Kanagawa boonio.--There are two Hattamoto, governors of this village, now risen into importance. The one is a man of 5,000 koku, the other of 1,200. Seki sho.--In the different provinces of Japan there are passes upon the roads, where, by reason of the surrounding hills, the road may be easily defended by a small force. These are considered the keys of the country, and at each place barriers (seki) are erected and guards appointed. These are important from a military point of view. In the province of Segami there are six seki or barriers. Okubo kanga no kami, Daimio at Odawara, has charge of them. They are--Hakonay upon the Tokaido, Neboo kawa, Yangura sawa, Sengo ku bara, Kawa mura, Tanega mura. In the province of Towotomi there are three gates--Imangiri, Arai and Kenga. In Kowotsuki are fourteen barriers--Fkushima, Goshina, Owo watari and another, Oossui, Yoko-ngawa, Koori, Kawa mata, Sarunga harra, Owo sassa, Dai-ïto, Kari jigu, Minami maki, Tokura. In Etsingo province are five barriers--Itchi foori, Hatchi dzaki, Seki ngawa, Mooshi kawa, Yama ngootchi. In the province of Sinano six--Kin oochi ji, Nami aï, Obi kawa, Ono ngawa, Fkushima, Ni engawa. In the province of Simosa four--Seki yado, Matsudo, Fusa kawa, Nakatta. In the province of Musashi four--Kobo toki, Ko iwa, Itchi kawa, Kana matchi. In the province of Owomi three--Yama naka, Yana ngassay, and another. At these barriers no woman is allowed to pass without a passport from the governor of Yedo. No Daimio is allowed to bring cannon or muskets past a barrier without permission. Guards are stationed at each, to examine every young person as to sex. This is done in order to keep the wives and families of Daimios at Yedo. In Sinano province there are large forests, the property of government, on the Kisso hills, under charge of a Hattamoto. Koondai (Kiun tai) is an officer who has the superintendence of all the Shiogoon’s land in the different provinces in which it lies. One officer has generally the lands in two or more provinces under his care. Dai kwan are smaller and lower offices, with duties similar to and under the Koondai. They look after the ground and crops on the ground belonging to government. They calculate the amount payable by rice fields. To ascertain this they frequently cut a tsubo (six feet square) dry, and thrash it, and calculate the product of the whole field therefrom. They receive the rents, make leases, and act as factors on government lands. There are thirty-seven Dai kwan.