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“...estimate
of the quantity exported from the district. Junk building
employs many people and considerable capital, but it is carried on
at so many places that no estimate can be made of the annual
amount of tonnage turned out. It may be observed here that there
appears to be no import of nails, carpenters' tools, &c., of which a
large quantity must be used. To my inquiries on this point the
invariable answer has been that they are made locally, but of this
I have seen little evidence. There are small mills for making rape,
bean, sesamum, cotton and wood oil in many towns and villages.
No foreign machinery is in use as yet. Spirits arc distilled from
rice, maize and barley, and there are many small distilleries which
supply the local market. Bricks, tiles and coarce earthenware are
made in many places in small quantities.
Land tenure and agricultui e.Land is partly owned by the farmers
themselves and partly rented. In the immediate vicinity of Ichang
it seems to be mostly in the hands of three or...”
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“...is mostly conveyed
in junks chartered by the shipping companies for the agents, whilst
other cargo goes forward by likin boats.
Note.Chartered junks are native boats chartered by foreigners
under the Chungking Convention for the conveyance of merchandise
to and from Chungking, and come under the cognisance of the
Maritime Customs. They may also be chartered under the Yangtze
Kegulations but, in that case, the cargo must be foreign-owned.
Local industries.There are nine tallow and sesamum oil mills
in the city, the largest of which turns out about 600 or more
tons a year. The output, with the exception of .tallow, is con
sumed locally. The capital ranges from a few thousand taels to
2,500?. The equipment of a large mill costs 375?. to 500?. No
foreign machinery is used. A small cotton factory (capital about
7701.), with 150 Japanese foot looms, was recently established,
but it works irregularly and co far the return" have only been...”
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“...sources indicated on the title-page :
No. Price.
624. Germany.Memorandum on German Cement ........ ........ Jd.
625. United States.Report on the Rice Industry in the United States .... 2d.
626. United States.Report on the Iron and Steel Exhibits at the St. Louis
Exhibition .... "................................2$d.
627. United States.Report on United States Railways ........ .... 2Jd.
628. Russia.Report on the Cultivation of Tea in the Caucasus ........ id.
629. China.Report on the Cotton Mills of China ................................2d.
630. Germany.Hcport on Technical Instruction in Germany: Supple-
mentary and Miscellaneous .... .... .... .... .... .... 4d.
631. United States.Report on the Coal Industry of the United States, 1903 2Jd.
632. Italy.Report on the Condition of the Italian Silk Trade and on the
Yield of Cocoons in Italy in 1904............ ........ .... Id.
633. Italy.Report on the Mineral Wealth of the Provinces of Siena and
Gros9eto .............................”
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