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“...business in it was not profitable. The cost of bcancake
has largely increased owing to the growing demand for it in
Japan, a fact which must necessarily have affcctcd the import
here, and thereby caused the increased cost in the production of
sugar.
l'eas and The import of peas and beans decreased very considerably,
bcans' falling from 1,177,009 cwts., valued at 284,461/., to 760,502 cwts.,
valued at 184,855/. It would seem that only about 20 per cent,
of the import is used by the local bean mills for making oil and
beancake, the bulk of it being used for food.
Bice, As has been noticed already, the import of rice, foreign as
well as native, decreased enormously, the total quantity being
677,598 cwts., as compared with 1,868,319 cwts. in the previous
year, and the value falling from 543,479/. to 166,753/. As the
cause of the decrease was good harvests and a plentiful local...”
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