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the north coast and to Antung and Ta-tung-k'ow, the shipments being
almost entirely by junk.
Flour.The depreciation of silver gave a great impetus to the
import of native flour manufactured in native-owned mills using
foreign machinery, and the trade in American flour suffered consider-
ably, the figures being :American flour, 20,000 sacks ; native flour,
chiefly from Shanghai, 410,000 sacks. The Shanghai ground flour is
much patronised by the natives here on account of its relative cheap-
ness, the average price during the year being 3s. lleZ. per sack com-
pared with 4s. M. for the American. People, however, who can afford
it prefer the coarse flour ground in purely native mills from locally
grown wheat as being far more nutritious than the finely ground product
of modern machinery.
Coal.Japanese coal was imported to the extent of 95,264 tons
and Kaiping coal 10,000 tons, but on account of its comparative dear-
ness the latter is not in much request. On account of the constant...”
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