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COREA.
Both bean and rice exports were assisted by the breakdown of a freight
conference between Corea, Kobe and Osaka.
Wheat (29,455?.) and barley (7,4251.).The 1910 crops were very
poor, and the small export resulting was further reduced by the supply
of grain to flour mills recently erected in Corea.
. Hides and shins (102,560?.) are sent to Japan as material for the
growing leather industry of that country.
Cattle (live-stock, 64,725?.) go to Japan and Vladivostock.
Ginseng (18,350?.).The crop has suffered from disease and in-
attention for the past few years, so that the export remains low, and
there was actually an import in 1910. As the root is not saleable until
the sixth year, the effects of the present improvements will not be
visible for some time. The sale of ginseng is a Government monopoly.
Gold ore (52,800?.).The gold production increases annually and
amounted for 1910 to 316,947 ozs. The export of ore is, of course,
trivial in comparison with that of bullion. This latter...”
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“...cotton by
1917.
Reports are now (February, 1911) to hand of the proposed formation
of a company for raising cotton in Corea, promoted by business men
in Japan, and approved by the Government-General. The capital
will be 500,000Z. (one-quarter paid up at formation), and operations
will commence with the purchase of 12,500 acres of cotton lands to be
cultivated by tenants. Should anticipations be realised, Corea will
before long be able to supply a good proportion of raw material to
the Japanese mills. The cotton district will be served by the Ho-nam
Railway.
Sericulture, live-stock farming, tobacco planting.In all these...”
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