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“.... in 1910.
Flour.—Imports of flour show an increase of approximately 100 per
cent.. America still holding 98 per cent, of the trade in this commodity.
As explained in last year's report, the Japanese residents, who
numbered 207,374 at the end of October, 1911, as compared with
171,543 at the end of 1910, are great consumers of flour, and they
have done a great deal towards increasing its use among the Coreans,
chiefly by the preparation of cakes, which appeal to the Corean palate.
The flour mills in Harbin may make a bid for a share of the import
trade in the near future.
Hemp tissues.—The imports of these tissues show an increase of
nearly 55 per cent, as compared with the total' for 1910, but are still
below the totals for 1908 and 1909. That is to say, the increased
import for the past year has no special significance beyond a return
to normal conditions. With the exception of about 10,000?. worth
of canvas and miscellaneous hemp and ramie tissues, this item consists
of grass-cloth...”
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