Japanese Activities in South China,
as reported in the Formosan preso.
(supplementary to remort of February 27th, 1939)
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I.
CANTON
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Recent visitors to Canton from Formosa include Mr.
Futami, Director of the Police Bureau of the Government
General, who appears to have found Canton not at all in
the derelict condition that he had expected, and was
much impressed by the setive work of reconstruction being
pushed forward by Japanese, both civil and military.
Another was Nr. Itagaki of the Monopoly Bureau, who states
that the honopoly bureau is planning to export cigarettes
export to Canton through Nanko Kashi, their active agents.
talks of having opened a branch in Canton on March lat,
(presumably on behalf of Nanko Koshi ). He says that
pipe tobacco is made locally, but cigarettes have hitherto
come from Shanghai, and are now very scarce. The
demand in the Japanese occupied zone is estimated at 50
to 60 million cigarettes a month, and he thinks there will
be no difficulty in starting the business with a supply
of ten million per month.
2. Mr. Fujiyama (or Toyama), President of the Dai
Nippon agar Kanufacturing Company, and also of the
Sugar Association, has been in Formosa, and hoped to pay
a flying visit to Canton, but it is not clear whether this
has materialised or not. He confirms that the Tokan
mill, whose capacity he puts at 50,000 piouls per annum,
is to be run by a joint organisation of the Association,
and states that it was to start sugar production from
March 10th
He gives an interesting analysis of the
Japanese supply and demand of sugar during the present
season, as follows:-
Supply