Nanking, Sept. 14. hold a cotton goods ext capital on October 10, to acquaint he people with the latest improvements effected in the manufacture} of native cotton commodities. In dispatch to the Native Goods! Manufacturers Association of Great-fet Shanghai, the Ministry requests that representatives be sent by the Stinistey in taking' the exhibition a success, Tt may he recalled that a native silk products exhibition was held last May, which attracted much attention. Since cotton is the principal material fof clothing for ordinary. people, the forthcoming exhibition is likely to arouse great popular interest—Kuo fin,
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