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The Report an Ibe Trade of Ceres and Abstract of Statistics for 1905 by Mr. H. W Davidson, Chief Commissioner of Customs, opens tias:-
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 2ND, 1906.
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AGRICULTURE IN COREA..
A correspondent of the Kores Daily News, siguing himself Agricola," writes the follow. ing latter which, thonga evidently full of bias, is interesting:
have been.imported and exported by transport↑ which are not included in the Customs retorns, and for those importe Corea did not pay while receiving payment for the exports
Bevenue-For the fast time the ovente collected by the Customis kas xeroded two million you, reaching a total for to year under
"Haring recently returned from a tramp of review of Y2,293,258.17 Of thin mara import duties secsunt for Y1,966,793.23, by far the 80s three or four hundred miles to the oist largest stoount ever collected, exceeding the and south of Seoul. I wish to hose testimony total for 1906 by Y466691.03, that of 1900 by to the monstrosity of the idea of the Japanees Y974,306.06. Export s duties
Incoming here to teach our local farmers how to 1291969 and show Tertuer decline of cultivate Coresp soil, and to occupy the waste Y28,090.45. Tonnige dues again muke s re- land. Everywhere I found the Corean farmere cord, amounting to Yes, hing at in working with skilled and ausparing labour. croads of Y9,299 50. Every year seng larger | "I cannot speak for many other parts of the ears put on this regular lines serving the country, but wherever I have been I have seen Coreau ports, while the occasional calls of practically no wasteland. All the possibile sloswers direct from Europe and Amerita ballers and plains are thoroughly well cultivated come more frequent and thus subscribe to this and there is not (I think) any Europena country which compares favourably with Cores in this source of reveuse,
respect of course there is an enormous "mmiņʻaja arva— greater even then a move rail- way journey to Fusan would lead one to suppose
Ganoral. The year 1905, even beyond the preveling, has proved a busy and doubtless a Que for merchants in Corea. To foretold, even only three or four yenrange. Rn expansion of Corea's freds as has taken pines would have bosa impossible for the most sanguine.
The increase of money in circulation owing to extensive orations on the part of the Japanese Government and large private companios is no doubt still responsible for the jucrease in the demands of the Coreane. It aily rousins to he shown whether, after the money labourers and the working classes generally kare obtained expended, from this irregular source has all been the market for foreign commodities will be aldo to consum the sime large quantity of
Messra. Vernon & Smyth say in their workly isports as has bear brought in sting the Inst share report, dated Hongkong, June, 1st, 1990. two years. It is a trait of the Corean character-We have nothing but a desultory business to that he spends money when he has it and report. The market continue to ile weak and it the best he can obtain, but one inactive, and rates are still inclined downwards. is bearded with a slew to providing against less Exchange ou Londen 2 1 9/16 1/2.
BANKS! prosperone Limes, Conarqueally when the sourc
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bat erep here we cannot in faira find much canas for complaint. Grave sites, which occupy- so much spics about Scout, ere, of cours“, very much less in evidence in the country: most of the hide have their slopes sown (ne in Japan) with rice, while in a road number of cases a certain kind of millet is grown slmont to the espion of Fajina yam. on whom stupe, I have not yet noticed many crops a growing) are praefimily non-existent in Japan.
of the income bo hus en receiving during į abares offeringkong sad Shanghain, with summit of s toh untais as (with the notable i
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This comparison with Fujiyamo la senre:ly The slopes of Fuji being formed of volcanie cinders ouuust be callicated. The and we should be surprised to hear that Coreans cufrirate millet at na sitituls of anything like ten thousand feet.-Eu]
the wanted at time of change appars to be the phrase "such mountains" appo es misleading
business.
from London Bud Shanghai, the last two years is withdrawn, he is likely to
bave experienced a consid wabo drop, and
and with find himself compelled to do without a large shares for sale and buyers bolding off for lower nutes, the market declined to 800 before say amount of what he has lately come to nonsider
Hales the turn of merchants acessiry. It was
cbanged hande on the east coast to gain by the interanno fotod. At that rato a far luts wealth of the Coreans; for during
The continued high previous year though they had the woney there no supply of goods available for
1904 Apeni them 1.9 shipping and transport of goods was too. insecure and the cost of such transport tou large for merchants to take great risks, but since the end of the war the guzatity of merchandise TEN DAYS' FREE TRIAL shipped to Winsan has turned the velama of any previous period. Towars the end of the year also communication but the bust of Corsa and Vladivostok was re- ports opened, thus making available another market für Coren protuets. The domand for fresh beef for ladicastok had created quite a brisk trade for a short time before the outbreak of Luc var.
