supplies. Rice bran was also imported to the amount of 2,311,638 picula.
Cigars and cigarettes increased in value from 216 34 million teals; whit household stores and wine, beor, and spirits, maintained the value Flour comes to us, for the most part. from Hongkong, but in bags with the imprint of Aueries flouring mill; the quantity increased
of 13,
from 768,934 to 9117,900 piculs.
Under dyes the only peint to attract atton-1s expected to reach a total of
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 13гn, 1905.
A
REVIEW.
Liri is to increase in the import of artificial which China's port only constitutes ; tons, presumably in the first month of but following the lead of former editors of this
4 to 78-447 piculs. Other synthetic dyes | quantity of finest silk; but, in common with
1 per cant. aurlysía of
of the lust and is possible and presents is characteristic phase of the currying trade of the Chinese ports: the ports averaged 2,490 tons, and the total at our riverino porta avaraga 14 tons, the figures being for the former 199 ships, of 495,603 tons register, and for the latter 27,407 ships, of
1 oil continuesits onward marck, the Other countries at onon adoptol ro- | titul, antrios of American ships.at four const
COLIT...
393,078 tona.
It must not
1902-04, and not including the homo weaving of labourers from Chinwangiso and Chefoo to China and Japan, China provides 27 per cent. South Africa. German tonnage, about the (North China 18 and South Chian 9), Japon 23 same in amount as in 1003, fell in percentage The Courtships of Cathering the Great. by per cent. Italy 25 pur cent, and all other from 13 to 12 Japanese tonnage fell, by tho
PHILIP W. SERGEANT, BA. London: T. countries 2 cont: Chi Silk, moreover wing withdrawal of much of the ocean shipping, to to ita now inferior quality, Las not avea the in- but little more than half of 1903 Agurds, bat
Wotuer Lauris, Clifford's Inn. 10%, 64, net, fluence ilus to its quantity.hough the export was maintained at 4290,950 tone by voksela
1 When the Reviewer heard that Mr. Sergeant of white silk from China in 1904 was less than under that fag, employed solely within the the axport of five years ago, the world's visible neutral waters of China; the porcentage foll! was about to publish a book, he receted that and for 1904 from 14 to 6. The Russian flag contributed | the ex editor of tho Hongkong Daily Prena was supply is greater than ever
picuks, of
per the year, agalust 300,003 tons in
of 1903. indigo, trom 11,818 to 18,819 picules; vegetable cent. The fact is that est in the world, prodne-nt two per cent each, and the American roso to that the North China silk-other flags, the French and I Norwegian remained intige a Chinase product made foreign by pass-worm by nature ing thongh Hongkong, als, increasing unturally from the best mulberry the largest 70,8 4 to 784
As figures.
all other countries, the worm was attacked by total import having risen from 84,008,835 gallon medial Coasures, with the result that the in 1903 to the enemmons figure of 15689195 dieser does not exist there, and with the further result that there silk is now superior to Chinese,
4 gallons in 1904, an increase of 81 per cent. to the total imports of the two years 1 and Japan, for example, now cbisins for her fila. 1001 American oil contributed 37 and 43 portare silk as much us is given for that from
Russian 16 2
od 21 por cent, and Sumatra Shanghai; and while from 1899 to 1904 the તમે કાય 33 1 cent respectively. Bernes oil. export of Chinese white silk fell from 10,279 under that sme, is unuch reduced, and California to 1,511 piculs, in the sume five years the esi ort oil has made its first appearance.
from Japan increased from 59,069 to 96,586 Sugar of all kinds
from 3,202,980 increased pients in 1903 to 3,747,60% picals.
