1031, large quantities of rice and wheat were shipped to the 17 districts from the Three North-eastern provinces" annually to "meet the @mormous demand of breweries, but joe the foreed occupation of the provinces, the sources have been. stopped.
Nevertheless, going on in the with "raw materials principally derived "from Shantung province it~ self, The Yellow. River flood last year adversely affected the agricul-{ural production, as a result of which there had been a shortage of food-
Prices of cereals, therefore, have been soaring sky high to the intense suffering of the common, people.
response of the petition of the districts in question, "General Han. has Instructed the provincial depart~ ment of reconstruction to make an investigation into the amount of rice needed fox brewing purposes, and to devise remedial measures to cope with the sltuation—Central News.
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