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CONTENTS
| IX. The Petroleum Industry | |
| The Development of the Industry—The Standard Oil Company—The Nature of the Japanese Oil—Oil Refineries | 439 |
| CHAPTER XIX | |
| FOREIGN TRADE | |
| BY MR. YAMAZAKI | |
| Japanese Trade compared with that of China—Principal Items of Import—Principal Exports—The External Commercial Relations | 441 |
| CHAPTER XX | |
| MINING | |
| I. General Survey | |
| PREPARED BY THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE | |
| The Geological Formation of the Islands—Mining in the Early Days— Introduction of Explosives by Foreigners—The Taking Over of the Mines by the Imperial Government—Establishment of a Mining School—The Minerals recognised by Law—The Position of Foreigners—The Regulations Governing Concessions and Mining —Copper-mines—Coal-mines—The Mining Law—The Mineral Output | 444 |
| II. The Mining Industry and the Ashio Copper-mine | |
| SPECIALLY PREPARED UNDER MR. FURUKAWA’S SUPERVISION | |
| Japan the Third Copper-producing Country—Mr. Furukawa and the Mining Industry—Mr. Furukawa on Mining—The Ashio Coppermine—Early History—Development since the Restoration—Present Condition—Methods of Working—Electricity and Water Power—The Employés | 450 |
| CHAPTER XXI | |
| LABOUR | |
| I. Labour Organizations | |
| BY MR. KATAYAMA | |
| The Labouring Classes under the Feudal System—The Labour Question after the War with China—The Principal Incidents in the Progress of Labour Organization—The ‘Labour World’—The Police Regulations—Labour Agitation—The Labour Problem to be Solved by Political Movements—Socialism and Political Support | 456 |
