No. 3269 Annual Series. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR REPORTS. JAPAN. liEPORT FOE THE YEAR 1903 ON THE TRADE OF NAGASAKI. REFERENCE TO PREVIOUS REPORT, Annual Series No. 3084. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty , SEPTEMBER , 1904. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN’S LANE, PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HIS MAJESTY. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE, East Harding Street, Fleet Street, E.C. and 32, A bingdon Street. W estminster, S.W.; or OLIVER & BOYD, Emnbl-lsgh ; or E. PONSONBY, 116, Grafton Street, Dublin. [Cd. 2236— 13.] 1904. Price Three Halfpence•
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No. 3269 Annual Series.
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR REPORTS.
JAPAN.
liEPORT FOE THE YEAR 1903
ON THE
T R A D E OF N A G A S A K I .
REFERENCE TO PREVIOUS REPORT, Annual Series No. 3084.
Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty,S E P T E M B E R , 1904.
L O N D O N :PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE,
BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN’S LANE,PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HIS MAJESTY.
And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE, East Harding Street, Fleet Street, E.C.
and 32, A bingdon Street. W estminster, S.W .; or OLIVER & BOYD, Emnbl-lsgh ;
or E. PONSONBY, 116, Grafton Street, Dublin.
[Cd. 2236— 13.]1904.
Price Three Halfpence•
C O N T E N T S
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PageGeneral review of the foreign trade in 1903 ...................................................... 3
Trade during five years 1899-1903................................................................... 3„ at Karatsu and Ku chinotsu ............................................................... 4
Distribution of trade.......................... .......................... ....................................... 4imports—
General increase in 1903 .................................................................................... 4Imports reviewed in detail—
Exports from Kuchinotsu .................................................................................... 9„ Karatsu ............................................................................................ 9
Coal from Nagasaki ................................................................................................. 9Takashima mines ..................................................................................................... 10Miike mines................................................................................................................. 11Other mines in district............................................................................................. 11Coal from Nagasaki, Karatsu and Kuchinotsu compared with Moji export 11Shipbuilding, docks, &c............................................................................................ 12Shipping—
Aggregate tonnage................................................................................................. 14Japanese shipping................................................................................................. 14At all three ports ................................................................................................. 14British shipping at Nagasaki classified.......................................................... 14French shipping..................................................................................................... 15German „ ..................................................................................................... 15Russian „ ..................................................................................................... 15
Public works—Waterworks ......................................................................................................... 15Harbour works ..................................................................................................... 16
No. 3269. Annual Series.Reference to 'previous Report, Annual Series No, 3084.
Report on the Trade o f Nagasaki for the Tear 1903
By M r. Consul Layard.
(Tokio, July 4, 1904; received at Foreign Office, August 11, 1904.)
The total value of the foreign trade of the port of Nagasaki Value of during the year 1903 amounted to 1,750,564/., made up of imports in^gostrade 1,317,925/. and exports 432,639/., or, adding in re-exports and re-imports, to a total general trade with foreign countries of 1,828,853/.
The figures for the import trade of 1903 show an increase on Increase as those of 1902 of 367,250/., whilst, taking fluctuations of exchange into account, the figures for the export trade are within 1/. of 432,639/. for both years.
The export trade would probably have also shown an increase like the import trade, had not the political prospect checked it towards the end of the year.
The values of the trade of the port during the last five years Trade during
were as follows ?SsS»08.
Year.Value.
Imports. Exports. Total.
18991900190119021903
Average, five years 1899-1903 ..
£1,137,9751,542,3971,405,719
952,0121,320,247
1,271,670
£633,710693,911495,692456.730 508,606
557.730
£1,771,6852,236,3081,901,4111,408,7421,828,853
1,829,400
While, therefore, the total value in 1903 did not quite reach the total of the five years’ average by some 500Z., it was in excess of the total value of the trade for the preceding year by over 420,000;'.
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Trade at ports other than Nagasaki in 1903.
Yalue of trade of southern district of Japan.
Compared with 1902.
Distribution of trade of Nagasaki with foreign countries.
Increase in imports from the British Empire.
From other countries.
The value of the foreign trade for the two other ports included in the Consular district of Nagasaki, viz., Karatsu and Kuchinotsu, was, for the year under review, imports 43,129?. and exports 621,752?., or a total of 664,881?.
When these figures are added to those already given of the trade of Nagasaki, the whole foreign trade of this Consular district during the year 1903 will be found to amount to :—
Value.
