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“...entirely
under control as at present. Her principal area of distribution
consists of the provinces of Chihli, Shanhsi, Shantung and Honan,
to which in 1902 she, under transit pass, sent goods valued at
1,84-9,300/., 540,500/., 170,750/. and 170,720/. respectively. Her
sources of supply are Mongolia, Hei-lung-chiang, part of Feng-t'ien,
Kansu, Shanhsi, Chihli, Northern Honan and Shantung, whence
in 1902 she drew produce valued at 1,100,000/., and the gold-fields,
scattered throughout Mongolia and Manchuria, which used to
. furnish about one-half of China's annual export of gold. It may
be assumed that the Trans-Siberian railway will attract all gold,
and furs and skins of large value in small bulk; that part of the
supply of Honan goat-skins will be carried down to Hankow direct;
that the German railways in Shantung will make every effort to
divert exports to Tsingtao ; and that a Russian railway from
Kalgan via Urga to Verkneudinsk will in some measure interfere
with wool supplies. The Russo-Chinese...”
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“...24
TIENTSIN".
Bristles and
jute.
Recovery of
advances in
respect of
wool.
tion. What trade there is is entirely in the hands of one German
firm, who appear to control Luton supplies from the north of China.
The trade in bristles, of which the better qualities come from
Manchuria, is a steadily growing one, as is that in the comparatively
new item, jute1,785 tons in 1902 against 1,160 tons in 1899.
Mr. Carles has alluded to a curious faculty certain small Chinese
towns possess of attracting to themselves special trades, in face
of the fact that there is no ostensible reason why a particular trade
should go to that particular place. A very good illustration hereof
is furnished by Chiao ch'eng, a name constantly recurring in con-
nection with the skin trade. It is a small district city south of
T'ai-yuan, the capital of Shanhsi, which in the course of the last-
few years has become a busy commercial centre, to the great per-
turbation of a recently arrived magistrate, who has discovered that...”
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“...efficient means of
communication with the outside world than the Chinese land lines.
There are military guards at every railway station, and it may
safely be predicted that the progress of Tientsin will not again be
so rudely interfered with as it was three years ago.
It is matter of regret to find that the remnants of the rabble,
which followed in the wake of the Expeditionary Forces, are being
augmented by the immigration of undesirable nondescripts, who
have filtered through from Siberia and Manchuria, and appear to
have found a happy hunting ground on the various new settlements,
greatly to the detriment of the repute of Western civilisation....”
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