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JAPAN'S TRADE POLICY, LEGISLATION AGAINST DUMPING

CHINA AND JAPAN STILL BUILDING SHIPS FOR US, "The proposal to amend the Customs

According to a report issued by the Tariff Law introduced by the Government United States Shipping Board there are into the Diet now (February 20th) building in shipyards of Japan and sitting. says the Jiji is a declaration China for socount of the Board thirty of the trade policy which the Government ane steel coal burning freighters, a list intends to paraue after the war. The of which follows:- chief features of the proposed amendment -are: (1) that a Dumping Investigation Committee be officially organised and that, on imported goods which have been found on investigation to be dumped, such duty as will bring their price up to a legitimate gure bo additionally levied over and above the present duty; (2) that dyestuffs and chemicals be placed under more pronounced protection; and (3) that

1920.

COINAGE IN INDIA

BOMBAY AND CALCUTTA OUTTURN.

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mints at Calcutta and Bombay for 1918-1919 show that the imported gold acquired during the year under the Im-Very IN CHINA.

port Act amounted to Ra 2,94,872 against Celestia, 10,000 deadweight tons; Man received at the Galcatta Mint from the

Lathay, 10,000

Ra 18,38,66,347 in the previous year. A deadweight tons consignment of 150,000, sovereigns was darin, 10,000 deadweight Oriental 10,000 deadweight ton all at arrangement whereby sovereigns coined tans and Commonwealth Bank, Sydney, under an the yards of theKiangman D. and E. Co. at the Sydney Mint were obtained in of Shanghai, deliveries dua in February exchange for an equivalent, amount of and March, 1920

JAPAN

gold bullion shipped to Australia from A GODOWN at Faumatz. Eastern Admiral, 10,000 tons dead-

the gold holdings in the currency reserve. The total value of the bullion and ar Belle, 5,000

Apply to- « Ishikawajima yard, count and on account of payment made Tokia, Eastern Cluod, 9,000, Kawasaki in gold to the United States of America, bama dock, Yokohama Eastern Crag, Pittman Act, amounted to Rs. 5,39,94,147. yard, Kobe, Eastern Coast, 8,300 Yolo for silver received therefrom under the 8,300, Yakobams dock Yokobama; East Gold coin and bullion valued at Rs. ern Crown, 8,360, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki;1,4,7,001 were Eastern Dawn, 9,000, Osaka, Japan: East States in exchange for rupees. ern Exportar, 9,000, Mitaus Bussan, Uno, The Bombay Mint continued to receive A

also issued to Native Ukayama; Eastern Gale, 6,880, Uraga, the usual consignments of gold from Uraga; Eastern Gale, 8,360, Uchida, Indian mines for safe custody on behalf Kawasaki; Eastern Glen, 8,380, Uebida, of the Bank of England Kawasaki; Eastern Guide, 6,300, Yoko hama; Eastern Importer, 9,000, Mitsui Bussan, Uno, Okayama; Eastern Knight, 10,000, Osaka Osaka: Eastern Leader 6,300, Fujinigta, Osaka; Eastern

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in order to facilitate their importation It is of course necessary that raw materi- als should be duty-free. Nor have we any thing to say against a policy for protect ing vital industries which newly sprang into existence during the war, provided that such protection be limited to a suit able period. But as to the organisation of an investigation committee for the pur- pose of anticipating dumping, which seems to be the principal object of the

worth of South African gold, held at the Bill under consideration, it must be asked

Bombay Mint for safe custody, was ship in what circumstances the Government

ped during the year on behalf of the Bank fears the possibility of dumping The

of England. During the year a branch Powers are too busily occupied with their work of reconstruction at home to have

India the large hccumulations of gold of the Royal Mint was opened at Bombay eny surplus of reserve left for starting

quired under the Gold Import Act being with the object of coining sovereigna-in dumping abroad. They are rather afraid of damping against them. Another ern Moon, 8.000, Kawasaki, Kobe; East- utilised for the purpose. The actual portant question to be considered in this ern Ocean, 9,000, Kawasaki, Kobe; East coinage was begun in August 1918 and connection is how the authorities are Eastern Planet, 9,000, Kawasaki, Kobe; the year.

