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“...Indian and native .. .. .. .. .. .. •. 4
Woollen goods .. .. .. .. .. .. . • ■ • • • 6
Export of silks...... .. .. .. .. •• 6
.. tea..................j>
Comparative table of tea exports .. .. .. .. .. .. °
Messrs. Evans, Pugh, and Co.'s tea statistics .. .. .. .. .. 7
Export of hides .. .. .. .. •. .. .. • • • • ®
„ vegetable tallow .. .. .. .. .. .- •■ 9
„ gall nuts ................10
Import of treasure .. .. .. .. .. .. •• .. 10
Shipping .. .. .. .. .. .. ■. . • . • .. 10
Cotton mills .. .. .. .. .. •• •• •• •• H
Mint ....................11
Ironworks .. .. .. ... .. •• •• •• ,.11
General Remarks .. .. .. •• .. .■ ..12
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“...ocean freights.
The cotton mills established by the Viceroy, Chang Chih- Cotton mills,
tung, nt Wuchang, in 1892, are turning out large quantities of
cloth and yarn. The mills work day and night, and employ about
2,800 hands. The men receive from 3,500 to 3,700 cash, and
■children about 2,000 cash per mensem. The men work 12 hours,
with only one hour's interval, and no difference is found in
their capacity for work at night. The children, ranging from
'9 years upwards, work the same hours as the men. The only
holidays are the 1st and 15th of the moon and at Chinese New
Year.
1,000 looms and 30,700 spindles are at work, and their daily
output is about 650 pieces of cloth.
The cotton used is a mixture of local growth and " Shanghai "
•cotton. The latter is grown in the Tung Chou district, on the
north bank of the Yangize, and not far from Shanghai. The
local staple is about f-inch in length, and the Tung Chou cotton
is about |-inch.
Adjoining the cotton mills a spinning factory is being...”
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