The countries of the world : being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe . and at Hakodate, out of 81 residents there, 23 were English and It) population of the more important cities is as follows:—Tokio, formerly called Yedo(in 1872), 595,905 people, or with its suburbs, 813,500; Koumamotou, 300,000; Kioto(Miako), 238,003 (in 1^72); Osaka (1877), 281,119; Kagosima, 200,000; Yokohama(1872), 01,; Kanasawa, 00,000; Nagasaki (1870), 47,112; and Niigata H^,772. The revenue for 1878-79 was estimated at 53,275,920 yen,
The countries of the world : being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe . and at Hakodate, out of 81 residents there, 23 were English and It) population of the more important cities is as follows:—Tokio, formerly called Yedo(in 1872), 595,905 people, or with its suburbs, 813,500; Koumamotou, 300,000; Kioto(Miako), 238,003 (in 1^72); Osaka (1877), 281,119; Kagosima, 200,000; Yokohama(1872), 01,; Kanasawa, 00,000; Nagasaki (1870), 47,112; and Niigata H^,772. The revenue for 1878-79 was estimated at 53,275,920 yen, or £10,055,185, and theexpenditure at precisely the same amount. The national debt amounts to £75,050,070, anincrease in one year of the public liabilities to the amount of £2,101-,935. Another • • In its higher forms Shinto is simply a cultured nnd intelloctunl atheism; in its lower forms it is Mindobedience to govcmracntiil and priestly dictates (tiriffia). Buddhism, an importation from China, is the secondreligion professed, hut of late the Government has been in search of a new one. 308 THE COUNTRIES OF THE IAN-MAKING IX JAPAN. unwelcome feature in Japanese national life is the gradual but steady depreciation of thepaper currency, which is now at a discount of l-3 per cent, compared with the silver, aresult of the over-issue of this inconvertible money, of which ,000,000 yen are now in circulation, it forniiun almost the onlycurrency in the country. The revenue isderived from customs, land tax, miningstax, taxes on official salaries, family andgood service pensions, and produce of theHokkaido, or colonies (Yezo and the Ku-riles), chiefly consisting of timber, fisheries,furs, and agricultural produce; * the tributefrom the Loochoo Islands, the tax on alco-holic liquors and tobacco, stamps, receiptsfrom mines, telegraphs, and railways; themint, paper money bureau, factories. Govern-ment propert}^ &c. On the other hand therevenue is expended on the redempt
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