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“...profusion Oranges,
throughout the province and is exported hence to the other
treaty ports of China. Although oranges would not stand the
voyage to Europe, yet the products of the fruit would. At
Foochow there is not only an unlimited supply of oranges, but
of sugar also, and labour is about as cheap as it well can be.
The institution of a distillery to make a liqueur of the nature of
curaijoa, or of a factory to make marmalade and preserved oranges
might not impossibly form a paying concern.
At Chefoo a foreign wine press has been set up under European
supervision, to turn the grapes of the country into wine.
The trade in poles has been a good deal interfered with by Timber,
the war. To judge by the appearance of the woodyards on the
river above the settlement, there are large stocks on hand. A
short time ago a merchant applied for a transit pass to bring
down poles for exportation to Formosa. The authorities hesitated
to grant it, feeling sure, no doubt, that the timber was to be used...”
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