June 25, 1898.
The last line of figures, those for 1897, is taken from Rev. U.G. Murphy's statistical pamphlet on "The Social Evil in Japan."
It is stated that Mill's work on "Representative Government," which, translated, fills a volume of five hundred pages in Japanese, has reached its third edition.
The Japan Mail for February 5, 1896; quoting from the Jiji Shimpo.