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“...spring to 2 -47 taels (55.10(Z.) in the autumn and winter.
Coal.Japanese coal shows a falling-off, but the deficiency was
made up by considerable imports of Fushun and Kaiping coal, 13,000
tons of the former and 24,000 tons of the latter coming to the port.
Flour.American flour has practically dropped out of the market,
the import falling to 1,810 cwts. compared with 174,139 and 56,997 cwts.
in 1907 and 1908. Its place has been taken by native flour manu-
factured in Shanghai in native-owned mills using foreign machinery,
of which 800,000 sacks (273,809 cwts.) were imported, being double
the quantity for 1908.
Native imports.Native imports have risen considerably, due
chiefly to the increased import of native opium and to the rise in value
of most articles. The figures for the year amount to 1,345,450/.
compared with 928,176/. and 1,185,721/. in 1908 and 1907. Cocoons
increased considerably, the import amounting to 300,000 cwts. The
cocoon crop in the autumn was an average one, but, in...”
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