1917

FOREIGN TRADE IN THE FAR EAST
II.—JAPAN
(a.) Treaty ports :—•
Hakodate opened in 1859
Nagasaki opened in 1859
^Yokohama or Kanagawa ..opened in 1859
Tokio a opened in 1867
Hiogo opened in 1868
Osaka b opened in 1868
Niigata b (or Ebisumi-
nato) opened in 1869
(5.) Ports in Formosa opened to subjects of Powers having Commercial
Treaties with Japan for residence and trade:—c
Anping opened in 1896 I Tamsui opened in 1896
Keelung opened in 1896 Tainan (or Taiwan-foo) (opened in 1896 ;
'Takao opened in 1896 | to foreign vessels and their cargo only).
(c.) Opened with a proviso as to .closing at three months’ notice:—
Opened in
Shimizud (Province of Suruga) ...1899
Taketoyo d (Province of Owari) ...1899
Nagoya e (Province of Owari) 1907
Yokkaiclu d (Province of Ise) 1899
Shimonoseki d (Province of Nagato)1899
Mojid (Province of Buzen) 1899
Hakatad (Province of Chikzen) ...1899
Karatsud (Province of Hizen) 1899
Kuchinotsud (Province of Hizen)..1899
Misumid (Provinee of Higo) 1899
Izuharad (Island of Tsuhima) 1899
Sasunad (Island of Tsushima) 1899
Hamadad (Province of Iwami) ...1899
Sakai d (Province of Hoki) 1899
Opened in
Miyazud (Province of Tango) 1899
Tsurugad (Province of Echizen) ...1899
Nanaod (South Bay) (Province of
Noto) 1899
Fushikid (Provinee of Etchu) 1899
Otaru d (Porvince of Shiribeshi) ..1899
Kushirod (Province of Kushiro) ...1899
Muroran/ li (Province of Iburi) ...1899
Itozalu (Province of Bingo) 1900
Wakavnatsui (Province of Chikuzen)1904
Shishimid (Island of Tsushima) ...1899
Nahad (Loochoo Islands) 1899
Suminoyej (Province of Hizen) ...1906
Awomori/ g (Province of Mutsu) .., 1906
a Tokio was never a shipping port, but simply a place open to foreign trade and residence,
b These ports are under Article XL of the Treaty of 1894 excluded from the category of
ports between which coasting trade is permitted to British vessels.
c Opening notified by departmental notice issued by Foreign Office in Tokio (February, 1896).
d Article 3 of Imperial Ordinance No. 342 (published in “Official Gazette” of the 13th
July, 1899), by which the opening of these ports was notified, reads as follows:—
“ When the imports and exports together at any of the ports mentioned in Article 1 for
any two years in succession do not reach the value of 50,000 yen they shall be closed.
“When in cases where, in consequence of the development of communications,
new ports are established in the vicinity of any of the ports enumerated in Article 1,
the further maintenance of any such port, as an open port, is considered unnecessary,
it may be closed, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding clause.
“The date of the closing shall be notified three months beforehand by the
Minister of Finance ”
e Opened by Imperial Ordinance No. 330 (published in “Official Gazette” of the 28th
'October, 1907), under same conditions as ports under 4.
f The following articles only may be imported at the ports of Muroran and Awomori:—
Grains and seeds.
Beverages and comestibles (articles in Group 3 of the Import Tariff attached to the
Customs Tariff Law).
■ Sugar, confectionery, and sweetmeats (articles included in Group 4 of the said Tariff).
Furs.
Hides and skins (articles included in Group 6, No. 66 of the above-mentioned Tariff).
Oils, fats, and waxes.
Iron—
T, angle, and the like.
Rails and fishplates for rails.
Bolts, nuts, washers, rivefs, and dogspikes (all made of iron).
Materials for bridging and building (made of metal).
Mechanics’ tools, and agricultural implements and parts thereof.
Locomotives, locomotive tenders, and parts thereof.
Railway passenger cars, freight waggons, and parts thereof.
Duty free articles,
.Articles exempted from import duty (articles included in Article 7 of Customs
Tariff Law).