Agriculture and Commerce, as quoted by the "Japan Advertiser," announces that trade with China during the first six months of the current year was much depressed. No definite figure is given as to the Shanghai trade, but it is a fact that trade there was inactive in exports and prosperous in imports. That the principal imports witnessed an increase in 199 lines and a decrease in 98 lines affords proof of this fact.
In contrast to the decrease in Japanese commodities, there was remarkable increase in the quantity of British and American goods, this phenomenon being conspicuous in piece goods. In the first half of last year, no remarkable change was shown in the figures for Japanese goods, because the anti-Japanese agitation had little effect and previous engagements were being filled. But in the corresponding period of this year, not only was the boycotting of Japanese commodities at its climax, but the economic depression' prevailed throughout the domestic market. "The table below shows the quantity of Japanese, British, and American imports of piece goods and six other lines:
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