Expenditures of the Russo-Japanese war / by Gotaro Ogawa.

226 ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

This table concerns the ships controlled by the Nippon
Yusen Kaisha and does not include those chartered by the
government. It therefore indicates the entire work of the
company in its home and foreign departments, both before
and during the war. Thus, we see that during the war our
power of sea transportation decreased almost by one-half in
the number of voyages and to less than one-third in mileage.
The arrivals at and sailings from our ports in 1904 as
against 1903 showed a decrease of 2,611 steamships, with an
aggregate tonnage of about 4,300,000 tons, and 485 sailing
vessels, with a gross tonnage of some 65,000 tons; the decrease
was most conspicuous for Japanese vessels. As compared
with the previous year, our steamers decreased by 60 per cent
in number and their aggregate tonnage by 78 per cent; our
sailing vessels decreased by 12 per cent in number and their
gross tonnage by 34 per cent. All the foreign vessels, except
those of Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Russia, and France,
showed a decided increase in Japanese bottoms. As there
was comparatively little decrease in the number of passengers
and the volume of freight, and especially in the sum of freight
charges, we can understand to what extent the people suffered from the absorption of shipping service by the war.
EFFECTS OF WAR ON SHIPPING, 1903-I907
Company Year Passengers Freight Passenger Freight Total
fares charges revenue
No. Tons Yen Yen Yen
OsakaShosen 1903 1,898,602 I8,861,457 1,830,097 3,322,609 5,152,706
Kaisha 1.904 1,682,658 20,026,004 1,838,935 3,96I,075 5,800,010
1905 I,87I,I03 25,604,434 2,244,334 5,224,561 7,468,895
1906 1,942,972 24,954,355 2,703,445 5,448,843 8,I52,288
I907 1,993,520 29,584,669 3,082,965 5,738,283 8,821,248
Toyo Kisen I903 12,886 84,801 1,347,247 983,951 233,198
Kaisha I904 2,029 19,152 204,076 139,605 233,681
I905 I,o34 9,40i 91,337 III,Io8 202,445
1906 13,268 79,304 1,643,253 I,025,068 2,668,321
I907 16,858 124,964 1,539,949 1,815,391 3,355,340
This is an outline of the war's effects on shipping. Now let us
investigate its effects on home and foreign routes separately.