This page needs to be proofread.
1020
JAPAN
| Laid down | Name | Displacement | Armour | Main Armament | Torpedo Tubes | Indicated Horse-power | Designed Speed | |
| Water-line | On guns | |||||||
| Protected Cruisers | ||||||||
| Tons | Inches | Knots | ||||||
| 1888 | Itsukushima | 4278 | " | 12 in on big gun | 112-6in.; 11 4-7in. | 2 | 5,400 | 16 |
| Hashidate | " | |||||||
| 1888 | Chiyoda | 2,439 | 4½ | shields | 10 4-7in. | — | 5,700 | 19 |
| 1890 | Akitsushima | 3,172 | deck | " | 4 6in.; 6 4-7in. | 4 | 8,500 | 19 |
| 1894 | Suma | 2,700 | " | " | 2 6in.; 6 4-7in. | 2 | 8,500 | 20 |
| Akashi | 2,800 | |||||||
| 1897 | Chitose | 4,900 | " | " | 2 8in.; 10 4-7in | 3 | 15,000 | 23 |
| Kasagi | ||||||||
| 1900 | Niitaka | " | " | 3,400 | 6 6in. | 2 | 9,400 | 20 |
| Tsushima | ||||||||
| 1900 | Suzuya (12) | 3,000 | " | " | 2 6in.; 4 4.7in. | 5 | 20,000 | 25 |
| 1901 | Otowa | 3,050 | " | " | 2 6in.; 6 4.7in. | 2 | 10,000 | 21 |
| Soya (10) | 6,500 | " | " | 12 6in. | 4 | 20,000 | 24 | |
| Tsugaru (11) | 6,600 | " | shields | 8 6in. | 4 | 11,600 | 20 | |
| 1905 | Tone | 4,100 | " | " | 2 6in.; 10 4-7in. | 2 | 15,000 | 23 |
| 1910 | Chikuma | 4800 | " | " | 6 6in. | 2 | 22,500 | 26 |
| Hirato | ||||||||
| Yahagi | ||||||||
There are also two old cruisers, Taknchiho and Idzumi. (t) = turbine.
Ex (1) Orel, (2) Retvizan, (3) Peresviet, (4) Pobieda, (5) Poltaaa, (6) Nikolai I., (7) Ajoraksin, (8) Seniavin, (9) Bnyan, (10) Variag, (11) Pallada, (12) Novik.
Production and Industry (exclusive of Formosa).
About three-fifths of the arable land is cultivated by peasant proprietors, and the remaining portion of it by tenants. According to the official report of January 1, 1912, taxed land owned by private persons and local corporations was in chō 14,682,175; of which under cultivation, 5,257,854; forests, 7,702,683; open field, 1,304,943.
The following are some agricultural statistics for five years :—
| — | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
| Rice (chō[1]) | 2,906,092 | 2,922,973 | 2,938,074 | 2,949,440 | 2,973,073 |
| „ (koku[2]) | 49,052,065 | 51,932,831 | 52,437,662 | 46,633,376 | 51,694,883 |
| Wheat (chō[1]) | 444,116 | 449,578 | 451,373 | 475,459 | 499,205 |
| „ (koku[2]) | 4,479,720 | 4,412,445 | 4,486,348 | 4,601,756 | 5,009,840 |
| Barley (chō[1]) | 658,460 | 644,164 | 630,032 | 620,445 | 598,566 |
| „ (koku[1]) | 10,158,092 | 9,443,917 | 9,273,105 | 9,291,383 | 9,385,818 |
| Rye (chō[1]) | 694,971 | 688,659 | 690,480 | 675,724 | 667,234 |
| „ (koku[2]) | 7,529,668 | 7,578,604 | 7,758,563 | 6,718,106 | 7,505,811 |
| Tea(kwan[3]) | 7,367,985 | 7,407,774 | 7,834,180 | 8,151,418 | 8,461,798 |
| Sugar[4](kwan[3]) | 165,444,642 | 197,748,974 | 190,973,502 | 219,870,982 | — |
| Silk : cocoons (koku[2]) | 3,456,967 | 3,530,171 | 3,629,867 | 3,900,962 | 4,252,187 |
| „ raw(kwan[3]) | 3,236,692 | 3,512,965 | 3,775,712 | 4,147,810 | — |
