Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 203. A country market. Ill — 204. 204. A market in Seoul (fif)&). Pictures 207 and 208 show types of the museums established by theGovernment to stimulate the commercial and industrial development of thePeninsula. Besides these estal^lishcd mxiseums, exhibitions devoted to thesame purpose are often held in different localities. New knowledge is thusdiffused among the local people while visitors are enabled to study localconditions and products without much trouble. For the latter purpose, foreignand Japanese exhibitions are also made use of by exhibiting Korean
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 203. A country market. Ill — 204. 204. A market in Seoul (fif)&). Pictures 207 and 208 show types of the museums established by theGovernment to stimulate the commercial and industrial development of thePeninsula. Besides these estal^lishcd mxiseums, exhibitions devoted to thesame purpose are often held in different localities. New knowledge is thusdiffused among the local people while visitors are enabled to study localconditions and products without much trouble. For the latter purpose, foreignand Japanese exhibitions are also made use of by exhibiting Korean productsin them to as great an extent as possible. External Trade;—Nothing indicates so clearly the recent growth of theeconomic power of Chosen as the trade returns given below. Decennial figuresare given for the first thiry jcars and aiuiual figures for the last ten years. Year Export Import Total Index number. Yen yen Yeii 1887 2,203,984 2,976,868 5,240,852 100 1897 11,:!56,450 12,218,159 23,574,609 441 1907 22,531,179 43,603,716 66,134,895 1,262 1909
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