Excerpt from General View of Commerce and Industry in the Empire of Japan The Empire of Japan, appreciating this grand opportunity of the World's Colum bian Exposition to be held next year in Chicago, United States of America, places before the world her industry and agricul ture. To endeavor to give, in the work of this kind; the full insight into the actual condition of the commerce and industry of this country, would 1 3 too voluminous and far less convenient. This little volume, how ever insignificant, is intended to furnish the brief outlines, entitled General View of Commerce and Industry in the Empire of Japan. Any advantage derived from this narrow scope will be of no small credit to the efiort of the Department. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.