Imports .. Exports ..
Total
1903. 1902.
£ £
1,363,376 1,015,0481,130,358 1,044,805
2,493,734 2,059,853
From this it will be seen that Karatsu and Kuchinotsu together considerably exceed Nagasaki in their total exports.
These figures show an increase in imports and exports of 348,328?. and 85,553?. respectively, or an increase in the total foreign trade of the three ports of 433,881?. as compared with the year 1902.
The distribution of the foreign trade for the ports of Karatsu and Kuchinotsu is not given separately in any of the returns, but Annex III shows the countries of origin and destination of imports and exports for Nagasaki. From this table it will be seen that, whilst imports from the British Empire again amount to more than half of the value of the imports from all other countries added together, the value of the exports to the British Empire have not increased in the same ratio to the figures of the preceding year as have the exports to other countries.
?i The increase in imports from the British Empire in 1903 of 151,491?. in excess "of the figures for 1902, is accounted for by an increase in the importsTfrom the United Kingdom of over 100,000?., from British India of 47,067?. and from Canada of nearly 5,000?.
The increase in value of the imports from the United Kingdom is mainly due to the larger imports of coal, machinery and implements, and of steam boilers and engines ; that from British India to the increased import of rice, whilst the rise in the value of the imports from Canada may be attributed to larger shipments of timber. The import trade from Hong-Kong and Australia has fallen slightly in value.
The increase of 216,744?. in the imports from all other countries during 1903 is to be placed to the credit of China, Asiatic Russia and Indo-China principally; the increase in the trade from China having been 150,564?., and that from Asiatic Russia and Indo- China 41,673?. and 24,346?. respectively.
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All other countries, excepting Corea, which shows an increase of 7,506/., have varied but slightly in their totals ; the principal decrease, however, being apparent in the import trade from France, which, never very large, declined in 1903 to nearly half its value, as compared with 1902, viz., from 9,263Z. to 4,650Z.
In the general export trade of this port to foreign countries Increase in there is an increase in value of 51,876/. over 1902, of which exports‘ only 8,317/. represents the increase in the value of exports to the British Empire. W ith regard to the latter, Hong-Kong shows an increase of over 13,000/., and, whilst the United Kingdom, British India and Canada show but a small advance in value and Australia a small decrease, the exports to the Straits Settlements have fallen from 14,346/. in 1902 to 7,801/. in 1903. •
In the export trade as distributed among other countries there is a gain, in the value of the total amount of 43,559/., owing to the increase of trade with China, the United States, the Philippines,Corea and France, the principal purchasers being China, which took 280,587/. in 1903 as against 215,923/., or an increase of 64,664/., and Corea, which shows an increase of 3,180/., whilst the export trade with the Philippines has increased by nearly 5,000/.
* It is of interest to note that the total import and export trade of Trade with China with Nagasaki increased from 432,195/. in 1902 to 647,423/. Chlna* in 1903, or to nearly half as much again as the value of the trade for the preceding 12 months, and surpasses the trade with the whole British Empire by a little over 55,000/.
Reviewing the principal imports in detail, the following items are worthy of attention :—r .^ A n increase in the import of coal to the extent of 41,045 tons in Coal, quantity and 65,586/. in value. The whole of the import of coal, amounting to 102,385/. in value, was from Welsh and English mines.No Pocohontas (American) coal has been imported since 1902.The increased import may be attributed to the enhanced demand arising from the possibility of war in the Far East.s p h e r e is a marked decrease of nearly one-third of the value of Raw cotton, the import of raw cotton. It fell from 48,600/. in 1902 to 33,796/. in 1903, although the quantity is considerably less in proportion, indicating higher prices. The whole of this import was from China and British India, and the United States are not represented in the returns for this article in this district.
Flour, imported in 1903, increased by 32,825 cwts. in quantity Flour, and by 14,701/. in value, reaching a total of 25,534/., as against 10,833/. in 1902. The whole amount, with the exception of some 1,445 cwts. valued at 617/. (principally from British India), came from the United States of America.
The value of the imports of instruments, tools and implements instruments in 1903 increased to 7,170/. from 3,791/. in the previous year, whilst and tools- the amount of machinery imported rose from 44,543/. in 1902 to Machinery. 69,983/. in the year under review. Under this latter heading a value of 10,906/. for imports of cranes and lifting machinery from
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Metals.
