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which Tsingtao export trade laboured during the year. The United States of America took the lead in purchasing this oil with 50,775 quintals to her credit, followed by Germany taking 46,003 quintals. The trade in shelled groundnuts, principally with the Netherlands, declined during the year in value from $5.9 million to $3.5 million, with coastwise exports suffering even more heavily. 232,505 quintals only to the value of $4 million being shipped as against 519,451 quintals to the value of some $10 million in 1937. The export of eggs and egg products was, luckily, saved from making too poor a showing, receding only in value from $7.7 million to $5.1 million, since they were not subject to exchange control, owing to the fact that steamer space had been engaged for the whole year at the beginning of the season. Both Great Britain and Germany were equally interested. The bristle trade was the next most severely hit, exports falling from 4,568 quintals valued at $3.5 million to 1,212 quintals valued at $0.9 million, and coastwise shipments declining in value from $1.7 million to $0.4 million. A large quantity of this commodity was, however, shipped abroad from the interior through Tientsin instead of Tsingtao as formerly. Partial destruc- tion of mines and transportation difficulties were mainly responsible for the shrinkage in the export abroad of coal, which fell from 231,718 to 9,521 tons, coastwise shipments also falling from 887,139 to 2,730 tons. Only cotton and salt maintained their positions, with quantities of 66,979 and 2,492,815 quintals res- pectively. The increase in the value of leaf tobacco exports from $4.6 million to $5 million was not accompanied by a corresponding advance in volume, only 82,568 quintals being shipped as against 91,648 quintals. Although reconstruc- tion work on the nine cotton mills destroyed prior to the withdrawal of the Chinese forces was nearing completion at the end of the year, only a small percentage of the 390,500 spindles commenced operations, so that not only was there practically no interport export of cotton yarn and piece-goods in 1938, but there was an interport import of cotton yarn to the value of $11.8 million as agains $3.6 million in the preceding year.

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The total number of vessels entered and cleared under General Regulations to and from domestic and foreign ports during 1938 was 2,446, with an aggregate tonnage of 3,945,712 tons, representing a decrease of 2,085,510 tons as compared with 1937, a decline of 28 per cent in the number of vessels and of 35 per cent in total tonnage. In comparison with 1937 the percentage of tonnage under the Japanese flag jumped from 29 per cent owing to the disappearance of Chinese shipping, while under the British flag there was a decline from 35 per cent to 29 per cent mainly due to the fact that third Power vessels were denied the use of wharf facilities, the working of cargo and the landing and emarkation of passengers being carried out in the open bay.

DIRECTORY

ADAMS & SONS, T., Automobile Agent-

25, Hupeh Road; Teleph. 5516

T. Adams, proprietor

AMERICAN LUTHERAN MISSION

SHANTUNG-

Tsingtao

Rev. & Mrs. P. P. Anspach

Mrs. W. Matzat

Miss Lydia Reich

Miss Mae Rohlfs

OF

Rev. & Mrs. Theo. Scholz (On

furlough)

Miss Erva Moody

Tsimo

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Rev. L. G. Cooper

Rev. & Mrs. R. Sell (On furlough)

Miss E. Strunk (On furlough)

Miss MA Clara Sullivan

Kiaochow

Rev. & Mrs. C. Reinbrecht Miss F. Strecker