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“...are (1) the extremely low price of
bean cake in China and (2) the increase in the area under cultivation.
The bean cakes come from.Newchwang and Dalny ; rape-seed cake
from Shanghai, the collecting centre for Yangtsze River ports. The
import of rape-seed cake during 1908 was very considerable. It is
used principally for tobacco plantations.
In a report to the Government the Japanese Consul-General in
Mukden says :—" The season for the export of beans and oil cake, the
principal staples of Manchuria, opens in November and closes in March
or April, and the destinations are chiefly Japan and other parts of
China (Central and South). Lately beans have begun to be exported
to Europe. During November last 21,840 piculs were shipped to
Liverpool, where they are chiefly used as an ingredient in the manu-
facture of soap. The cake remaining after the oil is squeezed out is
used to feed cattle. In December last 152,357 piculs were exported
to Europe, half the quantity being shipped for England and...”
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