Railway Plant was less, at Hk. Th. 5046,459) in nine, maui wther machinery increased in valus
by m fourth to!
to Hk. The 2,650,0 By the addition of
of several catagorios of grand the list of Imports enumerated it was hoped that the value of the included under the Sumiries, Cionnuictatel” would be reduced. Sa rapid, however, is the divergent hoading gives even a grastor value than in 1968, having risen to 1k. Th. 137. In this figure is included an exceptional sama of Hk. 11. 1,C3,4-16, the value of 3,310 picule of Men churian wild raw silk imported into Shanghai frau Dalny and Port Arthar, and con
consequently treated, not as native, but as Foreign pro produce The transit of Formo-a teu at Amoy was than in it, the quantity exported having fallen from 143, pienis in 1992 to 119,458 piculs in 1903 and 101,761 piculs in 1904. The rest of the Ro-ogport trade shows suma develop mont, having been, oreluding Formosa tal, of a value of Hk. Tl. 1,438,240, úgainst 11k 6,544,082 in 1901, as inereus lue to an TIH. unusual demand for cotton fabrics for Japan and Korea.
tu
Chinese motheds of branding the silkworm were excellent so long as there were no scientific methods available; the ax pasure to the frost and snor was effective in eliminating the wellings from the aggs, and leaving only the strong to batch out, consumo leaf, and spin silk, but only one ndition that there was no disse. Against this the surgeon is the only affective agunt. Ta result of the failure of China to adapt microscopic examina
view,
KODAK
FILMS
3
& ACCESSORIES.
DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN.
LONG HING & CO..
PHOTO GOODS STORE,
17, QUEEN'S ROAD.
(SAME PREMISES AS MESSES, ÁH CHEE),
Hongkong, 2711 December, 1904. remember having been so complimented by all as on that occasion. I was said to bo sa beautiful as the day; and absolutely dazzling. To tell the truth, I never considero mayself very beautiful, but I was pleasing, and I think that this was my strong point.”
Thore, if Catherine were able to get al the contents of Mr. Sergeant's book, and to give her opinion, she would say: *Palaw! The
he not taken pains to emphasice my strong man meing well, but why in all that book bes
point?"
TRADE
TELEPHONE No. 135.
189
MARE.
TANSAN
famous journal, including Mr. E. P. Sinnott, Mr... G. Wilcox and others.
Ho the Royonor) only prayed that it might not be so doup, no "tough," as was Mr. Sinnett's "Esoteric Buddhism:" otherwise he felt that he most resign his onerous and illy-remunera- ted task. When he heard the title of Mr. Sergeant's book, he concluded that he was to be compelled to read something of the sort that Treasure. The amount of Treasure im the onregenerate style "spicy"; and while he ported was Hik. Tls. 34,119,801, and of the ex folt re-assured as to his reason, he folt alarmed peri. Hk. Tix. 38,672.972, giving on the
for his modesty. Before the book arrived balanen a nat export of Hk. Tha
in Hongkong, however, he saw that the shown by the table en page 18. he forgotten, however, the gold is, for finance. Graphic said: "Mr. Sergeant has performed purposes in Chins as much merchandise as a delicate task with great diservilon." He | reppur ingots and the gold soin inverted does not new propose to follow the example
9.677.159 from Japan to the value of Hk. The 677,152 of some of the reviewers at Hanto, by airing au say. £1.970),0,0) must, from that point the unt extensive scquaintance with the history of the be so considered, thereby increasing the not
aport of Treasure on balance to about Bk. famous lady about whom Mr. Borgeant writos, Tis. 14.000,000. Of this guid coin, imported and then patronisingly admitting that the
However, it only remains now to adil that into Shanghai, two-thirds are still there in the
anther has Koove truly he tauni about his 315, servant sau ant priorded, to deal rit refuted by sach examination, perhaps 700 may exchange market, awaiting a purchaser and subject as the critic did. The fact is, this Ro. Catherine's whole Ufo and character. He has survive through all the stages of development forming no part of the liquid assets of the viewer had in some way mixed up in his mind deliberately taken the one feature of her life by and spin strong cocoons, from 1,000 of the eggs market, but available at any time to replace Catherine tus Amorous with that Sultans who which the uninformed chiefly remember her, PBR CAFE OF 48 PINTS... of to-day in the Shanghai country not over bills of exchange. It may be no es that at the will arrive at the spinning stage-the other 400 class of the year and for some time in 1905, said to Don Juan: "Christian, canst thou love?" and, as he claims, misjudgo ber; he has examined will have eaton leaf to waste, and even the exchange rates (silver expressed in terms of and straightway threw herself on that wrangely all evidence bearing on this aspect, sifted it,, A bar Loan said, to make surviving 300 will spin an undersized cocoon gold) were from two to three per cent, below the unresponsive young man's breast. It seems, and written an interesting and informing PER Case of 100 Splith
picul of silk r
of exchange based on the price of bir according to Mr. Borgeant, that there was some précis, devoid of offensive suggestions, and in ones took throa to four pieuls of
Uncuiand gold. from the mines in the and now
exense for such an association; but that the the process exhibited a great deal of solid takua four to Hix peuls, north, originating mainly in Tientsin and Cho- Everyone knows this; but what is everyone's for, was exported to the value of Hk. Tls. Empress Catherine, like so many other great erudition. Ono olmest spigramatic phrase bikines in ne o's business, and it is possible 1.379.714, but there is no recorded movement historical caracters, was sa strong it character will show how noutly he can suggest mant that, as with ton, so also with silk, the guilds of Gold from Szechwan.
