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“...are cut of a length of 32, 24, 16 and 8 Chinese feet.
The latter size is the commonest; 8 feet is the unit of measurement.
There are also rafts of 150 6pars, measuring on an average 2 feet
diameter at base and 7 inches at the top and 45 feet long. Every
such raft is worth about 500 taels.
Large numbers of spars suitable for masts for the largest junks
come down to Antung from the forests.
The timber of the Yalu basin finds its market in China, chiefly
at Tientsin, some at Newchwang, some at Chefoo and along the coast
of Shantung, also at Shanghai, besides the large quantity which is
exported by the Japanese Timber Bureau, much of which goes to
Korea.
At present the requirements of the Japanese Timber Bureau
on account of soft wood to be exported to the east coast of Korea
are very considerable; 40,000 tons are to be shipped to the port of
Chiung-chin. This port is situated approximately in latitude
41° 50' north and longitude 129° 50' east, and is about 8 miles
north of the town of Kyeng...”
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“...cents per
liang (206 Haikuan taels per picul). The average price of late years
has been 0-10 or 0-11 taels per liang (148 to 162 Haikuan taels per
picul).
There are at present two silk filatures working at Antung; one
is Chinese and the other Japanese. By establishing silk filatures at
this newly opened port a large amount of the freight bill from Antung
to Chefoo is saved, as reeled silk packs closely and is not a bulky
cargo like cocoons.
The whole crop of cocoons exported amounted to approximately
27,800 baskets. Of these about 24,800 baskets went to Chefoo
and the rest to Japan.
Two British ships carried 6,961 baskets to Chefoo, while Japanese
ships carried 17,841 baskets to that port....”
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“...ANTUNG.
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The freight on a basket of cocoons from here to Chefoo
is a fluctuating amount under the stress of competition, but usually
about 1 tael.
The average number of cocoons in a basket is 30,000 ; the weight
of 1,000 cocoons is 10 catties and the weight of a basket is 3 piculs.
Beans and bean products.—Antung claims a very considerable
share of this great export business of Manchuria.
The crushing of beans and expressing of oil therefrom is a local
industry. The beans, while the oil is being expressed, are pressed
together into cakes, which are the bean cake of commerce. Bean
cake is used as a manure. Large quantities of Manchurian bean cake
are shipped to Swatow and Amoy, and there broken up to fertilise
the sugar canefields.
Exemption certificates.—The Imperial Maritime Customs have
recently issued provisional regulations in accordance with which
special exemption certificates will be issued exempting from further
taxation all import duty-paid foreign and export and coast...”
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