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Want of proper irrigation ................................................................................................................................................................11
Eice mills........................................................................................................................................................12
Openings for British machinery ..............................................................................................................................................12
Need for fuller information in catalogues supplied by British firms ........................12
Compared with catalogues of American firms .............................”
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“...from New York on February 18 of the present year
(1903). The change will, it is expected, result in a considerable
reduction in the laying down cost of the oil.
Flour was imported to the amount of 24,720 cwts. in quantity Flour,
and 10,436/. in value, an increase of 279 cwts. in quantity and 589/.
in value as compared with the import of 1901, and a large increase
of 6,166 cwts. valued at 2,071/. over the average import of the
previous five years. The flour imported is American, chiefly from
the mills of the Sperry.Flour Company of San Francisco.
Other imports call for little notice, with the exception of mats Other
used for packing sugar; all imports from China show a decrease as lmPortl-
compared with the average import for the previous five years, such
decrease being principally due to the fact that articles from Japan
which enter Formosa free of duty are rapidly supplanting the similar
articles which used to be almost exclusively imported from China,
but on which heavy customs duties are...”
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“... and accept blank bills (no docu-
ments attached). This allows exporters easier financing and at
times accommodation bills.
There are two sugar mills with steam power at present at work in
this district, one, the Nakagawa Factory in Tainan, a private concern,
subsidised by the Government-General, the other, the Formosa
Sugar Factory, a registered company largely under Government
control. In addition to these two Japanese factories, a native
company was formed in the spring of last year (1902), with a capital
of 200,000 dol. (about 15,600Z.) to work another sugar mill in the
Tainan district. The mill, which comes from America and cost
about 1,300?., will have a capacity of 5 tons of sugar per diem. The
factory will be ready for work in the coming season, about November
next. No foreign merchants have as yet invested any capital in
sugar mills in South Formosa under the regulations promulgated by
the Government-General on June 14, 1902, for the encouragement
of the sugar industry, a translation...”
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“...TAINAN.
Receipts.
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Amount.
Subsidy .. .. Proceeds of salo of sugar, &c. Yen. 55,780 136,696 10,878
Total ...... 203,354
Expenditure.
Amount.
Material Taxes .. .. .. Salaries and wages.. Travelling expenses Miscellaneous Balance Yen. 104,082 24,491 12,0R5 3,355 9,728 49,633
Total ...... 203,354
Out of the balance of 49,633 yen (about 5,105£.) a dividend of
1,683 yen per share was paid, absorbing 33,660 yen (3,4621.).
It is satisfactory to note that the three crushing mills in use at Mnclimerv,
the factory as well as two out of the three engines are of British British,
manufacture, and, I am informed, give every satisfaction. They
were purchased for the company in Glasgow by the London agency
of the Japanese firm of Mitsui Brothers.
The export of rice in 1902 was about three-fifths that in 1901, Bice,
and less than half the average export for the previous five years.
This was due entirely to the failure of the rice crop of 1902, caused Shortage of
by drought in the latter part...”
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“...12
TAINAN.
Rice mills.
Openings for
British
machinery.
Need for
fuller
information
in catalogues
supplied by
British firms.
Compared
with
catalogues
of American
firms.
Comparison
between
British and
American
rice-hullera
at present in
use.
The Government is paying serious attention to this question of
irrigation, and farmers are being encouraged by subsidies to adopt
more practical methods than those hitherto in use.
There are two rice mills at work in the district, one in Takow and
one in Anping, the capactiy of each being 20 tons a day of 10 working
hours. The machinery was purchased in the United States of
America. Both mills work satisfactorily, and it is likely, I am
informed, that more mills of a similar kind will be erected in this
district in the near future.
In this connection, as well as in the matter of the requirements
of sugar mills and irrigation machinery, there would seem to be an
opening for the sale of British-made machinery.
In a memorandum on the...”
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