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| Paddy | Upland
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|Good |Ordinary|Bad |Good |Ordinary|Bad
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Hokkaido |231 |158 |95 |115 |62 |26
{North } |802 |579 |366 |477 |295 |170
Honshu {Tokyo } |863 |607 |406 |673 |442 |272
(main {middle} |1,226 |834 |523 |875 |565 |313
island){west } |1,226 |840 |525 |727 |443 |244
Shikoku |1,120 |784 |470 |752 |450 |225
Kyushu |960 |652 |416 |538 |300 |175
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FRUIT PRODUCTION [LV]. The Japanese when they do not eat meat do not
feel the need of fruit which is experienced in the West. But there is
now a steady increase in the fruit crops. For 1918 the figures were
(in thousands of _kwan_): persimmons, 43,620; pears, 27,730; oranges,
73,660; peaches, 12,810; apples, 6,695; grapes, 6,240; plums (largely
used pickled), 6,190.

JAPANESE STUDENTS ABROAD [LVI]. During 1921 more than 200 young
professors or candidates for professorships were sent to Europe and
America by the Ministry of Education. Probably another 300 were
studying on funds (L450 for a year plus fares is the grant which is
made by the Ministry of Education) supplied by the Ministries of
Agriculture, of Railways and of the Army and Navy (often supplemented,
no doubt, by money furnished by their families). If to these students
are added those sent by independent Universities, institutions,
corporations and private firms, the total cannot be fewer than 1,000.
The students stay from six months to two or three years, and when they
return others take their places. Counting diplomatists, business men,
tourists and students there are, of course, more Japanese in Great
Britain than there are British in Japan. There are fifteen hundred
Japanese in London alone.

TEA PRODUCTION [LVII]. Every prefecture but Aomori produces some tea,
but very little is grown in the prefectures of the extreme north. The
largest producers are in order: Shidzuoka, Miye, Nara, Kyoto,
Kumamoto, Gifu, Kagoshima, Shiga, Saitama, Osaka and Ibariki. In 1919
Shidzuoka produced 4 million _kwan_, valued at nearly 13 million yen.
But the statistics of tea production are unsatisfactory. Much tea is
produced and sold locally