as she was human in passions. She was, so to while saying lilile: “such a name as maid-of- tnorehants interested will allow matturn to
movement of Hk. Tla
doubly inappropriate for 23.518,639 imported and Ik. Tls. 37,125,368 speak, a female Lord Noteca, a feminino Hobby honour seems Among other exports will be found some exported, two-thirds of the import coming from Burnn, or, as our author seems to profer, ladies of the Russian Court in those days." articles which are in this issue eoparstely
Houghong, while Hongkong took threa-Bfthe Russian Queen Elisabeth.
As for the general effect of it, It sebms of little Exports.-The total value of experts was shumersted for the first time, such as eggs, and J
1Japan one-third of the expert. Shanghai
avail to remind us that the Devil jar never. Bo Hk. £249,486,683, an increase of 11 per cent minerals, opium, cotton and rapu seed, timreoivedi Ik. Tla. 13,135,711, aut sant away H, As has been noted, this in value f.o.b.. whorens is and wood, etc. in which the trade to Hk. Tin. 7.802,565 from, and shipped Hk. Tls.
Tin. 17.147
54. The southern ports received
black as he is painted. There seems no getting those of 1908 ware based on the market price, Foreign countries is of recent development.
over the fact that the blackness is so pronounced and did not included charges for packing or Beans must beancake were considerably loss 19,563,796 1c, their financial centre, Hongkong, shipping or duty, all of which ard memossary than in 1988, the quantity being reduced by a
both amounts being in coin, this constitutes ingredients in the value, the amount of the half and the value by nearly a third in the serves of the Empire, but no published than in collecting and polishing up overy and the romances falsa, does not make hori
this was the most serious drain on the banking re- bank bill negotiated, required for international
Creduced demand Decasions, not by exciting, and daring the part Jos sprint principal consuming cotty, Japan-whore ste the maxis this train is, howovu movemen. Merup of canidal which they could by search history less sordidly course. She was physically one ta province an illaminant of the funds: this drain is, however, complex discövés coneérning her." He admits that after inoge olarming than our own Elisabeth, it and sentent cil for the use of her people, the balanced by the coin brought in by return.
efforts were made at at
whether
drift.
the
taken, the
0
coronuk
China to obtain the true values from the ports of original shipment. The value given whore people's food, but by the Russian declaru.
mary at
is to be compared with that givan in the sam-
at the end of my Report 2231,205,169, and not with for 13, sizlik. Tl. 214352,467, at the foot of the table of areasrly the total export of boane (in 1903
Bilver shows &
from
At the very outset, Mr. Bergeant makes it
Catherine the Terrible was so terrible se clear that he will not hare us suppose that
she was painted. He says that moine that no unscrupulons blackening van bosmirah
náthors - might håre found better scope it. That Mr. Sergeant's story may be true,
trade has not aterially wereased in value forces, and, after its occupation b. asian konge, and Hk. Th. 3,926,956 in sycoe andito author, until the French Revelation stirred
ti cop of lovers were bought and paid for, not- withstanding. Which, if the’Rassions did not object to, English readers will not admire. even in an able politicien like Catherine,
FLOATING MINE
and over half the Nation produ
as export or a re- tensing other fa mauurs the rice fields which produce ing emigrants, estimated at Hk. Tis. 10,000,000, ƒ her twenty-Afth year she gave amplo canse fo, sons, and her bonuty lasted longer;, but her
The recorded movement from Newchwang gosip, hat that the stories attribating to her & was almost nil, n more Hk. Tia 230,000 to | youth in keeping with her later life wore untrue Chinese ports white imports at that port.
