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WOOLLEN GOODS TRADE
OF CHINA.
The Ministry of War has issued so The US. Consul General in Bhangai, order to the authorities of the around air. Thonias Sammons, reports that in in the different parts of the country to considering the woollen goods of trade of make a report on the number and quaa-
Charm it safe to estimate that at tity of arms, gum, ammunition, and materials for manufacturing munitions | least $15 per cent of the total conaump- of war nov kopt in teir stores.
Gtion is due to the foreign population GERMANY PREPARING FOR THE and the tombining 85 per cent may be
BASE WORST..
According to the Shun Ten Shik Pau, the German Legation has ordered the Commulates in the country in view of the growing gravity of the diplomatic aitua- tion to make necessary preparations against the "revo ante / of diplomatic relations between Germany and this country
THE MILITARY CONFERENCE
apportioned to the Chinese who have adopted the Western style of dress and also to those who, while still
while still adhering to the Chinese style of dress, prefer to Lave their clothes made of woollen goods instead of the customary and less dive cotton, linen, or silk goods.
TERATY-PORT BALER
eapen
TRADE CONDITIONS
TSINGTAO.
AU
BUILDING ACTIVITY
SHANGHAL.
AT
Bettlement Extensive
In the course of recent report, the
Some interesting details are given in a American Consul states that the year recent regiort by the US Consul General, 1915 was spent by Tsingtao in adapting Mr Thomas Sammous, concerning the itself to commercial and other conditions unusual building construction 20tivities changed by the war. By the latter part at Shanghai. He states that the value of the year the Chinese merchants, or buildingy under, construction in the through whom import and export cou-International Settlement at Bhangani fer timately nections are maintained with the inthe first half of 1910 w appr
$2,400,000. This is a remai
showing ferior, began to return to the port. At when compared with the returns for the the sange ting the several varieties of whole of 1016, which aggregated about 293,900,000. These figures represent only
Tthe International export business in which Tsingtao use to hold an important place had not re-building operations are also being carried So in the French Concession, the Chinese vived to any marked degree by the native city and in the suburbs. The Lend of the year, and the products of large amount of building work at present Stantung Province continued to be ex- carried on in Shanghai may be accounted for in part by the urgent need of the While there has been a rapid increase ported through other ports.
structures now being erected. The cost of in the sale of woollen goods to Chinese, Shipping connections between Tsingtao than ordinarily, and the belief is that building is in general per cent, higher The Government has now decided tha
especially since the establishment of the and other Far Eastern posts were limited these higher figures will not be reduced the Central Military Conference ghoul Republic in 1917 this movement is one steamer per week allowed to to the normal for many mouths to come. begint eittings from the 15th largely limited to the treaty ports, whore British firma, and to Japanese bottoms The loss in the extra cost of building, March Euch of the Tuchans and Oc-the Chinese have for desgales been coming but the proved suficient Ocean however, will in most cases be offset by cupation Commissioners required in dire contact with things Western, freight, of course was hard to obten, higger profits resulting from larger send on delegate to the Conference The Although it may reasonably be expected, and in common with every Chinese port rentals and increased business Prime Minister will be Chairman, that the adoption of Western ways will Tsingtao felt the shortage, especially in
CHARACTER OF BULLDINGS UNDER stemhily, spread, there are three fuctorg | respect to exports.
B CONSTRUCTION: ? FORTS AT TAKU AND TSINGTAO, that do much to impede the progress of Formerly in respect to direct foreign The buildings under construction in tho woollen goods, namely, the conservatisni imports Taingtao ranked fifth among International Bettlement in Shanghai The Board of Genora Stuff proposes that forte should be built at both raku of the race, the superior comfort of the Chinese porta. In 1915, with its trade may be classified thus Native residences and Tsingtao, A memorandum to this native costamo, and the low cost of other cut in half, it ranked about ninth but and shops, semi-foreign shops, semi-
has submitted to the Cap hoes and shoones, foreign residen Odise for discussion. This is one of the the fact that may Chinese who bave ranke, so great are its advantages as measures included in the Coast Defence China take up again the dress of their sibility to and from the interior.
