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“...9
Tugs, lighters, &c......................................................................................................................................10
Warehouses, &c............................................................................................................................................10
Cranes ..................................................................................................................................................................10
South Manchuria Railway Company-
Electric enterprises....................................................................................................................................10
Gas..............................................................................................................................................................................10
Hotels ..........................................................................................10
Wharves ..................................”
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“...the Chinese is done in catties and
piculs, and with the Japanese according to Japanese measures, a list of which is
appended. Beans come down from the interior in bags, each of which weighs
from 185 to 200 lbs. avoir. Bean cake is reckoned by the piece, the weight of
which is nearly 60 lbs. Bean oil is sold by the picul and exported in old kerosene
tins (each holding about 37 lbs.) and drums, and to China in paper-lined wicker
crates. It has also been despatched to Europe in bulk.
The South Manchuria Railway Company's statistics are made up in short
tons.
Chinese—
1 catty
1 picul
1 Ii ...
1 mow
Japanese—
1 kin ......
1 ken (6 shaku) ...
1 ri (36 cho)
1 tsubo ......
1 koku (liquid) (10 to)
1 koku (dry)
1J- lbs.
133J lbs.
J mile
736J square yards
1-323 lbs.
5-965 feet
2-44 miles
36 square feet
39-703 gallons
4-963 bushels
Consular district, extent and population.—The Consular district of Dairen com-
prises the Kwantung leased territory and has an area of 1,220 square miles.
The...”
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“...SKETCH MAP OF PART OF MANCHURIA.
(with Dairen trade report).
Ordnance Survey Ofticc. ScnUhcurifjton , 1912.....”
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“...Dairen and 16,639 in tonnage. Japanese ships,
according to the customs returns, have decreased by 297 in number
and 70,775 in tonnage. Norwegian and Chinese shipping both show
a decrease; that of other countries is more or less stationary, with
the exception of Germany, the shipping of which has increased in
tonnage by 21,103 tons while in number it has decreased by 4.
The following are the Japanese steamship services from the
port:—
Company.
Nippon Yusen Kwaislia
Osaka Shosen Kwaisha
South Manchuria Rail-
way Company
Hokushin Rinsen Koslii
Shiki Gurai
Awa Kyodo Kisen
Kwaisha
Okamoto Eitaro...
Su Cheu-Hiang...
Route.
Yokohama and Newchwang, calling
at Kobe, Moji, Chemulpo, Dairen
and Taku en route
Osaka and Dairen, calling at Kobe
and Moji
Nagasaki and Dairen, calling at
various Japanese and Korean
ports
Yokohama and Dairen, calling at
various Japanese ports and
Chemulpo
Dairen and Shanghai
Dairen and Tientsin, calling at
Chefoo and Antung
Dairen and Sbihotsui, calling at
Port Arthur...”
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“...linked by rail to the main line of the South
Manchuria Eailway.
Cigarettes.—No details are obtainable of the countries supplying
cigarettes, the imports of which are rapidly increasing; but there is
little doubt that the major share of the trade is in the hands of the
British-American Tobacco Company, which more than holds its own
in Manchuria against its Japanese rivals.
Flour.—Flour and matches both show increases. In the case •
of the first this was due to bad harvests in the north, which forced
up the price of Harbin and Tiehling flour and resulted in heavy
purchases from the United States, where the crop had been very
good.
Matches.—A shortage in 1910, owing to excessive purchases in
1909 and the closing of the Changchun factory for three months on
account of the plague, account for the increased import of matches
in 1911.
Kerosene.—Kerosene oil is represented by Standard Oil products
alone. The Asiatic Petroleum Company now works Manchuria
through Newchwang, and, according to the...”
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“...8
DAIEEN.
Maximum. Minimum.
1911—
s. d.
s. d.
August
September
January
February
March
April...
May ...
June .
July ...
6 4| 5 8
6 8 6 2
6 5J 6 2f
6 111 6 5f
7 If 6 9}
7 24 6 ll|
7 0| 6 10J
7 6 6 lOf
7 8 6 ll|
The crop gathered in the autumn of the year 1911 was estimated
at about 60 per cent, of the average yield. This was due to the fact
that in South Manchuria, whence come the beans exported from
Dairen, there was a full month of heavy rain in July. This resulted
in floods which did great damage to the crop south of Tiehling.
North of that town the rains were not so disastrous, and the harvest
was in consequence only about 15 per cent, below the normal.
Deliveries were also affected by the outbreak of the revolutionary
movement, which frightened the farmers and prevented their bringing
in their crops as quickly as usual.
Prices for the last three months of the year, or the first three
months of the 1911 season, were as follows :—
It will be noticed from Annex 14 at the...”
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“...occupied by the wharves,
&c., is as follows :—
Acres.
Warehouses 23
Buildings of various kinds 3
Bailway lines 16$
Roads n
Coal dep6t ......... 6
Ground used for various purposes 2}
Unoccupied ground 71J
Total ... 127
Cranes.—The following cranes are available :—
Eleven floating cranes, 2 of 50 tons, 2 of 20 tons, 5 of 5 tons and
2 of 2 tons capacity respectively.
Fourteen portable locomotive cranes, 6 of 27 tons, 1 of 15 tons,
3 of 10 tons and 4 of 5 tons capacity respectively.
South Manchuria Railway Company.—The company has electric
light installation at four places along its line—Dairen, Mukden,
Changchun and Antung.
Receipts on account of electrical enterprises during 1911 were
68,669/., of which sum 19,322/. represent the earnings of the electric
tramcar lines at Dairen.
Gas receipts for the same period amounted to 11,006/. and hotel
receipts to 25,792/. Hotels are said to be worked at a loss.
Wharf receipts (Dairen, Yingkou and Shanghai) came to 129,322/.,
and the quantity...”
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“...traffic.
The gross receipts on account of goods and passenger traffic
during the year were 1,714,456/., the number of passengers carried
2,586,455 and the goods handled 4,959,164 tons. The effects of the
plague, though they were only temporary, can be appreciated from the
fact that gross receipts fell from 230,000/. in January to little more
than 130,000/. in February, and the number of passengers from
158,556 to 33,384. In March, when the disease had been more or
less stamped out of South Manchuria and the severity of the preven-
tive measures in consequence somewhat relaxed, an increase was
again perceptible. Goods traffic does not seem to have been affected
to the same extent.
The above figures give only receipts; statistics of the disburse-
ments for the same period are not available owing to the fact that
the company's business year does not end till March 31.
At the end of September, 1911, the company had, according to
its accounts, outstanding debentures to the value of 12,000...”
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