Pilot, 5,000, Harima Co. Aivi; 1,295,328 sovereigns were coined during THE MACHINES are made by Messrs. going to define 'dumped goods. It may Easters Sailor, 10.000, Osaka, Japan Pending the completion of arrange ter and guaranteed in perfect working be all right theoretically to regard goods Eastern Tempest, 8,650, Uraga Uragaments at the branch of the Royal Mint order. This complete plant will turn ou as damped then imported at prices lower Eastern Temple, 6,500, Nitta Osaka power was taken by legislation to coin 2,403 dozen Aorated Water per day.

BEATTY & HIGHLIPPE, LTD., Manches than those at the place of production. As Eastern Trader, 12,600, Asano, Tsurowi

matter of practice, however, this defini- Eastern Victor, 8,360, Mitsubishi, Naga and fineness se sovereign.

in India gold mohars of the same weight tion will not a ways work because of al saki, Japan. change in the technique of production and

Altogether Six of these Japanese buildings were nominal value of Rs 3,16,45,545. ware 2,108,703 pieces of these new coins of the Buctuation of prices, and the upshot will scheduled for early delivery, be to hold goods dumped when imported were the Eastern Gale, Eastern Guide,

They struck at the Bombay Mint. at prices considerably lower than those of Eastern Merchant and Eastern Moonstitutes a new record, the total nominal

Eastern Importer, goods of a similar nature made in Japan. The other twenty-one are due dur valne of the Government of India coinage The quantity of silver coinage carried Eastern Knight, out at the minta during the year con- In short, the first criterion for determining the first six months of 1920. ing whether goods are, or are not, dump Eastern Leader, Building at Oraks, is with P6, 50,77,07,398 the corresponding ed will be prices prevailing hore. But as scheduled for delivery as late as 20th figure for 1916-17 which had hitherto been The alone being Rs. 52,05,35,309 as compared prices in this country are unduly going May. up, it is easy to imagine that many legi- timate imports will have the same effecti

the heaviest coinage recorded. on Japanese industries as dumped goods.f

In anticipation of the receipt of large Things may go well enough should the

consignments of dollar silver from committee patiently hear what both, pro

rica experiments were begun at the Cal cutta Mint early in the year with a view ducers and importers have to say before determining which goods are dumped and

to making special arrangements for re- fining a portion of these consignments which are not; but as such a course is in Yamaguchi Prefecture and Kyushu completely fitted with furnaces capable of on their arrival in India. By the end of The output of coal from the main mines the year a large rehning shed" had been. evidently impracticable the committee during last year amounted to 18,897,678 dealing with large quantities of silver. will be always acting under the influence tons, showing an increase of 1,503,200 The preliminary arrangements in connec- of some producer or other and imposing tone as compared with the previous year.tion with the coinage of gold entailed a various hardships even on legitimate im- The mines (important ones only), num considerable amount of extra work at the ports, and the same evil may be experi bering 88 altogether, showed an increase enced as if an extreme protectionist policy of four in number last year as compared was in force. At least, so long as prices with the previous year; so it might be do not get lower, it is clear that the whole supposed that the increase in the number procedure will end in bringing about a of mines was responsible for the large further rise in prices and Rccentuating increase in output above noted, and it the evil which is already so keenly felt is true to a certain extent. It must, how Such being the case, atris proper for these, he noted that excluding the new Government to adjust prices first and then mines, the output still shows an increase proceed to prevent dumping. It is to put of 1.247,423 tons over the previous year.. the cart before the horse to let prices go If this is analysed by months, the result up as much as they like on the one hand will be as follows:- and to make a fuss on the other hand about the prevention of dumping which is

Mothe to be feared as a result of a rise in prices

January February Prices may be adjusted in various ways

March but the Arst thing to do most always be to make supplies ample and abundant. So

April a policy calculated to restrict imports by an imposition of higher duties and bring up prices in abjectionable even though it may be arged under the fine pretext of protecting industries, as is done in the present case: In our view, the inoet im portant of economic noeca at the present day is an adjustment of prices and every policy which is likely to have an opposite. It will be noticed that the output show-China, through Canton. result may well be deferred to some future

date"

'JAPAN'S PETROLEUM

INDUSTRY.

