PART II.

Character of Japanese Immigrants

Under this caption we will examine the occupation, the sex
and age distribution, the financial condition and the educational
status of Japanese immigrants, for they will enable us to get a
true picture of their character. We will begin with an analysis
of their occupation. According to the Japanese official statistics
the occupational distribution of the Japanese immigrants when
they left Japan was as follows:?

 

Year Number
Farmers &
Students | Merchants | Fisherman| Artisans | Laborers | Others Total
188675. 237 SOT uleeieeek ees: 3 44 10 332
LSS ce 267 OG Hees eee eee Sue stg 88 9 461
1888...... 196 LL ese es tee 13 184 35 599
1889...... 224 LOO Wetted as: 5 350 Zo 757
18905... 05. 198 Ze peeaarce eee 15 184 42 1,461
SON. 232 275 i 33 246 674 1,461
MSOZ sere 239 373 860 427 291 154 2,344
18982) 03 220 492 404 147 340 375 1,978
1894...... 182 236 593 94 254 138 1,497
ESO sess 193 297 30 5 424 100 1,049
BGO. 2.333 211 360 8 23 1,066 96 1,764
1} eee 244 390 527 84 6,008 102 1,945
1898%2.;.: 825 805 135 11 1,287 373 2,936
LSOO i: 481 1,882 87 170 3, 742 580 6,936
LOOO 437 2,159 1,463 1,540 4,366 597 10,562
1901... 508 627 39 12 83 Tad 1,986
1902 1,288 1,531 96 51 249 1,886 5,096
OOS 4 «c 1,340 1,745 87 50 223 1,767 5,215
1904.2 .5: 1,267 DODO Serena | seers 43 261 1,010 3,490
1905 .3.24 868 613 167 17 263 1,376 3,124
1906s 2,821 1,215 1,046 22 462 2,896 8,466
90%. ea 2,972 1,246 1,571 20 664 3,155 9,618
1908...... 882 592 837 28 534 639 3,826

1Compiled from the figures given in Imperial Statistical Annuals of
Japan, 1886-1910, inclusive. There is a discrepancy between these fig-
ures and those given on page 4, and it can be explained only by the
difference of the sources used. :

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