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“...............................................................................................21 Cotton goods ......................................................................................................................................................................................27 » yarn..............................................................................................................................................................................................30 „ mills in China ........................................................................................................................................................30 Berlinette...........................................................................................................................32 Thread...............................................................................................................................................................................32 Table of woollen...”
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“...filatures ............................................................................................ 69 Table of silk distribution 60 Tea ............................................................................................................ 01 Table of tea distribution ........................................................................ <33 Tables of principal exports................................................................ 04 & 66 Raw cotton, cotton seed and oil 68 Oil mills .................................................................................................... 68 Skins, hides and furs ................................................................................ 69 Straw braid................................................................................................ 70 Beans and bean cake ................................................................................ 71 Oils, vegetable and essential .........................................”
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“... was 7,074,853 taels which, added to the value of the finer cottons (20,329,755 taels) given above, make a total of 27,404,608 taels against 27,320,865 taels in 1905. Cotton yam. The net import of cotton yarn into China in 1906 amounted to 338,829,600 lbs., or a drop of 1,676,665 lbs. as compared with the previous year. The consignments of the British mills totalled 4,093,467 lbs. against 2,911,600 lbs. in 1905 and were nearly 61 per cent, ahead of the previous five years' average ; the product of the Hong-Kong mill rose 98 per cent. ; the Indian and Japanese mills sent respectively 881,466 and 3,609,466 lbs. less ; and the Tonkin mills increased their shipments from 57,733 lbs. in 1905 to 1,268,933 lbs. in 1906. The percentages of supply were :—India 72 per cent., Japan 26 per cent., the United Kingdom 1-2 per cent, and the balance of 0-8 per cent, to Tonkin and Hong-Kong. These are the Chinese customs figures, but the Japanese returns show that 4,962,236 catties or 6,616,315 lbs. of...”
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“...china. power mills in China, now 27 in number, to which may be added the mill in Hong-Kong also engaged in turning out yarn for the China market. The mills originally started in Shanghai, which at present boasts of 12, had many obstacles to contend with at the start and for several years after, such as labour difficulties, cotton cornering and cotton watering ; losses were sustained, and in several cases capital had to be written down. The years 1903 and 1904 were the worst since 1900, but 1905 and 1906 were good average years, cotton was cheaper and the mills were kept running night and day. Chinese cotton is whiter than Indian, and the product of the Shanghai mill is superior in colour and cleanness to either Japanese or Indian yarn, but being shorter in staple it is not so strong nor is it so well reeled owing to the low class of labour employed in this department, and I have been informed by a mill manager that no amount of supervision can obtain what may be considered high-class work...”
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“...produce over 700 tons of sugar per day of 24 hours. This refinery, which I recently visited, is fully equipped with the best up-to-date plant, labour-saving apparatus and machinery of every description, and is connected with its wharf by a double-track railway, enabling coal and raw sugar to be conveyed from lighter to mill and refined sugar from mill to lighter with the greatest promptitude and despatch. The J apanese refineries are endeavouring to obtain a share of this trade, but the Hong-Kong mills are holding their own against all com- petitors. Kerosene oil The decrease in the import of kerosene oil from 153,471,831 gallons in 1905 to 128,687,690 gallons in 1906 is due not to decreased consumption but to heavy stocks held over at the end of 1905. American oil fell off by 17,135,147 gallons, Sumatran by 9,655,165 gallons and Burmese by 1,112,446 gallons. Burma's contribution was only 42,460 gallons and, by agreement, will soon disappear altogether. In the case of Russian oil there was...”
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“...other. The red sulphide is then pounded in mortars and ground with water in stone mills, the vermilion thus deposited being collected and dried on trays arranged in specially heated rooms. The presence of gypsum steeped in tubs of water in the establishment which I visited proved that adulteration was not unknown to the manufacturers. The value of paints and paint oil rose from 85,289?. to 90,261?. and was slightly ahead of the average import of the previous five years. Excluding Manchuria, regarding which accurate information Flour, is not available, but including the Hong-Kong mill, there are now 19 flour (roller) mills at work in China capable of turning out 1,400,000 lbs. of flour every 24 hours. In spite of this, however, the import of foreign flour shows no signs of decreasing, but the mills in China have difficulties to contend with. Started with the idea of grinding native wheat, the Shanghai mills, seven in number, find it difficult to obtain the necessary supplies of grain and...”
