Batavia, Aug. 25.
The industria! mission sent to Java by the Chinese Manufneturers Export Association in Shanghai was zespontitle for the opening of a modern Chinese goods exhibition here to-day, In the presence of n large gathering of Government officials, Chinese con= sular representatives, and local iti zens. M. F. T. Sung, Chinese Consul-General at Batavia, declared that, Uirough the efforts of various manu: facturers and encouragement by the Chinese Government, China has taken big strides ahead in" manufacturing. "Despite the _geograph-{eal propinquity of China and South Seas countries, and the Presence in. these lands of a large humber of, Chinese compatriots, China's' trade with them had been fan unfavourable one. For 26 success sive years, from 1870 to 1896, China enjoyed a favourable balance of trade with the Netherlands Indies, but since then her ex.ess of imports from Java steadily had increased, particu-innly during the last ten years, when there was tu annual excess of from 10,000,000 10 0,000,000 Hiaikwan ¢aels. In 1994, this excess amounted to. 11 er cent. of the total excess of imports fo China from all foreign coun-{ries—Central News
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