Import of metals from the United Kingdom.
the United Kingdom should be noted. The imports from the United Kingdom also included 3,589?. for electric machinery and motors, 1,699?. for fire engines and pumps, 1,218?. for lathes and 3,964?. for machine tools of all descriptions.jhtj The largest items among imports from the United States were 8,129?. for electric motors, 7,334?. for lifting machinery, 3,980?. for lathes and other machine tools, and 1,702?. for sewing machines; whilst the only item of importance amongst imports from Germany under this heading was electric motors to a value oj 2,939?.’’ |There was an increase in 1903 in the value of manufactured iron imported; it rose from 92,202?. in the previous year to 103,740?.; but this gain in one line was counterbalanced by losses in other directions under the same heading of metals, of which the total value imported falls short by over 1,000?. of the imports of 1902, and is still some 12,500?. less than the average total for the five years 1898-1902.
Under the heading of metals the four principal countries represented are the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany and the United States in the order of their values ; the United Kingdom leading the list with a value of 144,939?., and the imports from the other countries being 17,940?., 7,109?. and 3,891?. respectively.
The following table shows the proportion of British trade in metals to the total import of 1903 under the different items :—
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Value.Articles.
Manufactured iron—Pig .........................Bar and rod Plate and sheet..Galvanised sheet Other manufactured iron
Iron manufactures—Pipes and tubesRailsNailsScrews and bolts Anchors and cables
It will be noticed from this table that all the pig iron and steel wire rope came from the United Kingdom, whilst nearly all the imports of galvanised sheet iron, iron pipes and tubes, screws and bolts, anchors and cables, and miscellaneous steel, brass and copper manufactures were derived from the same source.
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Bar and rod iron were imported from Belgium to the value of From other 5,995?., the remainder from the United States. Plate and sheet countries, from Belgium, 3,081?. ; from Germany, 1,657?. ; the rest from the United States. Of the total import (111,212?.) of manufactured iron, 96,650?. came from the United Kingdom ; of the manufactures of iron, rails to the value of 3,974?. came from Belgium and nails to the value of 2,789?. from Germany.
I mport of Metals during the Year 1903.
Country of Origin. | Value.
United Kingdom United States Belgium Germany..Other countries ..
Total
I £ , h m..| 144,939| £ ;vt. .■ 3,891 i‘- m
..! 17,940 ; L {■ ‘
..! 7,109 i
..i 3,794
177,673
The import of kerosene oil, though not increasing in the same Kerosene oil. ratio as in previous years, still maintains its high figure, and exceeds the import of 1902 by 27,835 gallons in quantity and 1,227?. in value.
As hitherto, oil was imported in cases or in bulk, the latter being packed locally, and both sold in boxes, for retail consumption, containing two tins of 10 gallons each. The case-oil business is in American and the bulk-oil business in British hands. The former still commands the readiest sale, as may be seen from the following figures :—
Quantity. Value.
Gallons. £American oil 5,592,880 120,965Russian tank oil 4,310,652 79,794Russian case oil 549,000 11,882
Total 10,452,532 212,641
The import of oil cake is purely of Far Eastern produce, and in Oil cate. 1903 rose to a value of 130,815?. from 86,831?. in 1902.
The heading of provisions, which includes everything of that Provisions, nature excepting flour, salted meat, rice, sugar, wine, beer and potable spirits, shows a decrease of over 5,700?.
The largest consumers of the principal articles under this heading being vessels of all descriptions visiting this harbour, other sources of supply have been found in order to avoid the high duties charged in Japan, and that branch of trade has ceased to be of so great importance at Nagasaki as formerly.
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Rice. The import of rice, on the other hand, shows a very markedadvance. 27,353 tons, valued at 225,793?., were imported in 1903, as against 9,973 tons, valued at 67,6147., in 1902, or an increase of 17,380 tons in quantity and of 158,179?. in value.
The enhanced prices of locally-grown rice account for this large demand in great part, in spite of the distaste shown by Japanese for any other rice than that grown in their own country, which they rightly claim to contain the greatest nourishing properties.
Steam boilers. Steam boilers were imported from the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany to a total value of 17,524?., the proportions imported from the first two countries being 9,551?. and 7,970?. respectively; the remaining 3?. being divided between France and Germany.
Submarine To the figures for submarine cables in the returns are now addedcables, &c. those for underground telegraph wires, the total for 1903 reaching
a sum of 22,257?.Sugar. The trade in imported refined sugars from Hong-Kong is rapidly
falling off, owing to the increased production of refineries in Japan. It seems as if the entire business would shortly be absorbed by the Japanese, and, there being no refineries in this district, all the raw material intended for refining goes to other ports.
