Petition on the matter of requesting steamers to make a port call at Kuba Island
I was granted permission to lease and develop the land on Kuba Island and Uotsuri Island in the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa Prefecture on August 15, 1896. Based on the order and in accordance with the prospectus, I sent a dozen farmers and fishermen to the islands to commence farming and fishing. Harvest and marine product outputs from the developed lands are increasing each year. This meets the aim of promoting and encouraging this new industry, and will surely serve the best interests of Japan. (text omitted) This business has already been established and I cannot suppress my zeal -- I forget to eat or sleep -- for wanting to contribute to Japan by expanding the project continuously. For the sake of this project, could you please give your special consideration to ask Osaka Shosen Kabushiki Kaisha to arrange three or four round trips with its steamers? I am willing to sign a detailed agreement with the company. Thank you very much for your help.
23 Aza-Nishi, Naha-ku, Okinawa Prefecture January, 1899 Tatsushiro KOGA (civilian) To: Okinawa Prefectural Governor
I verified this letter. January 13, 1899 Mayor of Naha-ku [Official Seal]
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On the matter of requesting for making a port call at Kuba Island from Tatsushiro KOGA:Letter dated January 1899, from Tatsushiro KOGA to the Okinawa Prefectural Governor [Shigeru NARAHARA]
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| Document title | On the matter of requesting for making a port call at Kuba Island from Tatsushiro KOGA:Letter dated January 1899, from Tatsushiro KOGA to the Okinawa Prefectural Governor [Shigeru NARAHARA] |
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| Date created (Western calendar) | [January 1899] |
| Date created (Japanese era) | [January Meiji 32] |
| Author(s) / Editor(s) | [Tatsushiro KOGA/handwritten copy by Tasuku YOKOUCHI] |
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| Name of publication | Document [6828] |
| Content | This is a copy of the request from Tatsushiro KOGA to the Okinawa Prefectural Governor. Upon being granted permission for developing the Senkaku Islands from the Prefecture on August 15,
1896, Tatsushiro sent farmers and fishermen to the islands. In May 1898, he sent more people to expand the project. (The supervisor was Tatsushiro’s nephew Nobutaro OTAKI. See the “Senkaku
Gunto Jijyo [Senkaku Islands Situation],” an article of the Ryukyu Shimpo on the July 17, 1898.)
This enabled to promote further development in the islands. Harvest and marine product outputs from the developed lands were increasing each year. However, since Tatsushiro used small fishing boats for transportation at that time, the amount of carrying capacity and days required to be transported were restricted. In order to strengthen and stabilize traffic transportation means, Tatsushiro requested the prefectural governor to contact Osaka Shosen to ask if the company could arrange steamers to perform three or four round trips per year to the islands. |
| Language | Japanese |
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| Public access | Available to the public(copy) |
| Repository | Naha City Museum of History |
| Medium | Paper |
| Copies | 4 |
| Reference No. | s1899010000101 |
| Reference & Information | Follow the instruction at the Naha City Museum of History |
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