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| II. The Labour Market | |
| PREPARED BY THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE | |
| The Revolution of Industrial Conditions—The Numbers of Companies and of Workpeople—Day Workers—Boarding Workers—The Employment of Children—Working Hours—Wages—The Control and Supervision of Industry—Guilds—Technical Education—Apprentice System—The Mine Workers | 462 |
| III. Factory Legislation | |
| BY MR. K. SOYEDA | |
| The Condition of Labourers—The Necessity for Factory Laws—Principal Points of such Laws | 466 |
| CHAPTER XXII | |
| THE MERCHANT MARINE | |
| I. Its Growth and Present Condition | |
| BY MR. RENPEI KONDO | |
| The Early History of Navigation—The Mitsu Bishi Mail Steamship Company—The Nippon Yusen Kaisha—The Effect of the Chinese War—Japan Tenth among the Maritime Nations in 1898—The Japanese Share in the Carrying Trade of the Country—Seamen as well as Ships—Shipbuilding—The Future of Maritime Enterprise—Exports and Imports—Wages and Prices of Commodities—The Necessity for Foreign Capital | 469 |
| II. Shipbuilding | |
| BY BARON IWASAKI | |
| Early Japanese Vessels—Shipbuilding checked by the Policy of Isolation—The Coming of Commodore Perry and its Consequences—The Necessity for a Navy—The Wreck of the Russian Man-of-war Diana—The Coming of Dutch Naval Instructors—The Foundation of a Dockyard at Nagasaki by the Dutch Experts—The Subsequent Acquisition of this Yard by the Mitsu Bishi Firm—Foundation of Yokosuka Dockyard by French Experts—Review of Shipbuilding Progress since the Restoration—The Shipbuilding Encouragement Law—The Present Condition of shipbuilding | 475 |
| III. Nautical Education | |
| BY THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SHOSEN GAKKO (GOVERNMENT NAUTICAL COLLEGE), TOKYO | |
| The Need for Competent Officers—The Founding of the Nautical College—The Curriculum—Departments of Navigation and of Engineering—Training-ships—Schools for Training Seamen | 481 |