lived for years abroad upon returning to regards surpping facilities, and accesions comes under native residences and With the exception of two British firms shops. The foreign residences, offices, and of long standing, the import business shops constitute the bulk of the expensive CHINESE CLOTHING MATERIALS
Taugtag in 1918, was in the hands of buildings and are generally substantial most entirely to cotton, linen, grass This gave Jupatuso importa a great, ad- Chinese clothing materials are confined newly-opened branches of Japanese firms, and well-constructed. cloth, and silk, and the cast is well suit vantar notably in the case of cotton office, stops, and godowns are generally The walls of the foreign residences, od to the average purchasing power of yarn Figures furnished by local mer of sulid brick, although fronts are same- the people Woollen cloth has been sed chants give the imports of cotton yara tintes constructed of granite, stose, or in China for many year, England, and before the war roughly as follows: 20 artificial stone Constructional timber is cpecially Germany, having succeeded in per cent Chinese, 20 per cent, Indian, invariably Oregon pian foors in somn winning the market by adopting a suit-40 per cent. Japanese But in 1915 the cases being Oregon pine, but a ablo scale of prices. America's salca bave Japanese yarn represented 30, nor cent. Singapore red wood. This wood, which been noticeable only since the outbreak of the total, which was about 50,000 resembles the Launa (Philippine) family, of the European war and the attendant bales, or a little more than one-half the makes a good floor and shows up well advance in prices. With this advance in 1914 total. The demand for this yarn when coated with native varnish, known a prices it lins been possible for stocks of is increasing, which, in the absence of Ningpo varnish Singapore red wood woollens in Shanghai and elsewhere in textile establishments, is only to be axis also extensively used for cabinet work. China to resold at a profit in Euro-plained by the increasing extent to which A good quality of lock sets are used,
a market. The demand for woollen the natives are compelled by high prices Berge and overcoatings is increasing, to resort to hand looms, just as the high and it is doubtless due to high prices prices of petroleoni products are causing alone that are retarding trade. The return to groundnut (pen mit) oil as randiest sales are made in low-grade an huminant Japanese pre-eminence The Kwangtung Governor is, therefore gods of about 40 per cont, corto and in vurn imports, however, is also to be requested to send a complete set of flad 0 per cent woollen mixturea, the de aconunted for by the fact that since he demand will in all probability great-
steamship connection with Shanghai a meither to good nor a cheap as before the war, yarn is now coming to Shantung from that port by rail, and this portion does not cater into the Maritime Customs reporta. T
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Scheme
HIGH POLICE SCHOOL The Ministers of the Interior and of Education are jointly considering the establishment of a High Police School to train choient police officers. The regar lations for the High School have been drafted and submitted to the Cabinet Office.
MACÃO DEMARCATION
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just dispatched an important locatment to the Kwangtung authorities formung them that a Demarcation Committee will be organized in Peking in March for the purpose of settling all outstanding demarcation questions, between Chile and France Great Britain and Portugal The question of Macao demarcation will
then be taken pp
documents on the question to the Minis try. The Governor is le requested to appoint an official hitherto in charge of the matter as delegata to Peking to participate in the discussion of his
Questionad
BRASS CASIL
The Chiness authorities have instituted an investigation with the object of art ing the scheme for the purchase and
miting of the brass cas, dit nas Leen found that the total amount of these cast a circulation at present is about 61,501,000,000, which at the rate of 1200 por dollar is more than $50,000,000. This dant of cash La distributed as follows: Chilli and Suansi, 743,500,000 Shansi, Hosan, Shensi, Kausi and Sinkang, 11,400,000,000; Yunnan, Kweishow, Kwangsi, Kwangtung and Schwan 14,400,000,000 Kianga Kiangsu AT
wel, Chektong Fukier, Haman, and Hupeh 31,040, 100,000 Three is ern Provinces and Inner Mongolia 2,925,300,000
ancestors
mand for all wool goods cuning mainly
from foreigners.
