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“...picul, have produced 210 piculs of silk, in value 153,000
taels, or 22,790/.
The management of this filature is good and systematic, and
foreign methods of book-keeping are employed.
The success of the ventures referred to seems to indicate that
there is in Chinkiang plenty of scope for the employment of
foreign capital in working up native produce of various kinds.
There is no reason, for instance, why ground-nuts should not he
dealt with at this port, without being first sent to Canton, where
mills have been built for extracting the oil.
The export of ground-nuts, principally to Canton, was greater
in 1897 than in any previous year. There seems to be a tendency
for the supply of this produ2t to exceed the demand, as the
Cantonese dealers over-bought, and considerable losses were
suffered.
Eeturn of all Shipping at the Port of Chinkiang during the
Entered.
Sailing. Steam. Total.
Nationality. Number of j Vessels. Tons. Number of Vessels. Tons. Number of Vessels. Tons.
British .......”
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