The import of Hong-Kong sugar to Nagasaki in 1903, which was for local consumption only, amounted to 29,200 cwts., with a value of 20,477?. These figures show a decrease from the import of 1902 of 48,964 cwts. and of 24,463?. in value.
The import of sugar to this port was classified in the customs returns as follows :—
Class I .— Raw sugar or sugar partially refined up to and inclusive of No. 14 Dutch standard in colour :—
Class I I .— Refined sugar Nos. 15 to 20 Dutch colour standard:—
From— Quantity. Value.
Cwts. £Hong-Kong 6,933 3,790
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Class III .— Refined sugarJ above No. 20 Dutch standard in colour:—
Erom— Quantity. Value.
Cwts. £Hong-Kong 20,931 15,976Russia .. 250 139
From the above figures it appears that, as far as Nagasaki is concerned, the sugar trade as it exists at present is of not much importance to British mercantile interests.
The total value of the import of textiles again fell far short of Textiles, the average of preceding years, but was only 450?. short of 1902, having fallen from 11,552?. to 11,102?. in 1903. There was a decrease in all cotton, silk and woollen manufactures, the drop in the second item being the greatest.
Timber was imported in 1903 to the value of 14,751?., being Timber. 4,127?. in excess of the value of the import for the year preceding.
Only two steam vessels, valued at 5 ,2 9 4 ? ., were imported in 1 9 0 3 , steam vessels, as against four, valued at 8 ,9 1 1 ? ., in 1 9 0 2 .
The imports at the port of Kuchinotsu amounted in 1903 to Import trade 42,064?., of which 25,146?. was for oil cake, 9,763?. for raw cotton ° ^ bsidiary and 6,112?. for rice. The imports of Karatsu amounted in all to 1 only 1,065?.
Excepting in the export of tea, and less noticeably in the items Principal for provisions of various descriptions, there was little variation in exPorts- 1903 as compared with the previous year, the total for Japanese produce exported being practically identical for both years.
The export of tea, however, fell in 1903 to 2,299?. in value from Tea.28,970?. in 1902, a drop of nearly 27,000?. This export, nearly all of inferior grade teas to Russian eastern ports, has been a steadily declining one and promises to drop out of the returns altogether.
The export of raw silk maintained its advance, being over 1,100?. Raw silk, in excess of the export for 1902, but raw cotton and cotton yarn Raw cotton, decreased by 4,012?. and 1,796?. respectively.
The exports of Portland cement of Japanese manufacture, of Other coal, dried fish of various sorts, grains and provisions (by over exPorts* 20,000?.), paper goods, rice, Awabi shells and textiles all show an increase, whilst beside those already mentioned, the exports of lacquerware, mushrooms, porcelain and earthenware have decreased in value.
Of the export trade of 621,752?. from the two subsidiary ports Exports from of Kuchinotsu and Karatsu during 1903, 605,980?. was for coal alone subsidiai7 (lump and dust), the export from Kuchinotsu being more than three ports' times as much as that from Karatsu. The only other item worthy of notice was a sum of 9,015?. for cotton yarn (A), exported from Kuchinotsu.
In spite of the fact that the port of Moji has, in respect of rates Coal fromNagasaki.
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Takasliimamines.
and of geographical position, more advantages for export of coal than Nagasaki, it is to be noticed that the export of coal from this port increased in 1903 by 33,788 tons in quantity and by 2,809?. in value, so that it may be anticipated that the lowest point of the fall corresponding with the rise in the Moji exports of this mineral has been reached.
There is no better coal procurable in Japan than that from^the Takashima mines, situated on islands close to this port, whilst that from the Miike mines, in the neighbourhood of Kuchinotsu, comes next both as regards gas and steam coals.
Moji has an advantage in being in the direct route between Yokohama and Kobe to Shanghai, Hong-Kong and the Straits Settlements, and in affording opportunities for taking intermediate coal cargoes to Eastern ports before loading general cargo for Europe ; but the well-protected harbour of Nagasaki outranks, as an anchorage, the current-swept channel of the Shimonoseki Straits at Moji, whilst it easily holds the record for rapidity of eoaling. It is probable, therefore, that Nagasaki will at least maintain its position as a coaling station in this part of Japan for regular mail steamers and other large vessels.
