June 25, 1898.

[BQ]

The last line of figures, those for 1897, is taken from Rev. U.G. Murphy's statistical pamphlet on "The Social Evil in Japan."

[BR]

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.

[BS]

The Japan Mail for February 5, 1896; quoting from the Jiji Shimpo.