Chemicals and pharmaceuticals imported increased from 125 million to 174 million. Tobacco imports increased from 8.4 million to 9.6 mil-that, following the example of Japan, the Government intends to close all dance-halls. At the same time Manchouuo's export of talcum and talc powder, which increased from Y.1,000,- 000 to 22 million yuan may hope for improvement due to increased orders from. Japan's cosmetic factories.
Germany doubled her business in photographic apparatus and materials and still leads Japan in this trade which totalled just under 4 million yuan against 21 million in 1996. Ameria also doubled her photo trade which is now about 18 per cent. of the total.
it is to be expected that later reports will show a marked change in the trade of this country, The restoration of trade with North China, will no doubt bring increasing orders to the rapidly expanding factories in Manchoukuo. Except in the fields of special equipment for the "Heavy Industries," in which Germany bids fair to outstrip her-competitors, and such necessities as Japan cannot supply, and Manchoukuo cannot do without, foreign imports seem doomed to decrease sadly. lion. that from China (still the largest supplier) showing a slight decrease, while shipments from America increased. Among the other necessities gasolene increased in value from 1.7 million to 68 million, America and Rumania getting most of this business. Kerosene oil figures rose from 12 million to 54 million, America supplying about half of it. Lubricating oil imports rose from Y.2,000,000 to 6.3 million Japan was the leading supplier, with America a close second. Manchoukuo's purchases of crude oil are reported as 8.3 million against 5.9 million the preceding year; most of this came from America, not quite 1/3 of the total sum being from the Bahrien Islands (British).
Scotsmen are unlikely to reciprocate the New Year greeting which was broadcast from Northern Ireland.
"May your lum never reek" said the Ulster announcer in his greeting, and as an afterthought he added "We say that here as well as in Scotland.
The difference in Scotland, however, would be considerable, as a Scot would be more likely to say "Long may your lum reek, and your pat bile" which, being translated means "May you never be without fire and food", The New State increased her paper purchases from 13 to 20 million yuan, Japan supplying about 80 per cent. of it. Though Manchoukuo exported nearly 3,000,000 yuan worth of wood and timber, chiefly to Korea, new construction work necessitated the increase of timber imports from 10 million yuan to 121 million. Japan, Korea and the United States of America supplying practically all of it. That the peak of the construction boom had passed, and local products were being used, was shown by the figures for cement. Imports dropped from 32 million yuan to 9 million while exports fell off from 2 million to 6 million.
Japan shipped 10 million yuan worth: of rubber shoes against 8 million yuan worth of equipment for um-shoeing" in the preceding period. Perfumery and cosmetics registered an increase from 2% to 3 million yuan, France supplying less than one tenth of it, and Japan practically all the rest.
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