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“...goods this is readily understood, but it applies also to goods which
are for sale in the ordinary course of business.
Messrs. Fergusson and Co., of this port, have been good enough Silk,
to supply me with the following notes on yellow and Tussah Yellow silks,
silks : —
The 1898 crop was an average one, and prices were well
maintained throughout, the decreasing value of sycee tending to
keep them up. The general nature of the silk was coarse, very
little fine silk being made.
The crop in Manchuria was good, but the quality of the Tussnh silks,
cocoons poor. This was on account of the dryness of the season,
and the worms did not reach their full development. This,
however, was compensated for by the planting of a larger number
of shrubs on the hills, and therefore a larger return of cocoons
was the result. The Chinese having made a large profit from
cocoons the previous year were induced to plant more shrubs.
This will require to be watched, as in a few years it 2nay double
the production...”
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