Number of reelers’ households classified by number of reeling basin. 
Year 
Number of Basins 7908 791% 7918 1924 
Under 10... ae eee 336.996 329,498 251,631 193,615 
10030. 0... ahh 3,068 2,692 2,742 1,896 
SH 100... Le : 8n7 1,000 1,120 
100 and over... ....v. =" 5 84% 675 
300.£0 S00... x aie sein Er ro 104 
500.10:700. . ..5 3k a0 Foti eiyisans 33 
700 to 1,000 and over. .... CIEE rd 33 
Total... oars 1140 333.5630 23573508 . 203,674 
Coupled with the continuous increase in the total of reeling basins, the 
above figures show that the tendency is towards concentration of enterprises, 
filatures in large scale gradually displacing home industry. 
Production of Raw Silk 
The production of raw silk has been rapidly increasing of late, as the 
following figures show: Production of Raw Silk 
1913 7,18 1924 
Filiatures......... 2,851,435 kan 4,738,285 kan 6,589,371 kan 
Re-reels........ 636,491 kan 590.503 kan 440,374 kan 
Doupion silk. ....... 253,099 kan 466,934 kan 547,425 kan 
Total......".. Rumer 3 741.025 kan 5,795,542 kan 7,577,170 kan 
(1 Kan = 814 lbs. and 16 Kan = 1 bale). 
Out of the total production some 70 to 80 per cent used to be exported. 
The figures for 1918 and 1923 are as follows: 
7918 iad 
Total output............ 5795542 kan 1009, 7,577 '70 1009, 
Exported.............: 305,595,106 kann. 67.55% F596100%4 789, 
Consumed at home. ...... 1,900,436 ka 33.79, 1,616,146 229, 
CHAPTER 111 
TRANSACTIONS IN RAW SILK 
Raw Silk for Home Consumption 
AW SILK for home consumption is either transacted directly between 
R reelers and manufacturers, or indirectly through the hands ot brokers 
or dealers, 9-159, of raw silk sent to Yokohama for export is shipped 
back to home consumers. Usually the raw silk for home use is of an inferior 
quality or silk which, although of good quality, is not produced in sufficient 
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