The economic organization of Mishima Island with special reference to its development

The agriculture and fishery are the main industries in Misima Island, though their productive techniniques are yet primitive and the sale of their products are rathe poor. The inhabitants of the island, however, buy much goods from the main land. Needless to say, the balance between revenue and expenditure has not been rightly kept,result-ing in poverty. The Misima is, indeed, a poor island. In spite of the astonishing development of Japanese economy, the economic cnndition of the Misima did not attain to the standard stage of our general rural communities. It originated without doubt from the facts that the inhabitants could not accumulate the capital, perhaps owing to the drought, great distance from the market, smallenesss of the land, outflow of money due to the Joint Debt, lack of subsidy from the govern-ment etc..