: China, 1,354; Australia, 6,570; Asiatic Russia,
165,463; Kwantung, 213,633; British America, 356,600; United States,
476,756; Hawaii, 3,046,598; other countries, 60,707--all obviously in
the main for Japanese consumption. The total imports and exports were
in _koku_ and yen over a period of years:

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| Imports | Exports |
Year |-----------------------|-----------|-----------|
| _Koku_ |Value (yen)| _Koku_ |Value (yen)|
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1909 | 1,325,243 | 13,585,817| 422,513 | 5,867,290 |
1910 | 918,627 | 8,644,439| 429,251 | 5,900,477 |
1911 | 1,719,566 | 11,721,085| 216,198 | 3,940,541 |
1912 | 2,234,437 | 30,193,481| 208,423 | 4,367,824 |
1913 | 3,637,269 | 48,472,304| 204,002 | 4,372,979 |
1914 | 2,022,644 | 24,823,933| 260,738 | 4,974,108 |
1915 | 457,606 | 4,886,125| 662,629 | 9,676,969 |
1916 | 309,158 | 3,087,616| 686,479 |11,197,356 |
1917 | 564,376 | 6,513,373| 769,129 |14,662,546 |
1918 | 4,647,168 | 89,755,678| 264,565 | 8,321,965 |
1919 | 4,642,382 |162,070,840| 95,219 | 4,327,690 |
1920 | 471,083 | 18,059,194| 116,249 | 5,897,675 |
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The twenty-five years' average (1888-1912) of excess of import
over export was 1,339,493 _koku_. See also Appendix XXVIII.

INCREASE OF RICE YIELD AND OF POPULATION [XXV].

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| | |Percentage | | Percentage
| 1882 | 1913 | of | 1918 | of
| | |Increase | |Increase[*]
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Population |36,700,000 |53,362,000 | 45 |66,851,000 | 55
Rice crop |30,692,000 |50,222,000 | 63 |53,893,000 | 75
(_koku_) | | | | |
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* 1882-1918. The degree to which the increase in production will
be maintained is of course a matter for discussion. As far as rice is
concerned, it must be borne in mind that there is an increasing
consumption per head.

FARMERS' DIET [XXVI]. It is officially stated in 1921 that "the common
farm diet consists of a mixture