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indo-china.
From—■
Hong-Kong
French colonies
France
Singapore ...
Other countries
Total
£
2,105
777
493
113
19
3,507
The import from Hong-Kong consists mainly of Indian yarn,
with an increasing quantity from Japan. Comparatively little is
imported from the United Kingdom.
This import does not represent the whole of the cotton yarn
dealt with in Indo-China, as the local product has also to be con-
sidered. There are three mills producing cotton yarn in the colony,
all situated in Tonkin. . Besides supplying a great part of the local
market they exported some 784 tons in 1907, of which 476 tons
went to Yunnan and 306 tons to France.
The yarn used locally is mainly 20's, with about 350 tons of
40's ; that passing through to Yunnan is chiefly 10's with a small
quantity of 12's and 20's. The 40's are mostly British.
Kerosene oil.—The imports of kerosene oil have shown a great
increase during recent years. Of the total import of 68,167 tons
in 1907 only about 34,000 tons were delivered...”
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“...the beginning of 1908 the river port of Pnompenh, the capital
of Cambodia, on the Mekong, was declared open to foreign ships.
Industries.—Industrial enterprises have been increasing lately
in Indo-China, more especially in Tonkin. The principal industries
in which Europeans are interested are referred to below.
Rice mills.—The rice milling industry is centred at Cholon,
the great suburb of Saigon. It has eight steam rice mills. Two of
these belong to a German firm but are leased to Chinese. The others
are Chinese owned. There is also a rice mill belonging to an
Annamite at Binh-long, in Cochin-Chin-a. There are no rice mills
in Tonkin.
Cotton mills.—There are three mills for spinning cotton yarn
in Tonkin, one at Haiphong of 25,000 spindles, one at Nam-Dinh
of 24,000 spindles and one at Hanoi of 10,000 spindles. The annual
output of the three amounts to about 3,000 tons of yarn.
There is a small mill for ginning cotton at Ksach-Kandal near
Pnompenh, in Cambodia. The ownership is in Chinese...”
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“...between Saigon and
Cholon and the environs, one with a length of 3 miles and the
other of about \1\ miles.
Electric lighting.—Hanoi, Haiphong, Saigon, Cholon and Pnom-
penh are all lit by electricity.
Ice factories.—The ice factories at Hanoi and Haiphong can
between them turn out about 20 tons per diem. Those at Saigon
and Cholon have a combined daily capacity of 60 tons.
Boat building and repairing.—At Haiphong are works for building
and repairing boats and steam launches.
Saiv mills.—There are saw mills at Hanoi and Vietri, in Tonkin,
and at Ben-thuy (near Vinli), in Annam.
Tobacco.—There is a factory for the preparation of tobacco and
cigarettes at Hanoi.
Mines.—The soil of Indo-China contains many sorts of minerals,
and a good deal of activity has been manifested, especially in
Tonkin, in prospecting and reserving areas. The results, however,
have hitherto been but scanty, and owing to difficulty of access,
poorness of deposit, lack of capital by the promoters, or other
causes...”
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