REVENUE  (omitting fractions)

Year 1 Ordinary Revenue Extraordinary Revenue Total Revenue (millions of yen) . (millions of yen) . (millions of yen) . 1878–9 53 9 62 1883-4 76 7 83 1888-9 74 18 92 1893-4 86 28 114 1898-9 133 87 220 1903-4 224 36 260 1908-9 476 144 620 The most striking feature of the above table is the rapid growth of revenue during the last three periods . So signal was the growth that the revenue may be said to have sextupled in the 15 years ended 1909 . This was the result of the two great wars in which Japan was involved, that with China in 1894–95 and that with Russia in 1904–5 . The details will be presently shown .