PROJECTED AMALGAMATION. a whole in those days is towards mutual The tendency of Japanese industry, as amalgamation on the principle that work done on a large scale saves an enormous amount of labour and expense, to say nothing of obviating extravagant and ruin- oas competition, (says the Japan Chrens cle), Everything from banking to fishing is similarly affected. The fashion is now being followed by the petroleum industry. The importance of petroleum for national defence is recognised and the Naval De partment has been endeavouring to make Japan independent in the supply of crude petroleum. Acting on this principle, it has for some time past been encouraging the Nippoa and the Hoden Petroleum Companies to amalgamate with each other. It will be remembered the Nippon Petrohm Company recently increased ita capital considerably, thereby forestall, ing the other company, which evidently, on account of this, has decided to post pone the projected increase of capital as already reported. It is, however, gener ally believed that the amalgamation of these two companies, which are the larg ent in Japan, is a question of time. The Hoden Petrolean Company will no doubt increase its present capital of 1,20,000,000 to Y.40,000,000 as the other company has done and when they amalgamate with each other, they will perhaps appear as a large ompany capitalised from Y.100,000,000

JAPANESE COAL TRADE.

May

OUTPUT STALISTICS.

June July August September ..thtober

December November

1910

2018. 1,532,019 1,535,686 1,405,841 1,422,600 1,728,524 1,653,522

1,636,310 1,588,761 1,707,393 1,600.978 1,871,719 1,482,402

1,480,317" 1,249,869 1,360,358

1,664,029 3,338,418 1,532,109 1,891,010

1,468,380 1,389,109 1,311,214 1,610,170 1,806,129 Total 18,207,678 17,550,255

ed a considerable increase every month except February, when a slight decrease took place

IN JAPAN.

Bombay Mint during the earlier months.

tain amount of ordinary miscellaneous work, such as the manufacture of medals, The Mints were also engaged on a cer

badges and dies, the manufacture and adjustment of scales and weights and miscellaneous supplies and repairs ander. taken for other Government departmenta and the public.

CHINESE JADE. AN INTERESTING LECTURE. A scholarly lecture on Chinese was given recently in the British Legation Jade Theatre by Dr. J. C. Ferguson. Many

of our readers will doubtless be interested in the following summary:-

The different chemical substances which are contained in jadeite and nephrite account for the variations in various The colours vary from white to greed, forms of jade, explained the lecturer. yellow, brown and black. jade usually found in modern pieces is The type of chloromelsnito and is called by the Chin esc fei ta'ui. It is now imported into ancient

Care of Daily Press" Office. Hongkong, February 18th.

A. G. DA ROCHA. 13 THE AUCTIONEER

AUCTIONEER,

A G. DA ROCHA,

?SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER. Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2132 AVOURED with instructions from will well by Public Aucion TO-DAY The Concerned, (THURSDAY), March 4th, 1920,

#t. 2.10 P... at his Sales Boom.

FAVOUR

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS. Wardrobes, Deaks, Chairs, Chest of chairs, Carlos, Crookery and Glasswa Drawers Dressing Tables, Bookcases, Arm” Brass Ornaments, Vases, Pictures, Ice Boxes Bedsteads Clocks, Typewriters, Tableclothe Bakstands and long line of Sundries.

• Theras --Cash on delivery

A. G. DA BOCHA, AUCTIONEER, SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER.

AVOURED with instructions from Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2331.

pieces were made was found in several

The jade material one of which parts of early China in which there are no longer any traces of it. The Pien Ho jade came from the ancient Kingdom of THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC T'ien jade came from the hills in the Ch'n which is modern Hupeh. The Lan district near Hsi-an in Bbensi province. Other places in which it is recorded that from indivenza throughout the country Henan province. It was not until the will how that the total number of sufferers range of mountains extending from Tibet Returns issued by the Tokyo authorities jade was found were Kun-Shan, the since the outbreak in the middle of

to Gobi and Chung Shan in modern L September to February 10th is: 1,724,362, of which 63,852 have been fatal the disease was worst-

