'That the railway traflle is mot diminishing, is shown by the report that Daren' in the first ten days of January, handled 76,796 tons of cargo Which is announced as the high Fecord since the opening of the port.
will be recalled that grave fears Were expressed lest sufficient transportation {aeilitles would not be available for moving the crops, from northern Manchoukuo, for in spite of the spectacular performance in changing the gauge on the old C.ER. Line from Hsinking to Harbin. yet that section formed a weak link' in the transportation system.
The situation finally was met by the General Direction, adding eight trains of 27 cars each on this line, and about fourteen additional freight trains on the other northern lines.
The enforcement of the new schedule trebled the transportation capacity of the lines. An_ announcement from the Stable Products Association indicated that soya beans ready for shipment along the northern lines and the Sungari Valley amounted to 189,588 tons, which was 58,492 tons Jess than the stock at the correspond Ing time the year before. On the other hand it was reported that 120,418 {ons of wheat were ready for shipment—nearly 8,000 ton—more than at the end of 1034.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.