1048
JAPAN
Tiaid Down
Name
H
Armour
Main Armament
13 39
15*
gen
Zi#^ Cruisers.
Tons
inches
inches
Knots
1900
( Niitaka . \ Tsushima
[ 3,420
,,
,,
6 6iu.
2
9,400
2C
1901
Tsugaru
6,630
,,
shields
8 6in.
4
11,600
20
1905
Tone fChikuma^
4,100
"
"
2 6in. ; 10 4"7in.
15,000
23
1910
J. Hirato V ^Yaliagi J
4,950
»
»
6in.
22,500
26
1916 1916
i Tatsuta . \ Tenryu .
\ 3,500
-
4 5-5in. .
6
-
31
1920
fKiso
^
1919
Kitagami
1920
Kutna
. Nagara .
Natori
- 5,500
-
—
7 6-5in.; 2 12pr. A.A.
8
—
36
1919
Ohi .
1919
\Tama
J
The Isuzu and Yura, light cruisers of the 5,500 ton class, are in early stages of construction. There are the older light cruisers Yodo, Sumo, Akashi, and Chilose, and several torpedo gunboats.
Production and Industry (exclusive of Formosa).
About three-fifths cf the arable land is cultivated by peasant proprietors and the remaining portion of it by tenants. According to the official report of January 1, 1920, taxed land owned by private persons and local corporations was in cho (1 cho = 2 - 4507 acres) 15,286,246 ; of which under rice fields, 2,922,575; other cereals, 2,501,785 ; forests, 8,048,889 ; plains, 1,336,545 ; pasturages, 50,966.
The'forest area in 1917 was 18,783,516 ch5, of which 7,288,261 belonged to the State, and 1,303,118 to the Imperial household.
The following are some agricultural statistics for three years : —
Crop
Acreage
Produce (quarters)
1917
1918
1919
1917
1918
1919
Rice . Wheat. Barley. Rye . Tobacco J . T^i .
7,654,807 1,392,219 1,314,979 1,572,405
69,raS
118,898
7,569,860 1,392,000 1,372,090 1,562,269 65,290 121, H75
7,7M,,V!7 1,371, 2()7-- 1,886,697 1,615,900 61,097 122.1 "7
34,099,600
4,241,757
5,730,522
5,128,187
888,626
752.591
34,187,(00
4,053,420
5,200,800
5,249,130
840,776
762,800
38,011,352 8,976,529
6,146,922
4,762,934
736,292
742,695
1 Produce in cwts.
The wheat crop in 1920 amounted to 3,656,787 quarters ; barley, 5,181,162 quarters: and rice, 40,641,327 quarters.
In 1918 the number of cattle was 1,307,120 ; horses, 1,510,626 ; sheep, 4,546 ; goats, 91,777 ; swine, 38,155.
