TABLE IV.-OCCUPATIONS OF MALES AND FEMALES AT THE CENSUSES or 1871 AND 1881, ETC.-continued. * Persons so returned were generally in watch-houses on the census night, the schedule entries being made by the police APPENDIX B. STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN. (Compiled specially for the Victorian Year Book, 1881-2, from the latest official reports and other sources of acknowledged authority, by TORAO KIDA, Esq., Member of the Statistical Association* of Tokio, &c., &c.) NOTE.-Ri, or Japanese mile, is nearly equal to 24 English miles; Cho is a superficial measure of 3,000 Tsubo, and is equal to 24 acres; Yen is the standard of value, about 4s. in English money. I. GEOGRAPHICAL STATISTICS. (a) Area and Position.-The empire consists of four principal islands and 1,974 smaller islands, with an aggregate area of 24,796-83 square ri; the whole lying between 50° 56' and 24° 0′ 6′′ north latitude. (b) Political Divisions.-The whole country, including Hokkaido, which has lately been placed on the same footing as the rest, is divided into three fu, or municipalities, and 41 ken, or prefectures; each fu or ken is subdivided into municipal and country districts, and these include the towns and villages. There are at present 36 municipal districts. 709 country 11,860 towns. 58,134 villages. (c) Forests.-On the 1st January 1882 the State owned 5,050,770 cho, or about 12,626,925 acres; and the people 5,622,897 cho, or 14,057,242 acres. II. POPULATION. (a) Japanese Inhabitants.-On the 1st of January 1881 there were 36,358,994 people, of whom 18,423,274 were males, and 17,935,720 females. For the last three years the comparative numbers stand thus (b) Foreigners.-Besides, there are 5,258 foreigners of all nationalities, living in five commercial ports and three municipalities, in which alone they are permitted to live by treaty. (c) Births and Deaths.-During 1880 there were recorded 603,055 deaths and 883,584 births, of which 313,668 and 452,327 were males, and 289,387 and 431,257 were females, respectively. III. PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES. (a) Agricultural Products.-The following is the land allotted for the principal agricultural crops and the amount of their produce for 1879-the islands of Hokkaido, Lin-Kin or Loo-Choo, and Binin excepted *This society consists of more than 200 subscribing and several honorary members; the present Government Statist of Victoria being included in the latter. It holds its meetings monthly, and publishes a monthly statistical journal. |