The consignments arriving in Pukou appear to have an averajre weight of between 20 and 30 tons though some of the smaller fry are content with consignments as jow in weight as five tons. Thus in three weeks one firm passed nearly 200 tons through one Godown Another Company was, at the date of writing, holding no less than 320 tons, another 280 tons and a third 110 tons. But this latter Was soon sold and 170 tons took its place.
It would be possible to give in greater detail than the foregoing the firms implicated and their holdings, but the above is sufficient to show that. a very large quantity of rice ig being exported from this district, more or less openly, with Japan as its final destination.
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