Note 39 — INTRODUCTORY

In July, 1903, there were, besides soldiers, 26,705 Japanese in the eight treaty ports and Seul and Ping-yang. To these must be added about 4000 who lived on some islands and places outside of the treaty ports. See the Dōbun-kwai Hōkoku (Report of the Dōbun Association), No. 41, pp. 95–96, and the Tsūshō Isan for October 18, 1903, pp. 29–47; April 8, 1904, pp. 28–52. Mr. Yamamoto places the number of the Japanese residents in Korea at 40,000. See his Saishin Chōsen Ijū Annai (latest guide for emigration to Korea; hereafter abbreviated as the Annai), Tokio, 1904, p. 14.