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“....;
sewing and knitting machines and accessories, value 3722.
The total value of imports of native produce was 2,786,1352.
as compared with 2,938,4802. in 1905.
Bean cake was in fair demand during the usual season.
The import in 1906 was 3,159,276 cwts. as compared with
2,751,110 cwts. in 1905. Bean cake was in former years imported
entirely from Newchwang and Chefoo, but since the Japanese
began importing from Newchwang it has been supplied to Swatow
also by Chinkiang and Hankow. The trade thus opened is yearly
increasing, the quality of the bean cake from these ports steadily
improving and the cost of the Newchwang and Chefoo varieties
being higher.
Peas and beans were imported largely and did not meet
with a good market.
Native opium. The large increase in the import of native opium has
already been referred to in connoction with foreign opium. Com-
parative figures for 1905 and 1906 will be found in the table on
page 10.
The total value of exports of native produce was 1,971,9492...”
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