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“...required for a vessel to come along-
side, but now the operation can be carried out in less than two hours
during the coldest season. With the view of further diminishing the
time taken in berthing steamers, a system of compulsory pilotage may
be brought into force this year. The system of loading from lighters
will also be rendered possible in a few months; 10 lighters have been
ordered, and, when not in use at the harbour, it is intended to utilise
them for the conveyance of Fushun coal to Chefoo. Five of the
lighters will have a carrying capacity of 250 tons and the other five
will take 100 tons each.
Steamship service.—A second passenger steamer was chartered in
1909 to improve the facilities for through traffic between Shanghai and
Europe, thus allowing of a service twice a week both ways. The
steamers so far have been run at a loss, and as the Hamburg-Amerika
Linie has decided to make Dairen a port of call for its steamers running
between Shanghai, Tsingtau and Tientsin, the chances...”
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“...part of South Man-
churia, and more particularly around Kaiping, Kwantien, Fengwhang-
cheng and Antung, is one of the important industries of the agricultural
class in these districts. The total production of South Manchuria
is difficult to estimate, but last year the export to Chefoo, where the
silk is spun, woven and re-exported, was 140,000 baskets, each basket
containing 30,000 cocoons. For many years the cocoons and wild silk
of South Manchuria have been imported into Chefoo, via Newchwarg
and Antung, but during the past two years large quantities have
passed through Dairen also, and it has been felt that the port offers
splendid facilities for the manufacture of silk yarn, &c. Of course,
the factories at Chefoo are long established and possess recognised
channels for the sale of their manufactures, and it might be difficult to
find a market at the outset.
The South Manchuria Railway Company have recognised the...”
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“...utilised in the factory. The
boiling of the cocoons will be effected by gas heating and the reeling by
electricity, while the drying room will use gas to secure the high tempera-
ture necessary for the killing of the chrysalis. The daily production
is estimated at 100 kin and the consumption of cocoons will be at the
rate of 60,000,000 per annum. Experiments carried on at the Central
Laboratory have shown that the defects in the Chefoo silk can be
overcome, and a very superior article is to be produced. The cost
will be about 100 yen (10Z.) per picul higher than Chefoo silk, but as the
quality will be much better, it is anticipated to find a ready market
in Europe. Work will be commenced in April and it is expected later
in the year to take up weaving also. The Kwantung Government is
distributing gratuitously acorns of the scrub oak, and it is hoped thereby
to raise, in the peninsula itself, sufficient wild cocoons to meet the
requirements of the spinning factory.
The prices of cocoons and...”
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“...number of steamships which entered the port
of Dairen during 1909 was 1,569, the tonnage being 2,401,882 tons
gross. As compared with the previous year there was an increase of
44 vessels and 470,935 tons. Japanese shipping continues to
account for more than two-thirds of the total, mainly owing
to the numerous small vessels plying between Dairen and the neigh-
bDuring ports. The Kwantung Government has under consideration
a scheme to grant subsidies to the steamers running between this port
and Chefoo, Antung and Lungkou, and should it be decided to carry
this into force it will deal a great blow at the coasting trade of other
countries. The British ships belonging to the China coast companies
will be the biggest sufferers. British shipping shows an increase of
29 vessels and 134,186 tons, the result of the expansion in the shipment
of beans to the United Kingdom. German shipping also shows a
slight increase owing to the Hamburg-Amerika Linie having made
Dairen a port of call on the Shang...”
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“...7d Trade, 1907 ......... 4278 Norway. Trade, 1908......
4435 Pemambuco. Trade, 1909 ... 2d 33d
4488 Bahia. Trade, 1909 ...... 2id Panama 4114 Panama. Trade, 1907...... 3d
Bulgaria .. 4132 Bulgaria. Trade, 1907 3jd Paraguay .. 4362 Paraguay. Trade, 1908 3d
Chile..... 4337 Chile. Trade, 1908 ...... 4'd Persia 4396 Seistan and Kain. Trade,
4388 Iquique. Trade, 1908...... aid 1908-09 ............ 3jd
China..... 4432 Ichang. Trade, 1909 ...... Jd 4397 Bushire. Trade, 1908-09 ... 4d
4438 Chefoo. Trade, 1909 ...... 4.id 4398 Reslit nnd Astarabad. Trade, 6d
4440 Newchwang. Trade, 1909 ... 3d 1907-09 ............
4442 Nanking. Trade, 1909 3d 4437 Bunder Abbas, &c. Trade and 4d
4472 Pakhoi. Trade, 1909 ...... 4d Commerce, 1908-09 ......
4489 Chungking. Trade, 1909 ... 3d 4487 Persia. Trade......... 2d
4490 Kiukinng. Trade, 1909 3d 4493 Kerman. Trade, 1909...... id
4497 Wucliow. Trade, 1909 Id Peru..... 4423 Peru. Trade, &c., 1908-09 ... 3d
Colombia 4195 Santa Marta. Trade...”
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