In addition to three Government experimental cultivation—stations at Peking, Wuchang (near Hankow) and tungchow (near Shanghai) there are 17 experimental tracts in China operated by the Chinese Cotton Mill Owners' Association, © ay follows:
Mow £4 wohsien Cunt:
Tangshan th acre.
Statistics compiled in June, 1920, show that there are 35 Chin owned cotton mills in operation. of which seven have weaving equipment. These 35 mills operate 728,112 spindles and 2,890 looms and ave 277.316 spindles and 1,500 looms on order, At this time there ave 17 mills being erected, for which 318,016 spindles and 1,510 looms are on order in England and America, delivery of which is expected at the end of the year, The majority of the cotton "manufacturing - plants are in Shanghai and the Shanghai district, but there are a fair proportion in Chihli and Honan provinces.
To sum up the figures to June, 1920:—
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