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in the trade situation were the suspension of traffic on the Chefoo-Weihsien motor road in the early part of the year, owing to bandit activities in the western part of the province; and piratical activities in the Yellow River delta, which compelled trading junks from Litsing and Chanhua to sail in consort and fully armed against emergencies. On the whole, however, it was a fairly tranquil year. Harvests were good, and the commercial benefits arising out of the good motor roads and the long-distance telephone facilities began to be appreciated. A new electric generator provided better lighting for the town a telephone system was installed during the autumn; and some new wharves and godowns were constructed. A slight downward tendency in the trade under Customs cognizance, however, is exhibited by the value statistics, which were as follows: direct imports from abroad, 2.3 million dollars as against 1.8 million in 1933; coastwise importations of Chinese merchandise, 6 million dollars as against 6.2 million; direct exports to foreign countries, 3.2 million dollars as against 3.6 million; and coastwise exportations. of Chinese merchandise, 2.4 million dollars as against 3.1 million dollars. As regards foreign imports, the entry of 140,854 kilogrammes of artificial silk shown in the returns, as against onlf 12,690 kilogrammes in the previous year, was due to seizures made by the Customs preventive staff and not to an increase in the legitimate trade in this commodity; and the increase in the returns for foreign sugar from 4,260 quintals in 1933 to 16,570 quintals during the year under review was chiefly due to the same cause. The decline regis- tered by the Customs statistics for cotton piece goods, etc., does not appear to indicate a lessened demand for these Japanese goods from Dairen and else- where, as, owing to the favourable exchange rates for the year, such mer- chandise penetrated the market in considerable quantities either via other ports or partly, it is feared, through illicit channels. Favourable exchange, and the high cost of rail and road transport from the Shantung mines, accounts for the increase of over 10,000 metric tons in the arrivals of the Fushun and Peipiao coal from Manchuria. Of the export staples, shipments of vermicelli to foreign countries (principally Hongkong) increased by 7,503 quintals to a total of 78,494 quintals, and prices were favourable at from $26 to $31 per quintal; shipments of live cattle, chiefly from Dairen, reached record figures for the port at 2,270 head; and heavy increases
increases were also recorded for fresh vegetables, straw hats, Chinese pens, and joss sticks. The export trade in most of the principle staples of this port, therefore, was exceedingly good.
DIRECTORY
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
Acting Deputy Com'sr.-Hsia Ting
Yao
Assistants-Yu Chen Jee and Chen
Shan-yi
Clerks-Seng Siu Ching, Wang Yien Ling, Wang Tsu-yi, Chu Shu Cheng, Wang Kai Nai, Lee Po Chi and Ku Tse Dien and Yen Hsu Assist. Tidesurveyor O. Smith Asst. Boat Officers Cheung Hak
Ching and Shih Hsueh Pin
Examiners-W. S. H. Fuller and Han
Yu Lin
Tidewaiters-Liu Tso Kai, Yang King Lyon, Wang Ting Tung, Kuo Pao Chen, Chou Teh Cheng, Li Hsiu Ling, Wang Teh En. Chin Deh Chang, Yang Tze Yung, Chang Lien Chu, Cheng Jui, Liu Deh Hin, Pi Jen Pu, Lee Tung Sheng, Wang Chao Han, Yoh Chao I, Ding Djen Deh and Shih Hsueh Han
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ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION'S DISPENSARY
Rev. L. M. Frederic