The morning call., 1891-02-04


The receipts of the Post and Telegraph
Office during December last were DAG. 060 yen,
showing an increase of 1853 yen as COM
pared with The previous month.
The Directors of the Osaka Rice Exchange
declared dividend of IS yen share for the
last six months.
According 20 returns compiled by the
authorities the population and the number
of houses in Hakodate at the end OF last
year were As, 74S of which 24.S51 were males
and %, S97 femaleS) and II ,609 respectively,
showing an increase of 1915 and 697 as COM
pared with the population and number of
houses at the end of the first half of last
year.
The total figures of Japan's foreign trade
during 1890 have been determined at the
Customs Bureau of the Finance Depart
ment, and are given in the Choya Shimbun.
The aggregate value of the trade was 1885,
321, 246 yen, being an increase of 2, 156, $50
ven as compared with 1889. Of this total eX-
ports figure for Sc, j93, 513 yen and imports
for LIZ, 733 yen. 1t thus appears that the
excess of imports over exports was no less
than %, 134, go yen, and If we apply to this
correction of IS per cent for freight in
surance and other charges. the difference
becomes twenty-nine and half million yen
in round numbers. No such record had
been shown previously. OF course the
greater part of the excess of imports is to be
referred to the failure Of the rice crop in
1889. Under this one heading alone we
have loss Of fully seven millions on the ex-
port side. and gain of some ten millions
on the import, so that seventeen millions of
the difference are Immediately accounted
for, leaving only about eight millions to be
attributed TO the great disturbance of inter-
national exchange caused by the silver legis-
lation of tho United States.
A strange affair took place in Toxic
hotel on the night of January 10th. While
several members Of the lower house were
holding private meeting in one of the
rooms, ten young men went there and de-
manded to be admitted. This was refused
and struggle took rlace between the in
truders, the police and the servants. One Of
the legislators finally appeared, aud was in
formed by the young man that he and his
companions had been guilty OF gross I'M US
tice in regard to reducing the estimates Of
the budget. lie declined to treat with the
young fellows and started to return TO the
room. A rush was made which was pre-
vented by the police, who searched each
person and took from him dirk one foot
long. The whole gang were thrown into
prison.
Political affairs do not seem to work any
more smoothly, and the Diet is apparently
intent upon making the reductions in the
budget.
A proposition respecting treaty revision is
also shortly to be brought before them.
Meanwhile the soshi have become more
and more turbulent, attacks on and threat
eDing letters TO different Representatives be-
ing frequent, and at last the Government
was obliged, on the 18th inst, TO again put
the peace preservation regulations OF 1887 in
force, and a number of the ringieaders have
been ordered to quit Toxic.
The native silk merchants have held a
meeting and memoriallzed the Government
to advance them money TO enable item to
export the silk themselves.