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The crops of cereals, though not so good ng they were confidently expected Lo b, gare a fairly average field. But for a prolonged rainy the rainfall of the mouth of September exceeded even that of July or Augas-and the exemptionally severe storm of the 3rd of Septem. bar, the crops
ops would bare gielded returns for above the averige, all other factors being speinly favouribe.
During the past year the currency of Cores has been changed. The old nickel coin has been for the most part replaced by a power and better, bearing the same face value as the Japanese fra sen piece and backed by silver dity and cent pieces. All of theses are interchangeabl
at par with the Japanese coin. age. The remainder of the old nickel cuiuage is now regularly exchanged even in the open market for the new and the Japanese currency ut a fixed rate of two of the old coins for vas of the new. The greatest advanings of this sgatum will be falt by merchants in being able to estimate and make contreele with nalisos without having to reckon on any side variation of the exchange between Japanses and Corean money as uns always been the case is business transactions between Coreans and foreigners during the last four or five years,
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The gross value of the year's trade, without including gold or is trade with non-Treaty
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4-933,073
You,308.699 This shows an incres of more than soven million yen over last year's total. If from this total we deduct the value of goods that ars untered twice for the same consignment, a6 ports and re-exports to native ports which are included in the total of imports from native ports, and add the value of goods carried batwoon Treaty and son-Treaty parts, we get a value of 159,0 1000 as the vulae of goods carried by the 8,049 revels of 2,00,921 tons burden entered during the year.
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rate of sterling chief reason for the fall. Nationals continue unched and without any!
MARINE INSURANCES-Unions are still in demand at $400, but we have heard of galo during the week. China Traders can be placed st $97, which is the equivalent rate of Crions at 85, and at time of closing sales have boot made at $88. Cantons are on offer at $3 but without busines. North Chinas have heu placed at Tls.. 85, both locally and in Shanghai. Yaugtezeo remain quiet at quotation.
FIRE INSURANCES.-Hongkong bare clang- ad bauds af. Sito and close with bayers at that rate. Chiuss have been done at $3, clesing steady at that rate.
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The ucu'tivated pir? of the hills in core ed with the fuel upon which the whole nation is depsodent, and there is a wets here. Apart even from the fir trees, it would be not too much to say that in tast places hard a loaf or bindo of grass in wa-ted, the face of the ground being shaved bare and thoroughly raked and scraped vry year for fodder for the cattle, firing and other purposes. Wo foreignors - Europe 10, Americans and Japanese alike—who do little but fan ourselves and sit in corandahs all the kumipur, are much given to thinking and saying SHIPPING. Hongkong, Cantou and Macsos that the ignorat farmers have no idea of irrigs have found buyers at 25 and 824, closing with tion, preserving their water supply, etc. Thero buyers at the latter and sellers at the former could be no greater mistake. From May till rate Indos have further declined without ates October inclusive, there is no harder wakar on to 885, while they are quoted T. 7 in Slong earth than the Ccrean farmer, and though his hai. Douglass remain nglanged and without irrigation system may be imperfect, it is busine-8. Stells are vaquired for at 27 but remarkably successful and extraordinarily com- there are no sellers under 28/6
plicated. Furthermore, bo takes tearly as monda Tervezz-China Sagars continu meg.fromble about fertilising and maturing his soil lasted, and beyond a fow shares negotical fan the Chinaman itoes, and that is saying a gool- private rates over the settlement we have heard of no business. Lauzons unchanged and with- out business. _
MINING Beyond a few sales of R's at quotation we have no business to report. -
DOCKS, WHARVES AND GOUCWS-long kong and Whampoa Docks continue work au! without business at 316 Kowloon Warvo remain on offer a $10 without finding buyers Shanghai Daoks have ruled fairly steady ab Tis. 115.
LANDS, Hores AND BUILDINGS.-We hare no business to report uzder this hosting, and the market clos4 weak with sellers of an est stock at quotation.
deal.
*People who sit at home doing nothing all the summer cannot be in a positi u to jwige of farming conditions in this country, when the real workers are ding their 14 or 15 hours a day in the hot ean or poncing rain.
