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“...words here
sericulture in Manchuria.
Silk. Silk is a very rising industry, and as much of the silk is pro-
duced in the south of this province, and is exported thence by
steamers and junk to the mainland of China, the figures given
above, representing as they do the value of the export, by steamer
from Newchwang, must not be taken as an index to the quantity
of wild silk annually produced in Manchuria. Ta-tung-kou, near
the mouth of the Ya-lu River, is now a great silk centre, between
which and Chefoo there is regular communication by steamers
under the Inland Waters Regulations, and the following figures
represent the export from that corner of Manchuria in 1901:—
Exports.
Beans,
bean-eake
and bean
oil.
regarding...”
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“...9 Newchwang.
There was, in addition, an export of 933 33 cwts. of raw wild
silk of the value of 20,735/., and 3"57 cwts. of refuse silk, valued
at 9/., from Port Arthur to Chefoo, but the total export by
steamer from the former to other places is unknown. There is,
moreover, a large junk trade between the seaboard of Manchuria
and China, but no statistics of this trade are available, although
it is well known that native vessels carry large quantities of silk
and cocoons to Chefoo. The export of raw wild silk—the main
item in the silk trade—from Newchwang was 7,304 cwts. in 1901,
against 4,992 cwts. in 1900, and 16,630 cwts. in 1899.
The value of skins and furs and fur clothing exported in Skins and
1901 was 24,174Z., against 4,767/. in 1900, and 24^2LIZ. in 1899. furs-
The principal were, as usual, fur clothing (fox, goat and squirrel),
and dog and goat mats and rugs (152,493/.).
There was a considerable falling-off in the import and export Treasure,
of treasure (969,699/.) in 1901...”
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