Manufacturers seeking an extension of the market for their goods in China should bear in mind that even the benuta fül plaiu and flowered silks worn by the won thier classes are to be had at com Toward the end of 1813 plans were raratively low figures, and that low made for the erection near Tsingtao of i prites will resist, materially in inducing spinning mill of 23.000 to 30,000 spindles. the Chinese to wear woollong on a large the machinery to be British, purchase! scale, The Chinese mind is not easily through a Japanese agency. The project appealed to by the usual talk of quality was, we'l started by the spring of 1918 being cheaper in the end. On the conThe concern undertaking it is a Japancie trary, rim is considered first and last, firm having a capital of 12.600,000 that However, once a satisfactory deal is perates large mills iz Osaka and Shang mado, a demand is created and trade he. It is said that $780,000 has beers Bes from that buyer a assured Largo pro- aside to finance the local mill. The pre fits are more often derived from volume duct of the mill will be about 10 per in sales of low-priced goods than from nent of the average import of yarn and large margins on high-priced goods, should therefore and a ready sale. KORTE CHINA WOOLLEN DEMANDS,→→WOOLLEN
· AND COTTON BLAKEEFENSAM
MELTING CHINESE BRASS
COINS
A recent investigation of the market shows that Manchures and especially that portion that is in the Bussian sphere of influence, is in need of woollen The U.S. Consul General for Hong goods, a number of orders having beca koug, Mr. George E. Anderson, referring The Szechwan Government intends to collect sinal cash and as the moral for loved there. Mukden, situated in an to the export from Chin particularly mining ten cash pieces. It is calculated agricultural district demands only the to Japan, of Chinese cash that have lower grades of woollena. Tientsin and been the basis of all trade in the interior that this will produce a huge profit.
Peking, on the contrary require the of China for many generations, says the BANK OF CHINA'S DIVIDEND better grades of serges and overcoatings rise in the price of copper bag rendered in blacks, blues, and greys, the Bains these brass coins, which usually, contain The Bank of China announce that it being true of Hankow. Although Shang about 89 per cent of copper, more val will pay to chareholders a dividend of as is the port of entry for the ports of able as metal than as a medium of ex- 9 per cent, for the year just closely This the Yangtare Valley, and supplies North change is an addition to the payment 17 por ern China sp to Harbin, interior dealers For a time over 6,000 tons of the coins cent intercat or share capital invested, come m periodically to do their buying were exported monthly to Japan alone so that the total payment per share will for the coming seasons. The woollen A fall in the price of copper reduced be 16 per cent. Shareholders will be able Foods market in this port has been slack shipments to about half this quantity u draw their dividends from the 10th due largely to the disturbed condition but the exports continues, and now at
of the country generally
various points in the interior of China March on resentation of share certi-There has been a small demand the number of crab in oirculation Bentes either at the Head Office or at throughout for woodler and cotton far below the requirements of the people,
branch offers O
COUNTRY CLEANSING IN EWANGTUNG.
ors of The Military and Civil Governors Kwangtung have divided the province of Kwangtung into fourteen potions and appointed special officials to commence the work of country cleans rig:""
Normal conditions in Kwangtung have been restored and the re-organization of troops has been completed in coneguande
offices
The largest, number, of building opera-
FOREIGN RESIDENCES,
usually of British manufacture. The rea of reinforced concrete has grown rapidly and it is now being extensively employed
office shop,
and factory blocks. Ex- panded metal, wire mesh, and reinforce ment bars of every description are in great demand, although at high prices.
ly inorensen Cement is being consumed in increasing qualities, the supply being me from mills im or near China,
Before the war Belgium was prastically the only source of supply for window glass Now it is obtained from Japan and America,
JAPANESE MEDICAL MEN.
PRACTICE IN THE BRITISH:
EMPIRE.