"I have even aan wooden aqueducts in use sul many skilful native methods of conveying water and storing reserves against a drought, Nobaly on beat the Cor an farm rs in cattle and if it is seringly sail as it is, with breeding, their pics are alarmingy pro to, wearisoms i eration) that their houses are even more prolific in breeding of undesirable insecte, noh lp for it in the war. Will thers by I would remind you that in this country there
an unbitton freigner in the whole Empire. durin the next few mouth? No, sir, not one Posides,
this fant, have you ever looked under the since the people of Nippon join loudly
Don't Judged by all human standards, the mat in a Japanese ins or workman's dwelling?
Corvay. farmer is a thoroughly worthy member of society and the trus representative of the Empire.
COTTON MILLS-Ewo have imp vadinis Stanghai to .75 and Las Kung 3lows to
71; there has b-on no local business. MISCELLANEOUS. With the exception of sales of Watsons at $13) Grena Islands at de
Powells at $10, and China Providents at $4,4
we have nothing to report nudge this banding
Icas are still équired for at $241, bat aus sem available,
COTTON-GROWING WITHIN THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
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Those who live all the year round is Seoul for the Treaty purts, and see only the swash- blugkling, half foreignised, vigsratta-ammiking,
“There ara many abuma în Corm, chiedy in connection with the 'yanghan" o tai classes,
In reply to a question in the House of Comap ctacled, idks aul grinning vigil in is mưag- 23,862 mons, Mr. Churchill said will lay on the ring aimlessly about the s re-ts, and suppose 6,904,301 table a paper containing the compiste statistics that by genuine or typical Coreane, are 4,432,606 of cotton-growing within the British Empras.redly deceived. The farmers of this land, who soon as the retures for inat yar are complete form about 9) per rent, of the whole pap ation, Meanwhite 1 simll be very glad to send my honar perfectly capable of holding their own la friend this figures al present available for this any agricultura company, and most certainly year and the last four years. For the sake of do ant requiestand warmly resent) ang patrou brevity in an oral answer, I will only say now see, interference or instruction from the that in 1992 the amount of cation exported from Ispinuse, British Colonies to the United Kingdom coa priser ouly 827 bales of the value of £1.744. In 194 the amount had risen to 9.138 bales of value of £32.026; while the amount exported to, al other contries, which in 1904 was 2193 ales, of a value of £11,487, one in 1934 to 12637 bales of a value of
£61.473.
The tigarea for 1915 are not yet complete The amount of cultan grown under the auspices of the British Cotton-Growing Association was in 103 approximately estimated at 1,989 bales of a value of £29,90; in 1994 this had risen to 6 bales of a value of £50,000: and in 1995 to 14,200 bules of a value of £199,0 0. The estimate for 1965 for surpass all previous records, and the futal cron is computed at 24050 Bhaliy of a value of £:33 loro. I think these
arithmstical progres
In considering the direct foreign trade only showing not total imports of Y31,959,582 aud Y0,904 301 and gold Y5,206,805 *xports-goods --of ¥12,111,100, another enormous balanes against Corea of Y19,818,476 is recorded. But, as usual, the Treasure Tables beyond Gold show Do export to balance this sum, the arcess of imporis beyond the amount brought in by the Japanese Government may still be regarded
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investors, Gootle brought in by the Japanese military authorities which are aut to be sold in the conatry may be deducted from Corea's in debtedness as 90 return is expected from thein even now or in the future, but whatarer is brought by privata curpinies for sale op for must be inaded is improvement of their
ion, sro highty, verderble mach-etiek Prayer-
epocially considering the brief period during which the exporimont Les bere made. Th multiplication of the sires of cation supply cannot fail in the comte of time. by averazing climatic risks, and consequently preventing unusual shortages, to exercise a steadying influ ence upon cutton prices, with a resulting same time the promoters hops to get som of State is warmly interested in the work of the
some restaniut upon cotton gambling. Ther
Ceretary return for the outlays they now make. Look. ing back on the figures of the balance of trade
trade British Cotton-Growing Aciation. The for the last few years, it is astonishing to find poleg initiated under the late administration that when now the balance against Cores will be maintained and I trust, parsaed; The reaches the abuse high figure, the balance against Besarnment is in cordial corporation with the jin 1902; Quly three years ago, was the cumpar. Association in the furtherance of its work, both atively small amount of Y100,233 while in 1900 by means of monthly couforeucas held at the Colonial Office with representatives of its there was over two million yen in favour. Daring the last two years while the war has been council, and through the assistangs which is in progress the published tigares are to a great given to its objects by the Imperial Department xtent misleading. Large quantitim of goods (of Agriculture in the West Indies, and by the Governments of Africa Colonize and dependen- rice. (Cheure.)
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