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“...the end of 1911 was 488,136, of whom 41,260 were Japanese,
446,760 Chinese and 116 foreigners; British subjects numbered 50. The
following are the chief towns :—
Dairen—
Japanese...
Chinese ...
Others
Total ...
Shaokwangtzu-
Japanese...
Chinese ...
Others
Total ...
(701)
26,002
13,265
86
39,353
769
7,362
3
8,134
An important seaport, with a large export of
Manchurian produce and an increasing
import trade. It contains numerous bean
cake and bean oil mills
. Chinese suburb of Dairen, containing bean
cake and bean oil mills
A 2...”
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“...is there a steady demand for this article for use
in the bean mills of Kobe, Tokushima and Nagoya, but also that it
plays an important part in the manufacture of soy and miso, two
condiments in continual use in every Japanese household. There is
also a steady demand for the bean among farmers, who sow it in
their fields early in spring, and when it has grown to the height of a
few inches cut it down and fork it into the ground instead of manure.
In the matter of prices Dairen is always higher than Vladi-
vostok. The difference is probably from 7s. Gel. to 10s. a ton. The
reasons for this are various. In the first place, unlike Dairen, where
dealings are in the fluctuating medium of silver, "Vladivostok works
on a gold rouble basis. In the second, Vladivostok has hitherto
been essentially a market for beans destined for Europe. In Dairen,
on the other hand, not only have local demands to be filled (and
there are about 50 mills in the place), but the requirements of Japan,
Shanghai, Hong-Kong...”
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