and unjust. He is also at pains to argue the Chefco and Shanghai, were Hk. Tis. 620,200 is sycee and Ifk. Tls, 041,643 in coin. Tientsin legitimacy of her birth, which suze Gormen received.lk. Ths. 554,951 in coin from tlong writers have aspersed. Voltaire was her favour. Hk. 11. 2,694,667 in coin from Chefoe and
up ber monarchical feelings, and caused her to Shanghai, while shipments to the latter ports
The I-C. 8. Zien ħing is rai: Ing a reputa wore Hk. Tis 5.891,040, almost all syon. It detest the country of subversive dostripes, It is to be noted that the ordinary requirements is a little amusing to read that hor prosenttion by its efforts made to destroy the mines of trade in the North call for ayous and not champion has to admit that at lors than fifteen that menace the mercantile marine servine oft ik. Tis 1.160,071 were imported from Tenkin coin. Piastre de conmorce to a valuo of
years of age she had set har heart on the Rua. the Northern coast of China. Out of three into Mengi, presumably for railway construc- sion froze, that she listened to her youthful endeavoure those on beard that steamer have ancered si în blowing up two of thɩ se danger us ftion.
groom-elect's confessions of his liking for other Shantuok I have been favoured with a statement of the
women, that she was an easy convert from the
instruments of war. The only failure was due estimated import and export of Trensura af
Lutheran faith to the reek, and that her to the mine being a "tipping" ove, sud the Hongkong during 1904, from which I deduce
port:-
The
and beancera turee per cont, tre per cout, int shows tendency to gravitate to Kian-
198), and other goads 41 per cent.
In the meantion of exports, tea is still-an, the Chefoo contribution to the combined the following Agures fur the movement at that earliest troubles came through her incarr-impotus of ballots was unable to throw the
tion at the outbreak of war that they were contraband when shipped to the enemy'a country. The export from Nowclawang to
and half that of beans) was consequently prohibited so ports; and the inference must be that the export toug sa that port was held by
the Japan-sa during the year. A study of the accompanying supplies were restricted to those coming by rail diagram shows the rise in importance during from the neutral zone west of the Lino. the last 4 years of goods other than silk and
Straw Braid increased from 723 to 88,110 tea. In 1954, to a total of 51 million tuels, picula. A intre portion of the incresse cans silk contributed 24 per cent, tea 58 per cent. from improved demand for the finer qualities, raw eation (au eruptional exportation, owing while the coarser grades were again distinguished to the Ameriosa Civil War) 12 per cent, and all
by the same charges of irregular plaiting and other g
goode six per cent.: in 1904. Jou total of 289 fraudulent packing which have characterise i million tuels, slik contributed 33 per put, los the industry in recent years. 134 per cent.. raw cotton 10 per cunt, beras
since the opening of the railway froin
export of
of the two ports having fallen from 70 given first place, on account of its past import- per cent, in 1903 to 40 per cent. in 1904. Should ance. The total shipments of all kinds amount-
toniensy coat this
coations, the efforts which have ed to 1.451,249 piruls, a decrease of 226,28 been made by somo
some German
exporters to in- plouls. Black leaf shows no dimination; green prose the quality of the straw and the methods Tent fell off 60,474 piouls, fairly distributed over of braiding and packing will, if successful, all the consuming markets, and brick tea, have the inevitab's result of forcing the black and green together, accounts for the rost Chinese guilds and middlemen, if not from of the reduction, being less by 170,760 piouls shame, at least from interest, to place some The lastaned oxport of brick tou loft a large restraint on the operations of the producers and quantity of Dust available for shipment. The
and in time packers.
