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“.................................................... 26
Tallow .................................................. 27
Wood oil .............................................. 27
Bean oil and bean cake ..................................... 27
Antimony.............................................. 27
Other ores................................................. 28
Hanyang works ..........................'..................... 28
Yangtse Engineering Works, Limited ....V..................... 28
Wuchang mills............................................ 28
Frozen meat...................................x............... 29
Statistics
Table 1.Principal imports of foreign origin, 1908-09 ....... 30
2. native origin, 1908-09............... 33
3. exports of local origin, 1908-09...... 34
,; 4.Total value of trade with foreign Countries....... 37
5.Shipping........................................... 37
Note.Average value of Haikuan tael during 1909, 2s. 7^d....”
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“...re-exports abroad rose again by some 170,000 Haikuan
taels to 381,200?., larger shipments of Kiukiang leaf tea and lead ore,
hides and beans more than off-setting decreases in crude antimony,
zinc ore, Ping-hsiang coke and Kiukiang brick tea.
Native imports.Gross native imports advanced no less than
24 per cent, and the net total was nearly 37 per cent, better than in
1908. The notable increases are in opium from Yunnan and Szechuan,
coal and coke from Ping-hsiang, and yarn from the Shanghai mills ;
while the only decreases over 100,000 Haikuan taels are in last years
temporary supply of salt from the north, in sugar from Kuangtung
and silk piece-goods, a luxury too expensive for use in hard times.
Opium, foreign and native.Only Malwa and Patna opium were
imported in 1909 as in 1908, and, in the customs returns, while the tael
value of the former per lb. rose from 5*33 taels (145. 3c?.) to 6*21 taels
(165. 2c?.),in the case of the latter it fell from 5*43 taels (145. 6c?.) to
5*205 taels...”
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“...18
HAHKOW.
locally or sent along the river, with the exception of 300 tons shipped
to Japan. Of the increased import of coke only 7,446 tons went
beyond Hanyang, where more and more is required as the ironworks
develop.
Flour.'The net import of flour from abroad and from the Shanghai
and Wuhu mills fell from 3,019 and 3,585 cwts. to 1,923 and 418 cwts.
respectively, while the Hankow product more than doubled. Of the
five local mills, the Japanese mill, whose owner also has a mill at
Nagasaki, was the most successful, and one on the French concession,
claiming to be foreign, also made a profit. The Chinese mill that went
bankrupt during the crisis in December, 1908, remains idle. The
other two found a wide market in the three cities for their cheap, if
not superfine, article.
Indigo, artificial.An undesirable feature of the trade which is
becoming prominent is persistent adulteration by native dealers, in
spite of the introduction of sealed drums with notices pasted on them
warning the ...”
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“...staining leather
uppers and the worst quality may go into soap and candles. Already
over 9,000 tons of the new crop to be shipped after April (1910) have
been contracted for, although the total export this year was only some
9,500 tons. The loss by leakage happily was considerably less than in
1908. Of the export abroad America took 136,832 cwts. and Europe
53,160 cwts. Only some 7,850 cwts. were declared for London and
1,800 cwts. for Liverpool.
Bean oil and bean cake.The seven Hankow bean oil mills all made
money in spite of the rising market for beans, which ended by forcing
them to work half time. One Japanese concern will rebuild its cotton
seed oil mill which was burned and one Chinese will replace their bean
oil mill by a new plant to crush sesamum seed, while yet another is
encouraged to invest in new machinery. Bean cake goes to Swatow in
ever-increasing quantity but trial shipments to Europe proved that it
will not stand a long sea voyage.
Antimony.-r-The production of antimony still...”
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“...launches. The orders booked have
necessitated the installation of an additional plant and the extension of
the works in every way.
Wuchang mills.The cotton mills net profit for the Chinese year
was under 9,000?. Its out-turn reached 180,000 pieces of cloth (each
about 47 yards long and sold at about 155.) besides yarn. The spinning
mill lost some 1,100?. and the grass cloth mill about 2,900?., working only
some eight months out of the twelve. The latter has got rid of an
expensive staff of Japanese experts, who produced goods too fine for
the market, and sells a good deal of coloured and figured cloth for
clothing. The silk filature did better than ever before, making 400?.
net. The four concerns form one company with 8,000 shares of 100
taels (say 12?. 105.) fully paid, and the Government gets a rent for the
cotton and spinning mills of nearly 14,000?.
The dividend is to be 8 per cent, for the year, but with cotton at 4?,
against 3?. 105. a picul, the general prospect is not bright....”
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“... ,, 4,006 7,403 2,572 5,459
Fans ... ... 3,525,520 12,311 3,525,406 11,843
Fire-bricks ...Pieces 467,063 1,642 428,650 3,185
Grass-cloth ... Cwts. 8,113 58,623 6,490 47,210
Hides, cow ... ,, 1,940 6,633 8,251 30,052
Leather ... ,, 2,536 13,816 3,637 17,343
Medicines ... 95,734 ... 85,287
Musk ... Lbs. 254 8,834 193 6,298
Oil, castor ... ,, 800,200 15,359 569,733 11,601
Opium, native ... ,, 350,338 135,379 792,765 438,429
Paper, native ... Cwts. 15,584 51,596 10,463 37,203
Shanghai mills ... ,, 6,594 6,857 8,576 8,576
Peel, orange, &c. ... ... ,, 7,131 16,451 5,219 13,123
(353) c...”
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