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“...well as what the customs returns call regulus, or refined
antimony, but is really only crude antimony, going to foreign
countries. The carrying of the antimony is, however, chiefly in
the hands of the junks, the customs figures only showing a very
small percentage of the total export.
Fire-crackers and fireworks are extensively manufactured both Fire-crackers
at Changsha and Siangtan, and large quantities are exported yearly aud fil'eworlls'
to other ports in China, notably to Canton and to Chefoo. Here
again the bulk of the trade is conveyed in the junks.
The export of rice shows a considerable increase, probably due Rice,
to the steamers having been able to attract a larger share of the
trade. The same remark applies to the enormously increased
export of preserved eggs and paper umbrellas; the former rose from Preserved
L,600 pieces for the latter half of 1904 to 370,615 pieces for 1905, eggs and
and the latter from 180 to 48,555 pieces. umbrellas.
Two other articles, cow and buffalo...”
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