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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