The Takashima mines, which are situated on the little islands of Takashima and Hashima, about 7 miles distant from the harbour of Nagasaki, have a combined area of a little over 2 acres on the surface, whilst the mine itself extends under the sea.
Nagasaki is the natural outlet for the produce of the mine, and can be landed there within an hour, whilst a daily steamer affords postal and passage facilities between that port and the islands.
Tradition has it that the mines were discovered some 200 years ago, but they were first opened up in 1868 by Prince Nabeshima of the province of Hizen, with whom was associated an Englishman named Glover ; and European machinery was then procured. As a result of this enterprise, after a shaft of some 135 feet had been opened, a seam of about 8 feet width was worked and the extraction of coal commenced. After various vicissitudes the mine passed into the hands of the Mitsu Bishi Company in 1881, and, with the purchase of the latest styles of machinery, the output increased to over 1,200 tons a day. This was the most profitable period in the history of the mine. Since 1898 two new shafts, 640 and 836 feet in depth, have been working in connection with a 17 feet seam. The deepest point reached is 940 feet below the sea.
In order to keep up the average output new machinery has been set up, and in 1902 the total output for the year reached 57,242 tons.
Of the three workings on Hashima Island the first has been put out of the reckoning by an outbreak of fire. In the second the seam is nearly 5 feet thick, with a shaft of about 900 feet depth, and reaches to a point 1,378 feet below the sea level, whilst the third working, on an 8J feet seam, has a shaft 640 feet deep and extends to a point over 1,600 feet below the sea.
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There are four seams of coal on Takashima, measuring about 8, 5, 18 and 3 feet respectively, whilst on Hashima there are five, measuring 8, 5, 3, 10 and 8 feet respectively.*
In spite of the fact of the workings extending so far under the sea, very little water finds its way in. The latter is pumped out at the rate of 55 cubic feet an hour for Takashima, and for Hashima at a rate of 83 cubic feet. Fans for keeping the air pure and the electric light are freely used. When the electric light is not practicable safety lamps of the Debie, Krahn and Thomas types are used. About 2,000 employes are constantly engaged, of whom 1,550 are miners. The monthly average output is 16,100 tons, or about 1J tons per man.
Next in importance and quality of produce are the Miike mines Miike mines, near Kuchinotsu, which, under the name of the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, are owned by the Mitsui family. The company’s own steamers carry the coal to Eastern ports, bringing back sugar, raw cotton and manure, which are transhipped for distribution at Kuchinostu. ^
The drawback to the export of coal from the Miike mines, which lie 35 miles distant from Kuchinotsu, is the shallowness of the water at Omuta, the port for Miike, where the coal is loaded into lighters and towed to Kuchinotsu for shipment.
To obviate this the Mitsui Company are constructing a dock and wharves at Omuta, of which details may be found in the Keport on the Nagasaki trade for the year 1902 (No. 3084 Annual Series).The construction of these wharves, &c., when completed, as originally estimated, in 1906, will enable ships of 7,000 to 8,000 tons to load direct without recourse to lighterage, and will obviously be of the greatest advantage.
The Mitsui family own also the Tagawa coal mines in the province Other mines of Buzen, and the Yamano mines in Chikuzen, the outlet being in both cases Moji.F.i|In 1902 the Tagawa mines produced 366,520 tons of coal, and those at Yamano 129,767 tons. j *•
Other mines are the Mutabe mines, owned by the Karatsu Coal Company, which produced 80,000 tons in 1902 ; the Akaike, Meiji and Takao mines in Chikuzen and Buzen, Northern Kiushiu, which produced respectively 200,000, 500,000 and 150,000 tons, or a total of 850,000 tons in 1902 ; the Kitagata coal mines in Saga, which produced 240,000 tons in that year, and the Akasaka and Fukumo mines in the same province with an output of 250,000 tons.
Although Moji is no longer included in this Consular district, Coal from the to the following table giving the export of coal from Nagasaki, tllree Ports Kuchinotsu and Karatsu for five years, is added a column giving ^SiPMoji. the Moji exports for the sake of comparison :—
The shipbuilding industry, one of the most important of this district, cannot be passed over without notice. y
The following notes have been courteously supplied by the Mitsu Bishi Dockyard and Engine Works, of Nagasaki, who represent the shipbuilding industry in this place.
