| Koku. | |
|---|---|
| 1900 | 41,466,422 |
| 1901 | 46,914,434 |
| 1902 | 36,932,266 |
| 1903 | 46,473,298 |
| 1904 | 51,430,321 |
| 1905 | 38,172,560 |
| 1906 | 46,302,530 |
| 1907 | 49,052,065 |
| 1908 | 51,932,893 |
| 1909 | 52,437,662 |
| Average | 46,114,451 |
Fruit-Growing in Japan[200]
Fruits originally cultivated, and probably native in Japan, include the orange, pear, peach, sour plum, almond, grape, persimmon, loquat, pomegranate, ginko or salisburia, and fig. The mikan, or Japanese sweet orange, is smaller, sweeter, and less juicy than the oranges raised in America, and the thin membrane separating the sections of the fruit is tougher; it has a very pleasant flavor, and is much used for food by both natives and foreigners. It is cultivated all through the warmer regions of Japan, and is the most plentiful of the fruits raised there, being found in the markets from early autumn until late the following spring. The persimmon comes next to the orange in the number produced, and is a favorite with the natives, but its season is comparatively short. It closely resembles the persimmon of America’s Southern States. The sour plum is extensively cultivated and yields a good crop, but the other fruits named above, though more or less widely grown, are produced in much smaller quantities—the fig being most abundant and most valued of the less important fruits. The government has introduced peaches, pears, and grapes from Europe and America, and has found the soil and climate well adapted to their production, so that these are now cultivated in addition to the native varieties of the same fruits. Of the fruits wholly unknown in Japan until introduced from abroad, the apple has proved most successful, and it has become a chief product of some districts in the Hokkaidō, or northern island. The apples are of fine appearance and excellent flavor, and the trees yield a profit very encouraging to the cultivator, so that the area of their production is being increased. The natives eat fruit chiefly fresh, and its use as a table diet is not general, although increasing. The processes of drying and canning fruits are beginning to come into use, but only as a means of preserving the fruit for home consumption, not for export.
Factories in Japan[201]
| No. of Factories. | Aggregate Horse Power. | No. of Factories without Motor Power. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | 2,758 | 61,252 | 4,396 |
| 1896 | 3,037 | 64,429 | 4,603 |
| 1897 | 2,910 | 63,434 | 4,377 |
| 1898 | 2,964 | 79,016 | 4,131 |
| 1899 | 2,305 | 76,885 | 4,394 |
| 1900 | 2,388 | 95,392 | 4,896 |
| 1909 | 6,723 | 554,571 | 8,703 |
Factories with Motor Power
| No. of Factories. | Horse Power. | No. of Operatives. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silk reeling | { | 1,046 1,722 | 9,362 6,631 | 112,887[202] 102,071 | |
| Cotton and silk spinning | { | 117 112 | 12,523 20,463 | 56,417 80,107 | |
| Ships, machines, etc. | { | 155 198 | 2,577 4,190 | 16,654 18,131 | |
| Weaving | { | 25 56 | 3,005 2,596 | 7,924 9,588 | |
| Cement | { | 251 37 | 1,099 1,825 | 2,712 3,554 | |
| Printing | { | 30 15 | 246 531 | 3,233 5,224 | |
| Paper-mills | { | 11 18 | 3,097 3,398 | 1,761 2,909 | |
Factories without Motor Power
| No. of Factories. | No. of Operatives. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silk reeling | { | 636 496 | 17,614 14,077 | |
| Cotton and silk spinning | { | 2 21 | 38 542 | |
| Ships, machines, etc. | { | 188 99 | 4,512 3,195 | |
| Weaving | { | 1,025 1,245 | 28,900 34,965 | |
| Cement | { | 136 119 | 5,099 2,870 | |
| Printing | { | 103 95 | 2,784 2,617 | |