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“...lies the possi- bility of competition with the wheat of the country. It is under- stood, however, that Manchurian wheat is much superior, and should it find its way to these mills the results may be different. ■Four of the Shanghai mills are of British make, the others are American, and three are fitted with electric bleachers. Three grades of flour are milled and the bags are made of Japanese cloth. The import of foreign flour rose from 124,234,800 to 237,957,466 lbs., and its value from 557,4682. to 1,036,1762. in 1906. How much of this import was Australian flour it is impossible to say as it is shipped to Hong-Kong and after leaving the colony its nationality is not easily traceable, but a considerable quantity was sent up the West River. As the export of flour from China is prohibited; the product of the roller mills in Chinese territory has to be con- sumed in the country, and the bran mixed with the wheat waste is disposed of for about 2 dol. per picul and used for feeding pig3. There...”
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“...There are several foreign saw mills in China hard at work on the imported timber. The decrease of 5,000,000 gross in the import of matches in 1906 Matches, is not a sign that the many native match factories scattered through- out China are successfully competing with the foreign supply. On the contrary, several of these factories have biscn shut down during the year, and the excess of over 5,000.000 gross in 1905 as compared with 1904, which was 4,500,000 gross ahead of 1903, clearly indicated the cause of the decline. The import in 1906 amounted to 22,998,830 gross of the value of 845,927?., and was principally Japanese. Match-making materials increased in value from 40,946/. in 1905 to 51,403?. in 1906 and were nearly 10 per cent, ahead of the average of the previous five years. The value of the import of paper in 1905 was 449,068?. and in Paj-er. 1906 it rose to 668,770?. In 1905 nearly 40 per cent, of the import came from Japan. There are several paper mills with foreign plant in China...”
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“...181 china. and others with British machinery. There is a considerable demand for paper mills in China. Leather. Leather advanced from 47,592 cwts. in 1905 to 56,009 cwts. in 1906, with a much enhanced value, and the value of manu- factures of leather, although less when expressed in silver, rose from 32,953?. to 35,968?. There are at present two tanneries and leather factories with British machinery at work in China, one, Chinese owned, at Tientsin and the other at Shanghai. The latter commenced work early in the present year. A third, with German plant, is about to start at Hankow. Medieiue?. China is a medicine-loving country and the import rose in value from 287,081?. to 351,736?., and was nearly 80 per cent, ahead of the average import of the previous five years. Hong-Kong always appears as the chief exporter of medicines to China and it is im- possible to say how much of these is native and how much foreign, for the mere fact of coming from Hong-Kong gives them a foreign status...”
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“...not stocks held over at the close of 1905—itself a bad year—supplied a consider- able proportion of the export. Another contributing cause was the increased consumption of the Shanghai and other cotton mills, which were very busy during the best part of the year. Although there are several ginning mills in Shanghai and some of the cotton mills have their own ginning plant, most of the cotton is ginned in the interior with inexpensive Japanese cotton gins or Chinese gins made after the Japanese pattern. The seed finds its way to Japan. Of the whole export of cotton seed in 1905, amounting to 785,363 cwts., all but 1 cwfc. went to the Island Empire. In 1906 the export was 733,114 cwts. of the value of 85,9662. When I was in Shanghai at the end of 1906 there were three cotton-seed oil mills at work, two of them fitted with American and one with mixed American and British machinery. Another was almost completed and two others were in course of construction. Another mill fitted to extract oil...”
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“...factories, but it is also used for cooking purposes and as an adulterant in bean oil, which is more expensive, the adulteration taking place in the retail shops. It is very difficult to get true prices in a country where fixed prices are the exception, and I can only give the prices of the oil quoted at the two mills which I visited. One gave 8 dol. the other 8-50 taels per picul, and I have already mentioned the price, 7 taels, which the proprietor of a soap factory assured me was the price he paid locally for the oil. But there is nothing certain in China, not even the prices given in the customs returns. The husk and refuse are burned in the furnaces, and the owner of one of the mills told me that only about 5 per cent, of the cake was consumed as manure locally, and that he found difficulty in getting rid of it even as a gift. Certainly there were stocks of antiquated-looking cake in the mill go-downs. The customs abstract of statistics for 1906 lumps all vegetable oils together and does...”
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“...excess of the average of the previous five years. The bulk of the export goes to Hong- Kong, whence it is distributed in Southern China. Varnish advanced from 7,897 cwts. of the value of 51,727?. to 9,213 cwts. valued at 55,014?. Nearly the whole of the export goes to Japan, which in 1905 took 7,324 of the 7,897 cwts. The sugar industry of Southern China is being rapidly killed by Su^ar. the cheaper Japanese product, which is imported raw, but more especially after refinement at the Hong-Kong mills, to which I have already made reference, and in Japan. The export of brown sugar fell from 562,194 cwts. in 1905 to 197,506 cwts. in 1906 and was 65 -78 per cent, under the average export of the previous five years, while white sugar dropped from 55,476 to 8,373 cwts. There was a slight drop in sugar candy and an advance in sugar cane, but the whole export can hardly be called an export in the true sense of the word, for most of it is sent to Hong-Kong for re-entry into China. The export of ...”