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JAPAN

The following are postal and telegraphic statistics for four fiscal years :-

—

1907-1908

1908-1909 '

1909-1910

1910-1911

Letters ....

. 316,167,374

332,507,840

330,693,743

339,238,629

Postcards ....

. 785,226,757

836,286,153 ;

860,630,031

899,872,957

Newspapers and periodicals

. , 170,693,011

170,892,885

181,469,680

183,385,165

Books ....

. ' 34,111,501

45,751,163 •

50,925,139

57.403,404

Sain Dies, &c.

. i 5,403,954

6,243,778 ,

7,021,660

7,132,524

PoKLfree ....

66,032,871

70,079,721

52,712,186

53,490,558

Parcels ....

. 1 17,892,810

19,607,160

20,582,419 1,510,034,858

22,577,477

Total

. 1,395,528,278 6,708

1,481,428,700

1,563,100,714

Post and Telegraph offices

6,876 '

6,944

7.076

Telegrams delivered .

27,374,405

27,770,929

28,173,062

29,887,533

Telegraphic line (luiles) .

. • 18,487

18,744

19.098

24,172

,, wire (miles) .

. i 92,890

94,620

90,110

107,122

Submarine cable (miles) .

. 1 3,909

3,829

3,919

5,116

,, wire (miles) .

. 1 4,720

4,567 ;

4,000

5,807

Post and telegraph officers

. 1 30,169

.38, 808 i;

39,875

07,521

1 Exclusive of Formosa.

Money and Credit.

Coinage issued in the fiscal years stated (ending 31st March) :-

—

1907-08

1908-09

1909-10

Yen

32,880,000 14,802,109

1910-11

1911-12

Gold coins .

Silver ,, . Nickel ,, . Bronze,, .

Yen

17,287,337 10,000,000

Yen

20,387,940 15,000,000

Yen

43,450,000 13,939,712

Yen

29,760,000 8,928,851

Total

33,287,337

35,387,940

47,682.109

57,389,712

38,688,851

The total amount of coins in circulation in 1911 was 174,637,603 yen.

The paper money in circulation in Nippon Ginko notes, or notes of the Bank of Japan, exchangeable for gold on presentation, amounted in 1911 to 433,399,116 yen.

Condition of banks on December 31, 1912 : —

Banks

Head Branch ! Paid-up offices offices capital

Deposits

Advances, Loans, &c.

Nippon Ginko . Nippon Hy])Othec Banls Nippon Industrial Bank Yokohama Specie Bank Hokkaido Colonisation

Bank . Taiwan Bank . Agricultural-Industrial

Banks . Ordinary Banks Savings Banks

Yen

1 37,500,000 1 — 12,500,000 1 1 17,500,000 1 21 30,000,000

1 5 3,900,000 1 ! M 1 0,250,000

46 1 i 32,370,000

1,616 1,645 327,881,904

476 777 49,859,068

Yen

133,65s, 573

4,780,800 140,435,183

7,805,391 23,869,329

23,050,520

1,239,428,848

295,778,660

1,868,807,304

Yen

56,262,765

132,776,885

23,630.528

64,413,214

15,927,259 13.466,811

77,096,824 562,916,644 188,992,360

Total

2,144 2,476 517,760,972

1,135,482,796