 16 and 15 yen per month, according to grade.
[ [117] Only last year (1921) another schoolmaster lost his life in an endeavour to save the Emperor's portrait from his burning school.
[ [118] See [Appendix XXXVI].
[ [119] A hot bath is ordinarily obtainable only in the afternoon and evening in most Japanese hotels. In the morning people are content merely with rinsing their hands and face.
[ [120] In addressing a superior, many Japanese still draw in their breath from time to time audibly.
[ [121] That is, persons who might be considered not to have failed in their filial duties.
[ [122] After the failure of the 1918-19 crop in India, 600,000 persons were in receipt of famine relief.