The following are the prefectures where No. of Cases, No. of Deaths,

Osaka

358,643. 351,444

Tokyo

Hyogo Fukuoka Oita Kanagawa

110,400

83,551

85,344 $3,088

#10,183 9,866 3,000 5,117 243 212)

REPATRIATING BUSSIANS, UNWILLINGNESS TO LAND.

ang dynasty that there is a record af jade having been imported from Khoten doubtedly all came from its own borders (Yi-t'ical The jade of early China un-

moll

The Concerned. by Pablic SATURDAY, March 8th, 1920,

Auction, 44 2.30 PM.

ab his Sales Rooms, Queen's Road Central ceremonial. In the form of a sceptre it was EXCELLENT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURK

The use of jade in ancient times was

(Old Post Office Building). the symbol of sovereign power; as a diso it was the symbol of the deity in heaven and in the form of a tube it symbolised Blackwood Furniture, Brass and Iron

Comprising: the cosmic deity; Earth. It was made Bedsteads Tables Carpets and Euge into musical instruments such as may be Overmantels, Bilk Tapestry Covered still seen in the Temple of Agriculture Drawing Room Buite, The various forms into which jade in ocasional Tables, Extension Dining Table, now carved were given in detail. Bevelled Mirror Wardrobes, Pictures, Bolae, Easy Claire, Jade appeals to the aesthetic taste not Curtains, Bed Sheets Crickery, Glassware, only by means of the eye but also through

Dining Chairs Silver Ware,

the sense of touch. This is an nesthetic went, Cabinet, Teak Bookcase, Dinner appeal which is scarcely known in West Clocks, Marble-top Washstands, Cooking ern art but is one of the most delicious Stores Cutlery, Toilet Bet, Electric goods as well as delicate senses among Chinces and long line of Sundries.

A CHINESE AVIATION TRAINING CAMP.

number of Russians on board the various terms used by the Chinese to ex- A Mojí dispatch to the Aanhí says that connoisseurs The lecturer explained the Liverpool, a steamer chartered by the press their appreciation of the appeal of Czech-Elovak Republic, presented them-gade to the sense of touch. selves at a local police station recently, and asked for protection from a serious lot which they declared was maturing among the Russians of Bolshevik ten- dencies travelling by the same steamer, They stated that there were some 300 Bolsheviks on board their steamer, who transformed into an aviation training The Woosung Naval Academy will be were persecuting the non-Bolsheviks who up, nccording to recent decision of numbered about sixty. Not only did they the Ministry of the Navy. The academy to .150,000,000, absorbing later on other resort to violence very frequently but has just been officially closed and will be smaller companies. They will thus he they were actually plotting against their amalgamated, with the Cheloo, Naval ronducted on a large scale and monopolise lives.

Immediately on receipt of this College Over 60 employees have been

the petroleum industry in this country report, the local police authorities took dismissed, after being paid three untha'- though whether the ambition of making the investigation in hand, but a careful extra salary, while over ten members of Japan independent of foreign supplies inquiry failed to reveal any evidence sub- the teaching staff will join the Ministry. will be achieved is another question. Tstantiating, the charges made by these The decision to amalgamate the Woosung is at least the intention and hope of the informante against their fellow-passen with the Chefoo Naval Academy was the anthorities. Buck combinations usually however, farther inquiries are in progress result of the failure of the Peking Parlia and in a restriction rather than an at the hands of the police and gen-ment to pass the special items of the

In view of the nature of the charge, pansion of industry, a larger measure of farmerie, The theory popularly ad naval budget for 1019. The Ministry protection to keep out foreign competi-varcod is that these Russians invented finds it impossible to maintain the acade tion and consequently high prices coupl the story as they are unwilling to promy and the aviation school at the BRIGH ed with a lack of either possibility or ceed to Vladivostock, where a very dis time and in view of the good work being desire to promote, an export trade. In turbed state of things prevails,

done by the aviation school and the demand for aviators throughout the coun- try it was decided to discontinue, the Naval Academi

the case of such a produce as petroleum It was said that the Liverpool had on

34 means increased costs of general manu-board some 360 Russians who were bound Lactare added

for Vladivostock from Trieste.""

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