To foreign trade of Japan as this of China, agreement ports, 'from which nineteen are allow to be

To foreign trade of Japan as this of China, agreement ports, 'from which nineteen are allow to be continued only in the certain ports named', the head who is Yokohama, Osaka, Nagasaki, Hakodate, Niigata, and . Two basic cities, not agreement ports, are Tokio and Kioto. Tokio (1 300 000) is the capital and the main centre political, commercial, and literary activity of empire. In many respects Tokio - a 'modern' city. Its educational features are excellent. Its clearing also is good. Kioto (340 000) was before the capital, but after revolution 1868, it has been replaced in this respect Tokio. Yokohama (170 000), kept away from eighteen miles Tokio, is the main place of empire for foreign trade. Its foreign trade, really, is more than that half from the whole empire, being approximately 75 000 000$ annually. Osaka (487 000) concerning the population, the second city of empire, but its foreign trade is not big and is continued mainly in Hiogo, port about it. Niigata (50 000) is unique port of the agreement on a West side of Japan, a surf caused by a winter monsoon, doing flat western coast of the country very dangerous to shipment during half of year. Other important ports - (161 000) and Nagasaki (72 000). Nagoya (215 000) is the important internal city.
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IX. TRADING FEATURES OF AFRICA
AFRICA FIFTEEN YEARS AGO