a recognised chop may maintenance of the figures for black tea will have a recognised value. teach the Chinese growers and packers a falso
Raw cotton, the export of which suffered a leading them to believe that they can slight check in 1963 owing to the high prices larsen, retain their trade in the face of careless and prevailing in the world's markets, again ro unscientific methods of growing and preparation: samel its forward march, and shipments in
triation of the they should remember that the restriction
preased by 60 per cent, to 1,2289688 pienis. market for brick ten loft more of
free crop
Prices followed those
ruling elsewhere. for packing as loaf, Largo shipments of green when quotations dropped, those of Chinese tes in the two previous your assened the
cotton dropped also, leaving large stocks in the and during the past year, and the reduction hauds of produces and middlemen, who held in in the expert of brick tus is sp'zirable by the the hope of still obtaining the prices of the difficulties s of transp rt to the consuming aren
previous year, while spinners and exporters in Asiatic Barvis.
were in a better position to indge the future. Silk shipments increased to a satisfactory Holders who had postponed the watering of extent over 1003 figaros, bat in the important their cotton until they found a prospective items of white and yellow, resting did not buyer were fortunate; but these, it is stated, attain to the already lowered figure of 19 2,
were fow, and the action of Yangtze water on The heary redaction in the shipments of 15 stocks way produce better results in the future fell almost entirely on Shanghai, and in 1909 that any legal enactments. A special reason it was Shanghai which showed the greatest for the increase in China's export to Japan is power of recuporation. Native roulings of doubtles to be found in the withdrawal of white silk, which there wore reduced from Japanese steamers from the Japan-Bombay 19 2 to 1908 by 18 154 piculs, recovered 13,180 line. piools of the loss, Canton alo inorensing from 1,408 to 2,915 pionls; and flature reelings rose at Shanghai from 19,670 to 12,754 picule, 8331 to 34,521 piouls.
the
and.
Ixiour.
EXPORT. Goid Silver. Gold. Silver. H. . . . Hk. Tis. Hk flo.
Chinese
Non-Chi- JKDRÓ porte
ing debts immediately after her arrival explosive over to the right angle, or penetrate to the tube of seventeen thousand roubles. the tough she to sink it. They are rea ly It is difficult to so in these any evidences the most dangerous mines. When a spiked 1,196,658 22,750,459 192,000 10,704,221 of an immaculate youth; and her complaints mine comes into view thers is a sure thing on in her memoirs against bor own motbor: to explode it if the marksmen are there to hit 11,563,7+5–9,859,940 9,690.405 3.137,450 are hardly to her credit, however justi- ons of the many projections. Instantaneous with flod Mr. Sergeant seems to think that the the snapping off of a spike a terrifle repa t tol 12,790,421 32,410,208 8,820,44 19,901,671 prospect of one day being empro-s in her own lows and the niz is alive with the shattered shell.
Total Hk. 14, 45,200,819
24,723,125.
right " must Lavo consoled her not a littla "for¦ A spiked mine was sighted directly in tho * Including inconsiderable quantities to mud from the Immadinta prospect that was hers, union track of any vessel entering or leaving Wei-hai. Macao.
with a young man whom she know to be vicious, | wei by the cast. This duplicate proximity to this Accepting these figures as correct, there was a gain to the banking reserves of Hongkong and admittedly regarded as disgusting. Of British housed port cannot be too strongly.em- during the year of gold and silver amounting course, if princesses are constructed difforontly phasised, as it shows the utter nogleat of any in value to Hk. Ths. 15,475,684, or about 23j
to other young girls of fifteen, there's an end of precautionary methods adopted by the British million dollars, of which nearly 19 million dollars were in silver. This is not inherently it. The Reviewer confesses to absolute ignor naval authorities for the safety of the commerce impossible: the dollars serving the trade of ence of princesses. But other things that Mr. they are supposed to protect. South China sa generally clappad, and so are Surgeunt tells us about her in his very interest- Brailable for shipment outside the aren only as ac muck bullion; and, with constant robberiesing and most ably written book show that on the from Native craft in the Carton waters, it is whole this extraordinary oman was moro man not likely that there was much unrecorded like than womanly. It is to is feared that, in shipment by junk. On the basis of these figures view of the general character of contemporary the movement of treasure between the dom, mercial area including Hongkong and the people, that she was no better than the should be, Chinese ports, and all points outside that aroa,
and that she was morally no more, to be admired was as follows:
than the tmsband whom the unthor seems to blome for most of hor misdeeds. I is by no means a savoury picture that he draws of the girl empresa and all those girat people Instood of weeping, or surrounding bor. storming at the iniquities of her besotted spouse shu "pawned and grew weary," which again Beams to throw some light on her disposition; and to make us wonder at Mr. Sargeant's iden that her life with him was ons long "tortore,"
Dod
Silver.
