h at police station 445,502
Gambling and lotteries 81,649
Larceny 81,063
Fraud and usurpation 49,772
Assaults 19,022
Robbery 10,383
Arson 9,533
Accidental assaults 3,277
Obscenity 2,796
Wilful injury 2,032
Murder 1,886
Abortion 1,252
Abduction 907
Rioting 813
Official disgrace 481
Military and naval 387
Desertion 315
Forgery 307
Coining 206

PROSTITUTES [VII]. The chief of police was good enough to let me have
a copy of the form to be filled up by girls desiring to enter the
houses in the prefecture. It is under nine heads: 1. The reason for
adopting the profession. 2. Age. 3. Permission of head of household.
If permission is not forthcoming, reason why. 4. If a minor, proof of
permission. 5. House at which the girl is going to "work." 6. Home
address. 7. Former means of getting a living. 8. Whether prostitute
before. If so, particulars. 9. Other details.

When I was in Japan there were reputed to be about 50,000 _joro_
(prostitutes), about half that number of geisha and about 35,000
"waitresses."

PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES [VIII]. In 1917 the number of paupers, tramps
and foundlings relieved by the State did not exceed 10,000. The number
of institutions was 730 (of which 40 were run by foreigners), with the
expenditure of about 5-1/2 million yen.

CHANGES IN RURAL STATUS [IX]. It seemed that during 47 years 18
tenants had become peasant proprietors, 14 peasant proprietors had
become landowners (that is men who make their living by letting land
rather than by working it), 8 tenants had stepped straightway into the
position of landowners, 7 landowners had fallen to the grade of
peasant proprietors and 7 more to that of tenants, while 114
householders had changed their callings or had gone to Hokkaido.

HOURS OF WORK PER DAY [X]. One of these villages showed that during
January and February it worked 6 hours, during March and April 8
hours, from May to August 12-1/2 hours, during September and October
9-1/2 hours, and during November and December 9 hours. There was a
further record of labour at night. In January and February it worked
from