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“...5532.; waterproof cloth and imita-
tion leather, 106,0772.; glass manufac-
tures, 297,0062.; seeds, oil, 179,3862. ;
cement, 180,3 1 02. ; shipbuilding,
371,2022. ; paper and paper manu-
factures, 174,6002. ; brushes, 184,8822.;
copper and copper manufactures,
946,5132.; hats and caps, 206,7082. ;
matches, 198,7432. ; leather and leather
manufactures, 273,5132. ; soaps,
190,0342. ; drugs and medicines,
544,3612. ; manure, 1,031,9672.; iron
pipes, 463,3332.; machines and parts,
521,1102. Spinning mills, five principal
concerns : paid-up capital, 2,024,2502.
Principal products : cotton and silk tissues,
3,112,1052.; raw silk, 311,4052.; porce-
lain, 160,7732. ; sakd, 631,0 1 22. ; rice,
1,392,4262. ; wheat and barley, 189,8572. ;
cocoons, 341,5282.
Principal products: rice, 3,027,4602. ;
wheat and barley, 141.3592. ; cocoons,
257,9152.; raw silk, 220,2022. ; Bilk and
cotton tissues, 452,2842. ; salrf, 218,7702.
Principal products: rice, 1,958,0162. ;
habutse, 2,191,6792.; cotton and silk
tissues...”
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“...Indian cotton are
expected to be very large. On the other hand, the consumption
of cotton from China declined by some 356,2502., on account of the
poor harvest of 1911-12. Though the Chinese crop of 1912-13 proved
much better than that of the previous year, business in new cotton
from China was restricted for several reasons, namely, the continuation
of the malpractice of watering cotton referred to in the report for
1911. the high price of silver, and the enhanced consuming power of
the Chinese mills. The business with China is now in the main done
on the consignment basis. Raw cotton passes through Kobe for
Osaka, the centre of the cotton spinning and weaving industries,
which were very active in 1912. Their development is fostered by the
yearly increasing demand for cotton clothing on the part of a rapidly
expanding population.
Rice.—To relieve the situation in Japan large purchases were made
of imported rice. The demand from June while the lower duty was
operative was so great that prices...”
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“...handkerchiefs also contributing
a share. Exports to British India and Straits Settlements, largely
matches, copper, glass and underwear, increased by 134,4202. ;
and to Hong-Kong, principally in cotton cloths and yarns, by 290,6372.
The trade with Australia and Canada showed a fair increase.
Yarns.—Of the increased exportation of 1912, cotton yarns claimed
about one-third of a value of 992,6302. more than in 1911, the yarn
exported being worth 3,319,1002. From April, 1912, the cotton
spinning mills abandoned the system of reducing the production by
27-5 per cent., which was arrived at in 1910, and from the date men-
tioned were on a full working basis, subject to a suspension of four
days and nights per month. Not only did they enjoy the advantage
of cheaper raw material, but their yarn fetched higher prices. The
output of yarn formed a record, reaching the total of 1,352,000 bales,
an increase of 223,000 bales as compared with 1911. More settled
conditions in China gave rise to a strong...”
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