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Stranica 29 - Act, 1867,' which came into operation on the 1st July, 1867, by royal proclamation. The Act orders that the constitution of the Dominion shall be 'similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom ;' that the executive authority shall be vested in the Sovereign of Great Britain and Ireland, and carried on in her name by a Governor-General and Privy Council; and that the legislative power shall be exercised by a Parliament of two Houses, called the ' Senate,' and
Stranica 321 - When meals are served, small tables, not more than one foot high, are used, and the family sit on the floor like tailors on their benches. When the meal is finished the table is removed and the room is ready for a sitting-room, the mats serving as seats. At night cotton comforters are brought from a small clothes-press and spread on the mats, and lo ! a sleeping chamber. Thus, much of the room icquired by a laborer of our Western civilization is saved.
Stranica 326 - ... special skill in their production, and therefore the labor wage is low. In the manufacture of silk, lacquer, porcelain, enamels, bronzes, embroideries, and in their paintings, skilled labor must enter, and is paid proportionately. What has been said of agricultural labor as to the use of machinery, can be repeated of mechanical work, It is, in the main, hand labor. Labor-saving machinery does not enter as a factor, to any appreciable extent, into the industries of Japan. I doubt if there are...
Stranica 321 - The drainage from sinks and cess pools in the vicinity of tenements is, as a rule, extremely defective, and is, doubtless, a powerful agent in producing epidemic diseases. In 1875, when the population was 33,300,675, there were 7,389,371 houses or tenements, the average number of occupants to each being, therefore, less than 5. In Tokio the number is 4; in Kanagawa ken, 4.5; Nagasaki ken, 4.7; Fukushima ken, 5.5; Miyaga ken, 5.9; Awamorl ken, 5.8 ; Osaka City, 3.7.
Stranica 322 - ... goes to the General Government for its decision. Although these assemblies possess no legislative power, they contain the germ of representative local self-government. The system needs to be extended so as to include, among the representatives, intelligent people of all classes, and to have the powers now exercised materially increased. That this consummation will be achieved is almost certain. Nor will reform in this direction stop here. The agitation pervading all classes in Japan in favor...
Stranica 317 - Schools were to be found in the larger towns of the provinces and in many of the smaller villages. Where schools were not available, reading and writing were, in some measure, taught in the household. It must be understood that what is denominated as education here is not education in the sense the term is used in Europe and America, and especially in recent times. The most highly educated man in Japan knew some thousands of Chinese characters, a few books of the Chinese classics, the books of ceremonies,...
Stranica 320 - There are no means available for giving accurate data as to the number and tonnage of the old style of native sailing vessels, known as "junks." The gross tonnage must be very large. They run along the coast to and from all the ports, and give cheap service, much cheaper than steam or foreign sailing vessels. Latterly loud complaints have been made of the interference by the government with the ves gels in the interests of the steam monopolies.
Stranica 312 - The unique civilization of an island empire, with an area of 150,000 square miles aud more than 35,000,000 of people, was then .first presented to modern times for study and investigation. Since that time libraries of books and pamphlets and volumes of letters have been written upon every phase of that civilization, except the status aud condition of the laborer.
Stranica 322 - A decree has been promulgated by which local election assemblies have been created, the electors of which are confined to such of the landholders as pay at least $10 land tax. At present the power of these assemblies is only deliberative and advisory. The governor of the province submits his fiscal estimates for local expenditures and they examine and pass upon them. If they disagree with him the whole matter goes to the General Government for its decision.
Stranica 317 - RELIGION. The religion of the imperial families is Shintoism, or the worship of the country or Empire through its heroes or great men. That of the great mass of people is Buddhism ; not that of India, but a system...