Gold. Silver.
IMPORT.
EXPORT. Ik. Tls. Hk. 11. HET. Hk. Ths. Chinese
107,779 14,277,910 portat 9,137,851 -0,754,415
Bud at Canton fremle of yellow silk is piculs. Pig iron, an iafaat industry, gives good Total Hk. Tls. 37.65,971
In the total, 10,374 included an export of 728 picule from Tengynel to Burman, Wad silk-33.327 piculs, about five-sixths from North China-was more than
Macno.
Among minerals antimony, ore and rega. Hongkong 11,503,765 9,659,840 9,630.405 9,387,454 lus, coming aiuly from the fields of Hunan, fell off a sixth, white tia extirely the product
21,241,616 16.41-4,355 9,828.241 17,515,300 of Yunnan, gave a satisfactory increase to 50,391
L+ *++------་་-
27,319,004 Excluding insonsisterable quantities to and from promise, having risen from 1,155 piculs in 1903 to 201,848 piculs (12,000 tons) in 1904.
I give these figures with all reserve; but no Sagar was again wolerate is amount, 365,056 | copting thea, the commercial are lost a little She appears to have been well able to look after sitioration it it shuts down upon a ship when iu 1903 by 50 per ount. For many years attempts pica naukeen. oils (expressed and essential), the currency of the Far East (again not includ- for all kint, Skins and furs, feathers, over one million taels in the metal silver, forming dubium are the principal other commodities ing emigrants funds), and retained on balance to show much increase, The most marked 1 million taals in value (about £1.650,000) of decrease is in oil sends (cotton, rope, and the commodity gold. sesamun); the weather which gave auch abundant orops of rice appears not to have been so good for these seeds, and the sharp riso in exchange doubtless lowered exporter's value
lave b-au made to bring home to Chinese pro dulu B
saralising sonas of the danger impend- ing over the Chin Silk tralo, it has been
printed out to rem that their worms are distend; that, of a smaller donela
it now takes from four to six pieulsaad greater proportionate number to wake the one picul of silk formerly made by three to four pieuls of the
INDIA'S COTTON INDUSTRY.
TANSAN
| SOLE AGENTS—
We learn that the Lienshing bhas been fortu rate in her encounters ly always having fino weather and a smooth sea for her operations. A mine under these condition can be seen abont half a mile off. The average time takou by a ship travelling ten knots from the first view to having the mine abeum is about three minutes. : The elevation of the mine above sea level ranges from twelve to fiftoon inches. It does not require a great stretch of imagination to calen. late the hazard ran by shipping in a sea strown with these explosives. If heavy weather sets in the danger is increased at an immenes board. The waves would entirely obscuro, the object and render it impossible to detect until tho steamer is directly beside it if he fortunately mises striking it. Fog is another depressing is the sone of danger. It is therefors time her own happiness and interests, and the that some Power takes the matter in hand to Reviewer cannot bring himself to share the clear the seas of this harassing barden. No author's sympathetic point of view, much less reliance can be placed upon Chinees mon-of- war. We loutt the average naval warrior his suggested admiration. As for the value of in that service has the energy or skill, It is n such a study, it has been suggested that theorying shame that it should be left to the Forces of heredity may be traced to present day inoffensive merchantmas to work out his own
rodemption. Nagasaki Press. larger and stronger coreon of forming years: below that at which producers would sell. The development of the cotton industry in Russia, but the facts that are admitted by the and that remedial measures were really to their hand. From the day of the investigations of Mating was exported to America in dimini-hed India, zewarks the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, author, whe has evidently sifted all available of quality, owing to disputes, resulting in a in comparison with the United States is a evidence with great pains and conscientionsners, Mr. Kleinwachter to the practical proposals of strike, between workmen and jobbers; the matter of concern to our producers, as well as lead us to think that hereditary influence might Mr. Rocher, all sound adived fall on deaf ears, troubles were settled before the end of the year, of general interest to all. and the only visible result is seen in a small and 1005 should show better raat tx. Opizm The United States ranks first as a 'cotton just as easily to travel through several genera- school of instruction, feebly patronised, st was exported to Tonkin to the amount of 5,179 producer and as a manufacturer of cotton tiens of rabbits or white mice. To say that Hangsbow, and in. a recent
