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FINANCE-MINT AEMY AND NAVY.
year 1878 there were altogether as many as 159, of which 35 had been entirely
built by means of voluntary contributions. As in most European states, vaccination
has become obligatory.
FINANCE MINT ARMY AND NAVY.
The finances of the Empire are not in a very flourishing state. Being anxious
to stand on a footing of equality with the European nations, whose systems of credit
it was studying, Japan has not been able to resist the temptation of creating a
Fig. 217. ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS OF JAPAN.
Scale 1 : 16,000,000.
, SCO
Miles.
The numbers inscribed on this map correspond to those of the tables.
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public debt. Including paper money,* its liabilities amount altogether to upwards
of 72,000,000, of which no more than 2,400,000 are due to foreign banks. The
pensions of the nobles and the redemption of their privileges represent over
40,000,000 of the whole debt, the annual interest on which now amounts to
3,200,000. Fully two-thirds pf
land tax.
the national income are derived from the
Being protected by the sea, Japan could scarcely stand in need of a standing
army. But during the critical times following the revolution, the new government
Paper money circulating in 1881, 22,600,000.
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