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“...March, 1911, equipped
with up-to-date machinery, mostly British. It can turn out 40,000
bricks a day.
The Chinese Cement Company at Tongshan (near Tientsin), whose
works were restored in 1900 and equipped with motor plant in 1907,
had sufficient new machinery added in 1911 to turn out 500,000 barrels
a year, being 300,000 barrels more than before.
A new French distillery was started at Hankow, for the manu-
facture of Chinese wine and spirits.
Two new flour mills were started at Chungking and Yunnanfu
respectively ; but two flour mills near Chinkiang were closed.
A leather factory and tannery at Canton was fully equipped with
machinery, but owing to lack of capital had not been able to begin
work.
A match factory was completed at Hangchow.
A printing establishment, with foreign machinery, was started at
Changsha by a native private company. On the other hand, a
Government printing establishment at the same provincial capital was
abolished by the Republicans.
A new paper mill at Hankow...”
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