piculs
fabrics. Indio stands second und Egypt third it would have been a wise man entitled "A Lesson to the
Shipping. The tonnage entered and. in the list of cotton growing countries. The his own father in those days would be quite addressed to the people of Wuxiah cleared was 63,774,700 tons, an increase of American crop has averaged for ten years about inadequate. He would have been a miracle of Of this increase, Chinese ton million bales, Indis two million and wisdom! With regard to the differenes between taking Silk producers of Shao-bing,
Those
Nativo-type shipping accounted for 4,588.241 Egypt que million. Cotten manufacturing cocoons command & pries 50 than thom of Wunioł, że hala Per cont, higher | tons, due to the inclusion in the tablo for the and its growth is best indicated, by the princesses and ordinary girls, there does not left Manila yesterday at noon, and is dus hərə
operation. In the Unitet seem to have been so great a one, if we may of imitation. The silkmen
are offices which contributed 10 the ralne of trade States in 1893-4 there were 15,700,000. 1 take Catherine's own memoirs. She is deligo Singaporo on the fish izst, at noon, sad may living in B fool's paradise The drop from the and to the revenue collected from it, but bad yours later these had increased to 22,959,000, higher prices of 1899 to the low rates of 1901 not hitherto reported the tounge which carried average yearly increase of 715,00 fully natural when she writes: may have given them a shock; but their enn that trade, of those offices, Kowloon and Lapps was 3.539,681. In 1993-4 these had increased silk (I had a very good figure at that timej.
In India the total number of spindles in 1893-4 "I put on a bodios of white gros de Tours be fidence was easily restored by the later moderate alon
nlose now report 3,735,816 tous, carrying trade recovery, and the fact that they can still sell valued at Ik. Tis. 61,506,698, ontributing to 5,213,344, yearly 700050 people Cenauding with a petticoat of the enue over a very small
of 107,0 their deteriorated silk blinds them to the Hk. Tls.
the rovonue. 10
But India, with 300,000,000 absolute nec
necessary of doing something for the mainder of the increase, nearly two million tons, cotton manufactures, with its cheap labour, ad koop. I put up my hair, which was very long,
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued improvement. of quality. Their prime error is is the normal increase of Voksels under the ready rommand of British capital, exported in thick, and beautiful, at the back of my head. the following roport in thinking that make the prics, that it Foreign ling. Of the total, the British tonnage 252.000 pounds of
1903-4 888,281,000
of raw cotton!!
The barometer On the 12th at 125 p.m. and tied it with a white ribbon queue de renard, the cost of cocoons
od yarn, and depends on
China;
Ina; ross from 49 to 518 per cent.; this, except for
Gradients are increasing on the China coast, the price is minde in the markets of the West- the Chinese flag, is the only increase in peri. 76 000.000 yards of cotton piece, goods, and I. L. set one rose, with its bad and leaves, erantes risen and 19 again high ogor N. Chias, at Layous and Now York, at London and Milan, centage and the only considerable increase in imported 2,033, 00,00 yards. In other words, imitations of nature, in my hair, and another and fresh N.E. winds will probably set in over -and in making it Italy and Japan are tonnage, probably caused by the temporary it exported one-half its raw cotton and in my corsage. A ruff of very white gauze the Formosa Channel sud the N. part of the much more important factors to-day than Chins. andstitution of British ships for those of the $33,100,000 worth of cotton manufactures, and Or the world's supply of silk at present, two belligerents, and partly by the tonnage imported cotton piece goosla to the amount of was about my noch, and I wore caffs and apron | China Sea during the next 24 hours. kused on the average of the past three years, required for the conveyance of 18,552 indentured, $93,500,000.
Fay, in which the example of the pains. 6,484,317 tons.
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