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June that they commenced operations, more than 130 valuable seizures had been made by these vessels before the close of the period, under review, with the help,, it should be added, of the one other preventive steamer stationed in this area. As regards legitimate foreign imports, it may be said that Japan had practically a monopoly of the cotton piece goods trade in the local market, very little being imported legally, however, until after the tariff was reduced in July; imports of linen for the embroidery industry nearly doubled, England and Belgium being the principle suppliers; very little artificial silk was properly imported through the Customs, the 368,000 kilogrammes recorded in the Returns being mainly confiscated goods; and the same may be said for sugar, the 19,000 quintals of which mainly consisted of seizures. It may be noted in addition that important increases were recorded for liquid fuel, gasolene, kerosene,-lubricating oil, and all building materials with the excep- tion of cement. Some of the export staples to do well were: hair-nets, of which 600,000 gross were shipped abroad, principally to Germany, America, France, and England; drawn-thread work, the direct foreign exports of which decreased, but the coastwise exports (most destined for abroad eventually) of which nearly doubled; cross-stitch work and embroidery, the demand of which was pronounced than usual in the United States and the comparatively new markets in Australia, the Straits Settlements, Burma, and the Netherlands East Indies; lace and trimmings, which found a growing domestic market besides new foreign markets in Australia and South Africa and pongee silk, which registered an increase of approximately 15 per cent for shipments both abroad and coastwise. The fruit harvest was poor and exports declined accordingly; the vermicelli industry also had a poor season; while demand in the case of the important groundnut trade recovered towards the end of the year,
prices advanced, and a fair but slightly decreased business was done. The Chefoo Silk Improvement Commission was very active throughout the period under review. Important research work concerning the diseases and the feeding of the silkworms was carried out, and, in addition, some most successful experiments were made in the artificial hatching of moth eggs sent in by the National Economic Council.
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