Nanking, (Peh. 17. is Teiamed that the frst shipment of equipment for the China
operated jointly by the' Ministry Nationa Biutry 7 Thdustries and! Chinese merchants for the manufacture of alcohol, will arrive in March, The production of the distillery! will "be between 4,000 and 5,000 gallons a day, with 'a yearly cut Dut of about 1,250,000 gallons, which feccals the total import. of alcohol into China during 1983,—Reuter.
20, when all the local higher off-itis, welcomed him at the railway ion. Later, they accompany him fo the Honan, Museum, where 1¢ highly: paris ancient relics, especially the chia ku, or inscribed bones, and the ancient instruments of the Yin Ri The Minister remarked that these ancient relics are the most valaable things in the. world.
The Cotton Harvest About 3,700,000 mow of land was planted with cotton last year. in Honan province, 70 per cent. being foreign cotton und" 30 per cent. Chinese. 'The harvest totalled 810,000 piculs. In comparison with the' previous year, the harvest was 25 per cent, increased, and the area of cotton plantation 10 per cent greased, Generally speaking, about '80 attics of cotton were on each mow in Northern Honan, 100 catties in Western Honan, and 30 catties in Eastern Honan.' On account of drought in August last year, the harvest was creatly affeced in general in the province.
'A. Broadcast station is to be established in the city. On the in-
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