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“...of 19 per cent, embraced what is called the " muck
and truck " trade, such as skins, ginseng, castor oil, Chinese medi-
cines, &c.
Beans are the staple of Newchwang, and the export consists of
the beans themselves, of the oil pressed from the beans, and of the
residue pressed into large cakes and known as bean cakes. The
respective values in 1905 and 1906 were :—
The increase in the bean cake and bean oil at the expense of the
beans is due to the erection of more bean mills in Newchwang. At
present there are six mills with foreign machinery (Hong-Kong make)
in operation. They do not work in the winter as the weather is too
cold for the extraction of the oil.
The principal purchasers of bean cake, which is used for manure
and food for animals, are Japan and South China. The quantity
purchased by Japan last year amounted to 913,2502., being 79 per
cent, of the total. Japan also purchased 168,5672. worth of beans
and 7,2582. worth of bean oil. As the whole export to Japan in 1906
amounted...”
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