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THE CHINA SOCIETY.

THE HONGKONG

CHINESE INFLUENCE

IN POTTERY,

A meeting of the China Society was hold on the 16th January at the School of Oriental Studies,! Finsbury-circus, EC, when Mr. Bernard Rackham gave an in teresting lecture, illustrated by lantern slides, entitled "Chinese Influences in the Pottery of the West."Mr. H. H. Joseph presided.

The lecturer, in the course of his remarks, said “Anyone who has examined in ourmuseums the pottery use in Europe in an- cient times, and has compared it with the ordinary table ware of to-day, will have observed one striking difference. We should not nowadays consider ourselves fastidious if we refused anything bat pure white porcelain or earth- Venware, as the material for

which the vassals from

we

take our meals. We find it more hygienic and more con- ducive to the enjoyment of our food than any coloured sarthen- were could be, yet we do not re- flect that a few generations ago thipquality of whiteness in pottery was a luxury within the resch only of the wealthier classes in this country, whilst in the time of Shakespeare it was only just be- ginning to be known. The greatim- provement which has taken place in the quality of our pottery we owe to the Chinese. Indeed, I think that, technically speaking. this is the characteristic in which European pottery has been most thoroughly revolutionised by the Chinese influence." Referring to the earliest wares exported from China to Western countries, even before the beginning of the Middle Agas, the lecturer said specimens of early Chinese porcelain were to be found as far afield as the East Coast of Africa, and even inland amongst the ruined cities of Mashonaland. In a collection of fragments recently given to the Victoria and Albert Museum by Major Pearce, British Resident in Zanzibar, and found by him in the neighbouring island of Pemba were a few specimens which dated back undoubtedly to the Sung dynasty.

Mr. Joseph proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer for his interesting address, which had opened out a new range of thought in connection with that subject. The vote was seconded by Mr. A. M. Townsend, who also proposed a vote of thanks to the chairmaq. Both motions were unanimously passed, and the pro- ceedings then concluded.

U.S. TRADE WITH JAPAN.

A BIG EXPANSION

Trade of the United States with Japan in the year 1918 has shown a tremendous gain, especially on the export side. A compilation by the National City Bank of New York shows that the value of merchandise exported from the United States to Japan and its leased territory in China aggre- gated for the year about $250,- 000,000, against $134,000,000 in the fiscal year 1917. To Japan proper the total for the ten

months ending with October,

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of 1917, and "only £81,000,000 in the corresponding months of 1916, while to Japanese leased terri- tory in China the total for the ten months of 1918 is $5,780,000, against $3,624,000 in the same months of 1917, and $922,000 in the corresponding months of 1616. This new trade with Japan's leased territory in China especially interesting, showing as it does a very large increase in both imports and exports, and representing food products drawn from that territory and man- ufactures sent to that area. The value of merchandise imported from Japanese China in the ten months ending with Octo: ber is, in round terms, $25,- 000,000, against slightly less than $10,000,000 in the months of 1917, and a little over $1,000,000 in the corresponding months of 1916, and represents chiefly soya bean oil, while marchandise sent to that area, amounting to nearly £6,000,000 in

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the ten months of 1918, against steel sheets show a total for corresponding months of the less than $1,000,000 in 1916, the ten months of $10,098,000, preceding year, while leaf tobacco, and the lumber, printing paper, $2,980,000 consists of various manufactures, against but especially boots and shoes, same months of last year, and spelter also show marked in- and certain lines of machinery. tin-plate in the ten months of the creases. On the import side the In the trade with Japan proper current year $10,205,000, ágainst chief articles drawn from Japan the growth occurs almost ex- $3,320,000 in the corresponding are raw silk, 6128,000,000, against clusively in raw cotton and man-months of last year. Steel rails, $125,000,000 in the same months ufactures of iron and steel. In structural steel, and wrought iron of last year; silk fabrics a little raw cotton alone the total exports pipes, wire, sewing machines, over $9,000,000, against about the to Japan in the ten months end metal working machinery, and same value in" the corresponding ing with October, 1918, were $71,wire nails also show large, in-months, of 1917, and tea, $9,326, 782,000 against $25,936,000,000 in creases in the 1918 movements to 000 in value, against $6,767,000 in the same months of last year, Japan, as compared with the the same months of last year.

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