Important additions or extensions made in the above works in 1903 are as follows :— The boiler shop has been added to with one iron building 177 feet long by 58 feet wide by 49 feet high to the south of the old building, and equipped with a 40-ton electric overhead travelling crane and many other machines added ; also a flangeing shed with iron roofing and sides (170 feet by 71 feet) has been built and equipped with a hydraulic danger, two hydraulic cranes, annealing furnaces and powerful duplex hydraulic pumping gear, &c., with many smithy fires. ,
Foundry shop.— The brass foundry, though it was lately extended by 50 feet length and 102 feet width, still being found insufficient, a further extension of 102 feet by 50 feet has been made to the west of the iron foundry, and is now in full working order, with seven 3-ton radial cranes, &c. A 5-ton Stones’ patent bronze air furnace has also been installed.
An addition to the iron foundry has been made by an extension of the main building to the east, 142 feet long and 102 feet wide, for the purpose of manufacturing steel castings with all the latest improvements in plant necessary for such work. " t ' Le h
Pneumatic tools having been tried on a small scale, as an experiment, during the last two years, have been increased in order to use them generally at the yard, a powerful air compressing engine having been installed, also one powerful portable pneumatic plant for repairing ships in dock, &c. |
To the electric power-house at Akunoura Engine Works has been added a brick building 85 feet long by 34 feet wide, one part of the building being used as the hydraulic power-house where are installed powerful hydraulic pumps, &c. ; the other part for the electric power-house, equipped with one powerful battery plant consisting of a 100 kilowatts motor-driven booster and 132 cells of Tudor type, with a discharge capacity of 3,000 amp&re-hours.* -|£j
About 90 of the newest type of machines, including a 50-ton material testing machine at Akunoura Works and 100-ton chain testing machine at Tategami yard have been installed.
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The number of workmen employed at the end of 1903 was 5,416. The work on the No. 3 Dock, now under construction, is well
advanced, and is expected to be completed by November, or at the latest by December, 1904. The principal dimensions of the dock were given in last year’s trade report for Nagasaki.
During 1903 eight steamers were completed, of an aggregate gross tonnage of 18,532 tons and indicated horse-power of 18,023, and the details of these steamers, as well as the work in hand at the close of 1903, is shown below :—
The docking business of the company in 1903 was as follows :—
Number of GrossVessels. Tonnage.
Japanese—Vessels of war . . 7 14,791Merchant vessels 40 64,258
Foreign—Vessels of war .. 8 28,441Merchant vessels I 41 1 82,144
The aggregate tonnage of the merchant shipping under all flags entered at Nagasaki, Kuchinotsu and Karatsu in 1903 shows an increase of over 135,000 tons on that of the previous year. Every country has benefited by this increase with the exception of France and Russia, which show a decrease of 81,514 and 134,756 tons respectively. The largest gainer in tonnage is the United Kingdom, with an increase of 168,806 tons, whilst Japan has increased by 110,555 tons and the United States of America by 45,674 tons.
A t Nagasaki 551 Japanese vessels, of 717,259 tons, entered in 1903, as against 504 vessels, of 616,507 tons, in 1902 and 415 vessels, of 585,373 tons, in 1901.
A t Kuchinotsu 152 Japanese vessels, of 211,043 tons, entered in 1903, as against 138 vessels, of 193,197 tons, in 1902 and 107 vessels, of 156,908 tons, in 1901, while the aggregate of Japanese vessels entering the three ports in 1903 was 776 vessels, of 960,953 tons, against 710 vessels, of 850,396 tons, in 1902 and 698 vessels, of 797,203 tons in 1901. These figures exclude the small coasting steamers plying between Nagasaki and the neighbouring coast ports not open to foreign trade.
In 1903 most of the Japanese vessels which entered belonged to the two principal shipping companies of Japan, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japan Mail Steamship Company) and the Osaka Shosen Kaisha (Merchant Shipping Company of Osaka). The former company had five lines calling at Nagasaki, viz., a weekly service to Shanghai, a monthly service to Australia, and others to North China direct, to North China via Corean ports, to Vladivostock and to Formosa.
The Osaka Shosen Kaisha has also fortnightly services from this port to Corea and to Formosa.
A third company, the Toyo Kisen Kaisha (Oriental Steamship Company) had also three large steamers running between Hong- Kong and San Francisco, touching at Nagasaki, and alternating with the steamers of the Pacific Mail and those of the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Companies.
In British shipping at Nagasaki in 1903 there was an increase of 17 in number and of 54,937 tons, whilst at Kuchinotsu there was an increase of 28 in number and of 83,704 tons, all of the latter for steamships in search of coal cargoes.
