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“...year 1907 amounted, according to the returns published in the Kwantung Government - General Official Gazette, to 7,691,671?., divided as follows :— How far these figures as a whole are to be relied upon is difficult to determine; but there is no doubt that the sum of 3,772,97-3?. appearing under the heading of machinery in the table of imports is not even approximately correct. The greater part of the machinery which arrived at this port during the year was destined for the use of the South Manchuria Railway Company, and as it did not begin to reach Dairen in any appreciable quantities till just about the time when the Imperial Chinese customs opened, it may fairly be assumed that the real value of this particular item is much nearer 526,844?., the final figure given in the customs tables, than 3,881,112?. given in the customs Official Gazette. The error would appear, however, to have occurred originally in a quarter beyond the control of the compiler of the Official Gazette returns. The...”
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“...4 DAIREN. Bean cakes (479,027Z.).—The bean crop of 1906, put on the market at the end of that year and during the first half of 1907, was about 30 per cent, below the normal yield. This was probably due to the then still unsettled state of affairs in Manchuria. Stocks in Japan, when the season opened, were large, it being estimated that at Kobe there were 350,000 cakes, at Yokkaichi 150,000 and at Tokyo and Yokohama 100,000. Consequently, not- withstanding the reported shortage in this part of China, prices on the Japan market kept comparatively low. In March and April, however, as stocks ran short, prices gradually crept up, and the December, 1906, Manchurian quotations of 1 yen to 1 yen 5 sen rose to 1 yen 35 sen, and remained at that figure till the end of the season. Purchases made in the interior came down to Dairen very slowly owing to the lack of railway transport accommodation and the result was that shippers here were seriously inconvenienced, some indeed suffering heavy losses...”
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“...destined mainly for the consumption of the Japanese resident in the leased territory or in Manchuria proper, and are of no particular interest to the foreign merchant. Flour (143,048?.).—Flour comes almost entirely from the United States, neither the Australian nor the Canadian product having so far attempted to dispute the existing monopoly. Yet the experi- ment is worth making, for the market is a good one. Harbin flour.—Harbin flour, inferior to the American probably in colour only, is occasionally seen, but it has not succeeded yet in winning the favour of the Chinese, apparently because it is not as white as the other, and no steps are taken to force it on the market by underselling. For the following remarks on the flour trade during the past year I am indebted to a prominent merchant. Flour market of 1907.—During the whole of 1907 importa- tions failed to satisfy the demand in South Manchuria. This was simply because the United States market prices were so much above the average...”
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“...obtained by the South Manchuria Railway Company for the re-construction of its lines or for use in its workshops or in its coal mines. The demand is special in its present dimensions and will show a lalling-ofE when all the orders at present in course of execution are completed. Cigarettes and cigars (49,783Z. ?).—The import of cigarettes into Manchuria is a matter which lias of late considerably exercised the minds of the Japanese, who look with alarm at the energy and success with which foreign cigarettes are competing with those of the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau. British-American Tobacco Company's manufactures.—Of the various kinds on the market, numbering among them British- American, Russian and Egyptian, the first-named are the most • serious rivals of all. Manufactured by the British-American Tobacco Company, a corporation which in addition to having at its disposal a very large capital, employs able and energetic agents ; these cigarettes are to be found all over Manchuria. They are as cheap...”
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“...DAIREN. 7 Japanese piece-goods.—-That Japanese piece-goods have made great headway in Manchuria, seems, even when due allowance is made for over-statement, obvious from a lengthy report which appeared in October of 1907 in the columns of the " Osaka Asahi Shimbun." In this article it was stated that certain Japanese mills, acting in combination, had been able, with the assistance of the Government and the active co-operation of a Japanese firm, to destroy in the short space of 18 months (February, 1906, to July, 1907) the monopoly up till then enjoyed by American fabrics. Special bank facilities appear to have been given the amalgamated mills and specially low steamship rates obtained for the carriage of their manufactures from Japan, the net result being that American imports into Manchuria in this particular line fell to 6,000 bales during the period in question, while the Japanese on the other hand increased to over 29,000 bales. Shipping.—The following table shows the number and...”
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“...Pulianten (for goods going into or coming from Manchuria by rail), Petsiwo, Lushutun and, in December, Port Arthur. The regulations governing the customs are provisional and will be subjected to revision in 1908. The following table shows the amount of duties collected from July, 1907, till the end of December :— £ Import ... 10,537 Export ... 12,251 Coast trade 82 Total 22,870 Wharf tonnage, dues abolished.—With the enf orcement in October last of the South Manchuria Railway Company's new regulations with regard to the Dairen Wharf all tonnage dues were abolished. Population.-—The population of this port at the end of the year was 21,074, divided as follows :— Chinese ... 4,842 Japanese; 16,180 .Foreigners 52 Total 21,074 British firms.—There are at present four British firms established in this port. Dairen a feeding port for Manchuria proper.—It should be borne in mind that the chief function of this port is that of feeder to Manchuria proper and that, therefore, the greater part...”