Chungking, Oct. 19, 'The head of the Opium-Smokers Tnvestigation Bureau has released a number of interesting figures regard ing the number of registered smokers, In Chungking proper, he states, there are 31,213 smokers, of whom' 20521 are men, and 10,092 are women; in the district " of Kiangpei, the total Is 13,098, with 11423. men and 1,675 women; 17,972 men and 1487 women go. to make up a total of 19450, This all adds up to a grand total of 63,770 registered smokers, of whom 49,916 are men and 13,054 are women, 'A foreign tea from India is reported to have invaded what is usually called the "frontier. tea" market (tea produced in Anhsien, Peichuan and Kuanhslen and supplied to the tribesmen in Sikang and Tibet). The extent of the foreign influx may be Judged from the report that two of the five tea firms in Kuanhsien have been forced to suspend business.
'The' government of Szechuen, in conformity with the instructions of the Ministry of Industry, hag ordered all. woodoll interests in Chungking. and Wanhsien to remember That in future "the pressing, refining and storage of wood oils and other vegelable alls-is""to be under the sole management of the Plant El Re-Inery.
Both before and after the Mid-'Autumn Festival, Wanhsien's price for woodoll dropped by over twenty. dollars to about $40 a picul, the loss Incurred" by the native. suppliers amounting to at least, $500,000. The quantity exported during September, Incidentally, wag 645,502 kilogrammes, representing! an' increase of 276,060 Kilogrammes. as compared with August,
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