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IIANKOW.
Hankow The Wuchang Cotton Mills, since passing under European
shirtings. management, appear to have been endued with new vitality, as
attested by an increased production. The export of shirtings rose
from 748?. in 1902 to 3,505?. in 1903.
Kice. Owing to the failure of crops in South China, especially in the
neighbourhood of Swatow, there was a great demand for rice. The
amount exported rose from 1,222,440 to 4,340,307 cwts., and the
value from 346,217?. to 1,178,041?., a difference of 3,117,867 cwts.
and 831,824?. To this should be added 647,620 cwts. of paddy
(unhulled rice).
In the early part of 1902 a tax of 400 cash per bag was imposed
on all rice exported from Hankow by Chinese. Later it was agreed
by all leading Chinese dealers and by most foreign firms that a tax
of 8 candareens (about 2\d.) per picul should be levied in addition
to the ordinary export duty. Certain merchants, however, who
had not been parties to this agreement, insisted that such a tax was
a contravention...”
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