Of the British shipping which entered Nagasaki during 1903, the number and tonnage of vessels of the principal lines were as follows :—
The Ocean Steamship Company.— 21 steamers of 87,327 tons, as compared with 30 steamers of 82,806 tons in 1902.
“ B e n ” Line.— 17 steamers of 31,524 tons, as compared with 16 steamers of 29,370 tons in 1902.
China Mutual Steamship Company.— 14 steamers of 51,641 tons, as compared with 15 steamers of 51,060 tons in 1902.
“ G len” Line.— 11 steamers of 28,618 tons, against 6 steamers of 15,907 tons Jin 1902.
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“ Shire ” Line.— 6 steamers of 14,940 tons, as compared with 8 steamers of 19,701 tons in 1902, and
“ Indra ” Line.— 3 steamers of 9,884 tons.The mail steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental Company have
ceased to call at Nagasaki, but 7 of that company’s “ intermediate ” cargo and passenger steamers, with a tonnage of 21,830 tons, called in 1903, as compared with 3 vessels of 8,050 tons capacity in 1902.
Of the Trans-Pacific lines, 48 steamers of the Canadian Pacific Trans-Pacific. Railway Company of 137,235 tons, and 29 steamers with a tonnage capacity of 81,049 tons of the White Star Line, under charter to the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, called at this port in 1903, as compared with 50 steamers of 142,487 tons of the former and 29 steamers of 80,774 tons belonging to the latter in 1902.
Of the China Navigation Company and of the Indo-China Com- pany, plying between Far Eastern ports, 5 vessels of 6,216 tons and 6 of 7,786 tons respectively called at Nagasaki in 1903, whilst of all other ocean-going steamers npt belonging to lines above specified,18 vessels of 42,937 tons entered at the port in 1903.
French shipping decreased from 46 vessels of 101,905 tons in French 1902 to 10 vessels of 20,391 tons in 1903, of which 4 of 6,786 tons 8hiPPinS- were sailing vessels. The remaining 6 entries of steamers were 3 entries of the regular liners of the Messageries Maritimes on the Marseilles-Yokohama run, with a total tonnage of 6,491 tons ; 2 “ intermediates ” of the same company of 4,181 tons, 1 of which, the “ Australien,” came in for docking only after running ashore in the Inland Sea ; and 1 vessel of 2,933 tons of the Federation Maritime de Bretagne, with general cargo.
Of the sailing vessels, 2 of 3,499 tons of the Compagnie de Navigation Frangaise brought coal from Cardiff, and 2 of other companies, with a tonnage of 3,286 tons, brought oil from Philadelphia.
German shipping at the port of Nagasaki shows an increase of German 11 vessels and a tonnage of 2,641 tons, 91 vessels with a tonnage of smPPin&* 293,013 tons having entered in 1903, as compared with 80 vessels with a tonnage of 290,372 tons entered in 1902. Of these entries in
. 1903, 12 vessels with a tonnage of 79,914 tons belonged to the Hamburg-Amerika Line, and 40 vessels with a tonnage of 159,921 tons belonged to the Norddeutscher Lloyd Company.
Russian shipping at Nagasaki showed a serious fall from 249 Russian ships of 385,609 tons in 1902 to 175 vessels of 250,853 tons in 1 9 0 3 ,shipplng' of this number 2 having been sailing vessels of 147 tons capacity.
The extension work’ of the Nagasaki waterworks, which was taken Waterworks, in hand in July, 1900, has just been com pleted.^The work includes six filter beds, each 140 feet long and 112~feet hTwidth, as well as a distribution pond measuring 200 feet in length and 13 feet in depth.The total cost amounted to 156,758?,, obtained from the following sources :—
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Harbourworks.
Amount.
Municipal loan .. ,, tax ..
State subsidy-
Total
£108,760
4,18643,812
156,758
W ork on the Nagasaki harbour reclamation was started in October, 1897, and was estimated to occupy seven years in completion, or to be finished by September, 1904.
The estimated cost, as originally calculated, although subsequently amended, was as follows :—
Amount.
Subsidy from National Exchequer£
82,083„ the Nagasaki Prefecture 25,651
Public bonds, city taxes and sundryrevenue 210,338
Total cost (estimated) 318,072
This estimate was later increased by 186,560
Amended total cost .. 504,632
This estimate is covered by the following estimated receipts :—
Amount.
