[223] From the “Japan Times.”

[224] In 1910, it was more than 1,600,000 tons.

[225] See also Elgar’s paper on “Japanese Shipping” in the Transactions Japan Society, London.

[226] From the “Japan Times.”

[227] From 28th Annual Report of the Minister of State for Education.

[228] Condensed from “The Chautauquan,” April, 1902.

[229] From the “Japan Mail” and the “Japan Times.”

[230] Later statistics give respectively 83,638—66,689—32,246.

[231] From the “Kōbe Herald.”

[232] From the “Japan Mail.”