豪州記行第二回 — Gōshū kikō dai nikai — A record of my second trip to Australia

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tables ; 22 cm. Title translated into English: A record of my second trip to Australia. This is a small (15 pages) handwritten outline of the conditions in Australia in the late 19th century. It outlines the land, government, economy, mining and agriculture sectors, education, trade and domestic consumption. Though the book itself has no information on when and where it was published, internal evidence would indicate that it was written in 1881. This would make this account of Australia the earliest in the collection. It is possible that Asami accompanied one of the early delegations that attended the International expositions in Sydney or Melbourne in 1879 and 1880 respectively. The style is objective and factual and ends with the statement that Japanese businesses could ignore Australia as a market for Japanese manufactured goods.