From National Exchequer£
82,083Prefectural subsidy 25,651Nagasaki City obligation 16,414Sundry revenue 80,546Public bonds (356,036 .̂ face value) ; . 299,938
Total . . 504,632
And the estimated expenditure under the new total is calculated as follows :—
Public bonds have been issued at intervals from 1897-1904, Public bonds, bearing no interest, but from 1905 and during the following 29 years the annual interest will be paid out of the rents received for the reclaimed lots, and after deducting this sum and the annual charges for the up-keep of the works, the balance will be devoted to the redeeming of the outstanding bonds.
The harbour bottom is dredged from a depth of 30 feet below Dredging, low water level to a depth of 21 feet below low water level. The total area under process of dredging is 397 acres.
The soil taken up by the dredgers has been used for filling in the Reclamation, reclaimed areas, and, above this, soil from the shore has been laid, bringing up the total height to 15 feet above low water mark. The total area of ground thus reclaimed amounts in all to 147 acres.
Stone retaining walls have been erected all along the water front Retaining upon a substructure of concrete blocks, of which two tiers of 3 fe e tAVillls> &c- height each have been laid from 5J feet below lowest water mark, and on these the walls have been erected. The retaining walls along the inner channels, which are not exposed to the water front, have been built up from the low water level, and in common with the others rise to a uniform height of 15 J feet above low water level.Provision has been made in these walls for about 44 landing places.The total length of the retaining walls built throughout this reclamation amounts to 5 miles.
For inter-communication between the different sections of the Bridges, reclamation, the dividing channels have been spanned by three iron (truss) bridges and 13 others of timber.
Drains are of two sizes. The main drains have a width of \\ feet Drains, and the lesser a width of D foot. Their total length is about 15 miles.
The new ground is provided with broad main roads, with a foot- Roads, way on either side. Their total length, when completed, will be 7-J miles.
There are five streams flowing into the harbour, which, though Embank- usually of insignificant dimensions, have but narrow channels, and ments* consequently during heavy rains carry down large quantities of earth and sand. This has|necessitated the construction of several training embankments.
Concrete blocks, which will number 2,710, and are used for the Concrete foundations of the retaining walls facing the harbour, measure 4 blocts- by 4 by 3 feet, and weigh 3 tons each.
The area of the reclaimed ground is made up as follows :—
Area.
Acres.Roads, drains, &c. 43Kyushu Railway Company’s land 29City land 75
Total 147
n(581)
NAGASAKI.
Population.
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The Japanese population of Nagasaki on December 31, 1903, numbered 154,727 persons, 84,204 being males and 70,523 females, living in 21,558 houses. This shows an increase, as compared with the numbers of the previous year, of 5,847 persons, a smaller ratio of increase than in 1902 or 1901. The foreign population of the port at the end of the year shows an increase of 99 persons, principally amongst residents of Russian and French nationality.
The following table gives the actual numbers under the different nationalities compared with those for 1902 :—
F oreign Population of Nagasaki on December 31, 1903.
Nationality.1903.
Total, 1902. :
Males. Females. Total.
British 52 40 92 125Russian 79 GO 139 113United States 5G 49 105 99German .. 20 18 38 47French 73 21 94 43Austro-Hungarian 9 G 15 27Portuguese 12 10 I 22 13Swedish and Norwegian 13 10 ! 23 12Danish 7 3 10 11Italian 11 G 17 10Roumanian G 12 18 10Turkish 3 2 5 8Dutch 9 3 12 4Greek 1 1 2Belgian G 1 7Unknown 1 1 ” 9
Miscellaneous, dried .. .. 30,841 - 29,841Grains and provisions .. 42,821 ! 22,931Lacquered ware .. .. 1,117 ! 7,845 6489
9,87213,500
Mushrooms Lbs. 208,401 10,847 286,619 1 14,730 207,689Paper and paper manufactures .. .. 15,047 14,156Porcelain and earthenware .. 4,528 i 5,538 6 A 02
Sundries ,, •• •• 80,556 71,705 ;J . . 82,869Total Japanese produce .. 432,639
75,967i 432,638 539,090
51,409Re-exports.. •• •• 24,092 ii ••
Grand total •• •• 508,606 •• 456,730 | •• 590,499
NAGASAKI.
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Annex III.— R e t u r n showing Total Value of all Articles Exportedfrom and Imported into Nagasaki to and from ForeignCountries during the Years 1903-1902.
Country.Exports. Imports.
1903. 1902. 1903. 1902.
British Empire— United Kingdom
£ £ £ £
7,007 0,480 308,451 267,633Hong-Kong British India . .
