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of their profits.' The quantities and value of the exports from Japan to the United Kingdom, in the year 18G8, were as follows: —
Exports from Japan to the United Kingdom
Quantities
Value
Camphor ......
Cwts.
4,583
£ 32,081
China or porcelain ware or earthenware
•
74
2,003
192
683
Galls
»
1,608
3,955
Japanned or lacquered ware .
,_
267
2.261
Hi Ik, waste, knubs or husks .
>J
1,209
20.311
Tea '
.Lbs.
1,041.150
66,301
Tobacco, unmanufactured
._
212,329
5,832
Wax, bees ......
Cwts.
188
1.971
vegetable ....
,,
8,343
39,S85
All other articles .... Total
Value
—
5,939
—
181,222
The quantities and value of the imports of British and Irish produce and manufactures into Japan, in the year 1868, were as follows : —
Imports of British Home Produce into Japan
Quantities
Value
Apparel and haberdashery . . . Value
£ 10,870
Arms and ammunition
,,
■ — ■
89,090
Beer and ale .
. Barrels
1,962
8,426
Coals, cinders, and culm .
Tons
30,109
18,051
Cotton yarn
Lbs.
4,302,110
267,205
Cottons, entered by the yard
Yards
22,834,439
396,204
Iron, wrought and unwrought
Tons
2,682
21,174
Lead and shot .
992
25,211
Linens, entered by the yard
Yards
68,019
2,623
Machinery and millwork .
Value.
■ —
10,371
So ;1 p ....
Cwts.
1,194
1,918
Tin plates ....
Value
—
1,331
Woollens, entered by the yard .
Yards
3,682,239
206,976
All other articles
Total .
Value
—
53,354
—
1,112,804
The internal trade of Japan is very extensive, and a variety of regulations are in force, the object of which is to protect and en- courage home industry. The prices of goods are not enhanced by imposts of any kind; and communication between the great markets and all parts of the empire is facilitated by numerous coasting vessels and well -maintained roads. Foreign commerce, however, so far from being encouraged, is vigorously opposed by the Government.
