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“...United Kingdom it will
"be of interest to note that a Mond gas plant is being installed at the
Fushun coal mines in Manchuria, with a view to supplying power
for use in generating electricity. This plant has bean specially designed
lor the recovery of sulphate of ammonia, as it has been discovered
that Fushun coal is particularly suitable for this purpose, and it is
estimated that 250 tons of coal will be gasified per day, and that
there will be a daily yield of about 12 tons of sulphate. Although
it is hoped that a local demand will have arisen in a few years time,
■the present intention is to sell this sulphate in Japan, or, if a suitable
freight rate can be obtained, to ship it to California.
Of other manures the most important by far is oil cake, which
accounts for over 4,000,0002. of the total. B ;an cake is responsible
for 3,400,0002. of this, and comes entirely from Manchuria.
The other big items are rape-seed cake from India and cotton-
seed cake from China. Rape cake has come into...”
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“...JAPAN.
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This move proved to be effective, and the Coreans found that
it paid them to export to Japan at a high price the rice which in
previous years they had consumed themselves and in its place to
buy cheap rice from Rangoon and cheaper millet from Manchuria.
It is rather remarkable that in considering the figures for the whole
of Corea's trade in 1913 one finds that there was an increase of about
1,000,000/. in exports and 450,000?. in imports, and that these figures
correspond approximately with the increase in the exports of rice
to Japan and the imports of cheap rice and millet, so that one may
ascribe the whole advance in Corea's foreign trade to this double
movement in rice.
Imports of sugar.—Two or three years ago, when plans were being
made for the increased tariff and for the gradual checking of imports,
it was confidently predicted that sugar would soon vanish from its
place in the list of imports, and yet in 1913 it came third in the table,
with the huge total of 3,751...”
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“...comparatively small, amounting as it does to only
74,400?. In twills, there was a much larger advance—from 42,000,000
yards, valued at 548,100?., to 70,000,000 yards, worth 861,700?.—
and imitation nankeens and T-cloths also registered a considerable
gain, while it is of interest to note that the export of Turkey-reds,
which is quite a new business, has now reached 25,000?.
One of the most interesting features of the year has been the
reduction of duties by one-third at Antung on goods coming into
Manchuria overland. Although this reduction is not confined to goods
of Japanese origin, nor to cottons in particular, it is to these goods
that the alteration has proved of the greatest benefit, and as freights
have also been reduced on the Corean railways, over which they
must necessarily travel, Japanese cottons have been placed in a very
advantageous position in the Manchurian market.
The following table gives an idea of the output of the leading cotton
manufacturing companies ; it is compiled from...”
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“...list, it may be said that nearly every item
figuring in it showed improvement, and of these the most important
were refined sugar, cotton yarns and piece-goods, copper, wood, coal
and marine products. In matches there was a falling-off, which is
probably the result of the match industry having been developed in
China.
The following table shows the shares taken by the various parts
of China in her trade with Japan proper :—■
Country.
1912.
Imports.
1913.
1912.
Exports.
1913.
i £ £ £ £
Manchuria J 1.176.100 1,494,000 796,500 959,300
North China ..... .! 1,020,700 1,053,500 3,412,600 4,767,200
Central China ... 3,035,100 3,284,000 7,155,000 9,700,000
South China ..... 303,200 381,400 133,800 167,500
Unknown ..... 59,800 37,000 223,700 194,200
Total..... Kwantung province .. . 5,594,900 6,249,900 11,721,600 15,788,200
.j 2,624,300 i 3,152,100 2,811,SCO 3,045,800
Germany's share in Japan's trade increased by 711,0002., or 9 per
cent. : there was a small loss in exports due to a falling-ofE...”
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