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“...8
kobe.
the level of 1908, even with an aggregate increase of some 177,OOOZ.
on the preceding ye&r. The only decrease is in the value for oil cake,
but this is to be attributed partly to the check on imports caused by
local disturbances in Manchuria. There is a strong recovery in
ammonium sulphate, a British product, and in phosphates, no doubt
due to farmers understanding better the use of chemical fertilisers.
Drugs and chemicals.The aggregate import under the heading
of Drugs and chemicals," though slightly less, is practically stationary.
Chlorate of potash alone shows any considerable decrease on last
year's figures.
Machinery.The imports of Continental and American machinery
during 1910 were very large. Amongst the large orders for Continental
plant may be mentioned the Ujikawa Hydro-Electric Power Station,
the contracts for which, amounting to 120,000/., were divided between
two Continental firms, and the Nankai Railway electrification plant,
for which one of the two above-mentioned...”
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“...32,638
Dutch Borneo... 5 16,600 5 16,600
Philippine Islands 4 12,639 4 12,639
Straits Settlements ... 4 12,089 4 12,089
Christmas Island 3 6,837 3 6,837
Manchuria ...... 1 2,727 1 2,727
Sumatra ...... 1 2,598 1 2,598
Mozambique ... 1 2,571 1 2,571
Siberia ... 1 1,228 1 1,228
Total ...... 360 i 1,139,670 i 2 5,298 362 1,144,968
Cleared.
With Cargo. In Ballast. Total.
To_
Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage.
United Kingdom 73 252,078 ! 73 252,078
United States...... 63 228,027 : 63 228,027
Belgium 29 102,803 29 , 102,803
India and Burmah . 29 87,540 | 29 j 87,540
China......... 24 74,040 ! 1 2,571 25 76,611
Canada... 22 69,729 i 22 69,729
Australia ...... 21 61,363 | 21 61,363
Hong-Kong ...... 10 31,974 1 5,810 11 37,784
Philippine Islands 9 30,212 | 9 30,212
Manchuria ...... 1 3,222 1 3,222
Straits Settlements ... 1 3,155 j 1 3,155
Argentina ......j 1 2,806 1 2,806
Cape Colony ... 1 2,557 ; 1 2,557
Total ...... 283 946...”
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“...to trade
direct exists in every line.
Foreign trade in 1910 was facilitated by the large supply of cheap
money due to the Government policy of national debt redemption and
conversion of such 5 per cent, loans as were redeemable into 4 per cent,
issues, leading to a reduction of interest on the part of the banks.
The opening months of 1911 have been marked by disturbing
factors, which have tended to interfere with the normal course of
trade, the first of these being the outbreak of plague in Manchuria
and North China, affecting imports of agricultural produce from
these localities and exports of cotton tissues, while the second has
been the uncertainty regarding the negotiations pending in connection
with the tariff questions involved in the revision of the treaties with
foreign Powers.
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c 2...”
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