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“...item also. It is said that the Chinese prefer
the American drills and sheetings to the British on account of
their greater thickness and durability.
Yarn. British cotton yarn has almost disappeared from the list of
imports, but the Indian yarn has increased steadily, and this
year's import of 38,961 cwts. is about 21,000 cwts. above the
average for the last 10 years. Japanese yarn appeared first in
the returns for 1895 at 564 cwts., and stands this year at
12,649 cwts. Native yarn from the mills in Shanghai has
declined since 1900 from 22,350 to 13,649 cwts.
Kerosene oil. First in importance in the list of sundries is kerosene oil, of
which 3,055,720 gallons valued at 78,140/. were imported. The
American oil maintains its supremacy, but the Russian oil is
gaining rapidly, having advanced to its present maximum of
1,065,500 gallons (or about 35 per cent, of the whole) from a
minimum of 46,000 gallons in 1893, when it formed about one-
twenty-fifth of the total supply. The import of kerosene...”
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