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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, 27-- 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.