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exportation of salt during the year was larger than that in 1929. Owing to the extremely low silver rate, the Peiping-Shenyang Railway is carrying very much more freight than formerly; in fact, a large amount of goods, which would in ordinary times be carried by the South Manchuria Railway, is now sent by the Chinese line.
The value of the trade of the port during the year 1930 was HK. Tls. 98,114,114.00, as compared with HK. Tls. 78,127,779.00 in 1929, and HK. Tls. 75,544,140.00 in 1928.
The chief exports are beans, peas, ginseng, jute, bean-oil, sesamum seed, beancake, coal, and salt. It is interesting to note that the marked increase in Fushun coal, which began in 1929, was more than maintained during 1930, due to the greater demand for this kind of coal for factory use. Due to the Japanese now having their own beancake factories, beancake has fallen off considerably, and they only import the actual beans. The much discussed harbour of Hulutao is progressing. On the 24th January, 1930, an agreement was come to between the Railway Department of the Nanking Government and the Dutch firm, the Netherlands Harbour Works Company, to the effect that the work should be completed by October 1935. Hulutao is no longer a sub-office of the Newchang Customs, but comes under the Chinwangtao Cus- toms, which itself has been made an independent port since 1st January 1931. Hulutao will in time tap the resources of Eastern Mongolia and South-western Manchuria. It will be an ice-free port, and may, in time, compete with Dairen.
The greater part of the export trade of Newchwang is with Japan and the Southern ports. The minimum depth at the bar, according to the October surveys, was 9 feet 6 inches at low water extending to a width of 2,000 feet over the bar. It was decided by the Conservancy Board in October that ice- breakers should be tried, with the idea of ultimately keeping the port open all the year round. Two ice-breakers, each of a tonnage of 342, h.p. 900 and 700 respectively, were to be borrowed from the Haiho Conservency, Tientsin, with a view to beginning operation about the 20th February, 1931. The nor- mal time for the opening of the port is about the middle of March. By the employment of ice-breakers it is hoped to open the river for navigation about a month earlier than usual. Due to unforeseen circumstances the ice-breakers could not be borrowed from the Haiho Conservancy until rather later than was expected, consequently, the Liao River was only opened to navigation ten days earlier than usual. However, the experience gained was well worth the experiment.
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