Japanese physicians who have been graduateurum recognized medica schools in Japan will be permitted to practise in England and in the British colonies, according to a statement issuett by the Foreign Office on February 14th (says the Japan Advertiser). This ques- tion bas hoen pending for many years, but com an understanding has been reached between the two nationn na to tha qualification of the Japanese physicians, Henceforth the qualifications of Japan- ese medical gradustes who are to be permitted to practise in the United King- dom are that they have held the degree of doctor of medicine or are graduates of the medical schools of the Imperial universities of Japan. The qualifications of those who will be permitted to practise in the British Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay Blates, and the Blate of Johore, have been changed since June last year, so that the graduates of special medical schools, governme and pable, the private medical schools under the sanction and who hold the title of bachelor of pedicine, are permitted ta practise there
Now comes a note from the British Foreign Office to the Japanese Embassay blankets, with a tendency on the part of and difficulty is being experienced in in London, which states that the British the Chinese dealers to had a substitute carrying on ordinary trade. In parts Central Medical Commission, at its moet- for costly woollen ones in a cheaper of South China, Chinese 1 cent pieces ing on November 27th last year, decided Sutton blanket. There is evidently now exchange for only 5 oush, instead of that the graduates in medicine from volume of traile to be done in China in 10 cash that usually is considered a these special medical schools may be re blankets one, although most of the standard Tate of exchange. The cash gistered as foreign physicians in Eng business still goes to Europe. The prin have been bringing about 25 local cur land. Those whose names are thus regis pal sizes and weights are as follows rency, or something like $12.30 gold, tered may practise in England and tho Go by 80 in. 64 by 94 in 1 to 4 lb. per picul of 1321 b. In Japan they British possessions as physicians for in- have been valued at the equivalent of 815 ternal diseases surgical operations and and singles of Tib
gold Japanese newspapers report that obstetrics But they must comply with the refined copper is being exported to the rules and regulations of each of thoss lands, according to the decision of the the United States a
of the great: efforte made by the Ciri DOLLAR TO SUPERSEDE TAEL and Military Governors of the province, Reports from Kwang tung, however, iMOVEMENT BY SHANGHAI CHAM
BER OF COMMERCE. dicate that in the districts far from the provincial capital, the people have been suffering intensely from local tujer and bad characters. In an attempt to sup prese, the tufes, the authorities of province have deemed of a cloning
troduce the former country cleansing
The basmess of buying up and melting Commission, these china has been so large had so profitable that a monopoly thereof was
one of the considerations proposed for A KOREAN The District Chamber of Commerce at a recent Bino-Japanese loan. The fact Shanghai has started a movement which that single Japanese arms in the will eventually lead to the supersession of market for 3,000,000 picula (200,000 short the tool by the dollar. Before the time tons) indicates something of the enor
MATHEMATICAL
GENIUS.
A silver wrist watch has been presented
of the establishment of the Republic, all mau quantity of aneh opina in Chins by the Governor-General of Choven to a
led named An Myengahan sa
system, which proved very effective du Bonetary payments in both offical At the same time the monetary require Morean the service of the Land
ing the inte Taing Dynasty,
JAPAN'S NEW RAILWAYS. The Imperial Railway Board of Japan is contemplating the construction of a new railway lines with an aggregate length of 1,135 milles atost of Y 179,186,000. The railways short branch lines, it MBT parts of the island empire length from nine miles to Some day Japan will have tremendous task of incr
of her railways to star
business transactions were made in tacks
the use of dollars in the place of tels Cima aro inproportion, and the melting was made in appreciation of this wonder- Since 1911, the Government has ordered melting Investigation Bureau The special in all Government transactions. This up of such coins disturbs the balance of ful mathmatical talent. It is said that order has been carried into effect in many supply and demand. The first effect will he can add up twenty-free items of four provinces, but in the basines ircles of be to increses prices locally in terms of figures each in seven seconds by mental Shanghai the use of taels is still popular as the medium on which Chant calculation By using an abacus, the La view of the fact that there are many production of goods for export primarily time required by him in tuskin
Addition is eight seconda inconvenienses, and in fact disadvantages, is based and it is Jikely therefore to in the retention of the tal system in have a marked effect on foreign exports than half the time taken by the most
day business transections the
talented accountante in Japan, and on,
ordi ffth the time needed hai District Chamber has consulted
the leaders of the Chinese banking firms. anghai on the question of making a go radculated to supersede the tael by dollar When the views of these leaders who practically control Chinese mistake having been made when the first financial roles in Shanghai, are obtain- lines were built of constructing narrowed, the tenresentatives of foreign banks gauge which is not suitable for the pre and the Chinese and foreign merchants sent large and increasing traffic but the will also be consulted. A committee will work wou'd cost suck a stupendous sum soon be appointed to make preliminary that it will probably be many years be arrangements for the launching of the fore it will be undertaken
Peking Daily News.
SHIPPING NEWS.
NEW STEAMER FOR THE FAR WEAST
Starting on her maiden trip for the Far East, the Pacific Meil liner Colombia called From New York on February 5th Sha will arrive at Hongkong on April 14th She will have this port for 8z Francisco on April 22nd
the same
sccountant. This – woude
old tical genius is only sirveen His father died two years ago, and he is now supporting his family consisting of mother, brother and a sister on yo
bo
spa dayan tuproce edly high wage for a Korean accountant. It may tioned that this is the second time that Mr. An has received a special reward for his mathematical talent, the fire takin place last year when Count Teraucht inspected the Land Investigatim Bureau,