Foreigners in Tokyo 1880s

How many foreigners did reside in Japan in the late nineteenth century?

On 1876, the centennial year of America's Independence, Willis's sister Clara wrote on her diary that there was only sixty two Americans then [29 June 1876].

Fred Victor Dickins (1838-1915) of University of London wrote that:

The total number of foreign residents [in Japan], exclusive of Chinese, was estimated in 1882 at 2650, of whom 1200 were of British nationality. In 1890 the number had increased to 3260, of which 1400 were British subjects.* 

    * The Chinese have steadily increased in number. In 1877 there were only 2107 Chinese residents in Japan, in 1879 there were 3649.  

[ The Life of Sir Harry Parkes, Vol.2, London: Macmillan and Co.,1894, p.445 ]

I've found an article on The British Friend, 1st Month 2nd, 1888, p.7.

Japan.— According to the latest returns of foreigners residing in Japan, there are 592 Americans, 343 Germans, 198 Frenchmen, and 1,423 British. Of foreigners in Government employ there are 27 Germans, 17 Americans, 8 Frenchmen, 8 Italians, 6 Dutchmen, and 68 Englishmen.

Yes, British was the majority of foreigners.
Willis was one of 17 Americans on the returns of the above.

As for Yokohama, a Professor R. H. Plummer, who visited Japan in 1888 wrote that “Yokohama is the chief seaport of the empire, with a population about 85,000, of whom 1200 are foreigners who have a limited district set apart for their purposes. ” [The Southern California Practitioner, April 1889, p.170]

I've found another figure about foreigners in Directory. See the following table. Pay particular attention to Yokohama (Kanagawa prefecture) was excluded.
Population data are based on the official web site of Tokyo prefecture  [人口の動き].

year	population of Tokyo	foreign residents in Tokyo
1875	932,458	――
1877	890,681	some 300 [Directory 1879, Tokyo p.390
1885	1,163,400	about 300 [Directory 1889, Tokyo p.527
1891	1,333,900	807* [Directory 1892, Tokyo pp.11-12
1900	1,947,300	――
1910	2,732,000	――

* on June 1891. 214 British, 204 American, 133 German.

Some 300 or 800 of foreigners in Tokyo in the 1880s ― I image that they could know each other, especially among English speaking people. It's a small world.

Note: Tokyo [東京 Tokei, Tokio] became the capital city of Japan when Meiji period [明治時代 1868-1912] started, however, it was not a prefecture of the largest population in Japan in the 1880s. In 1888 census, the largest was Niigata 新潟,  the second Hyōgo 兵庫,  the third Aichi 愛知 and the fourth Tokyo.

Last updated 18 Jan. 2015