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packages of glass and 100 packages of general cargo. She is
reported as having discharged groundnut oil, groundnuts,
matches (of which large quantities are now on sale in Canton)
and cigarettes (possibly manufactured by the British American
Tobacco Company, but not consigned to their Canton office).
On departure she was noticed to load some kind of ore (probably
wolfram) in small native made bags.
4.
"Sungshan Maru" (Nippon Kissen Kaisha) berthed on
March 28th at the former China Merchants' wharf after having
lightened at Whampoa. She discharged rice, salt, groundnut
oil, gasoline, lubricating oil, salt fish and other marine
products. She sailed on March 30th and is suspected of having
loaded human hair and black bristles.
5.
"Etizan Maru" (Nippon Kissen Kaisha) arrived on
April 6th and berthed at Honam point, opposite Shame en. I
have no particulars of her cargo, inward or outward, but her
appearance is noteworthy as being the first time a Japanese
ship has been seen either at Canton or Whampoa without the
funnel markings painted out.
7.
6. "Tungshan Maru" (Nippon Kissen Kaisha) arrived on
April 8th and also berthed at Honam Point. Her import cargo
is reported as having consisted of flour and rice and also
350 bags of cotton, 140 cases of cigarettes and 275 packages
of general merchandise. Export cargo was loaded, possibly
piece goods and tobacco. This vessel left on April 10th.
These reports are, of course, by no means complete.
Many Japanese vessels come no further than Whampoa and even
in the case of many Japanese vessels which come up to Canton
it is impossible to obtain reports of their cargoes. It is
also generally speaking impossible to verify either the port
of origin or destination of these ships, though the majority
would appear to come from Dairen or Formosa, sometimes by way
of Shanghai and Amoy. It may be assumed that they generally
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