China' Daily News," commodities As already reported in the "North-taken up the Yangtze by Japanese [ships include: Kerosene, piece good: gasoline, tobacco stalk and leaf, cotter yarn, sandalwood, paper. sugar and sea products, charcoal, candies and low, soda ash and sundries. These same-steamers returned from up-river ports with cargoes of wheat, exe jseasamun seed, all, albumin, yel land other egg products, dried tities, rice, melon seeds, and thousands of, tons of such commodities asp: feathers, medicines, beans, ramie, te hides and bristles, iron-ore and the usual Chinese vegetable products. we Becomes Busy Port Shanghai, Nov. 19, The "North-China Daily News" is now in a position to publish more elaborate and detailed statistics regarding trade on the Yangtze, 9 river which, according to the Japan-lose authorities, cannot be opened to free navigation by commercial vessels lowing to military exigencies and dangers arising from activities of [Chinese guerillas, mines and booms.
Inquiries in Shanghai water front circles—and most of the import and export cargo trade with Yangtze ports being used by Japanese shippers and merchants is handled in Shang-hal—this trade, from which non-Japanese ships are banned, Is increasing ang Japanese steamers are making regular trips between Shanghai and such notts as Kowan, Nanking and Slatisties of Kewan Larger steamers are plying between Shanghai and Nanking and Wuhu, but.as far as Kowan shipping is confined to smaller steamers, tugs and lighters. During the month of Ostober, the "North-China Dally News" learns, imports totalled nearly 35,000 packages, of which some of the principal items were 1,800 packages of piece goods, 11,600 units of kerosene, and 4500 packages of soda ash, as well as sundries of all kinds including charcoal, tobacco leaf and sandalwood. Incidentally, although the Japanese spokesman at Thursday's press conference declared that all goods transported up the Yangtze are for military consumption, It fs learnt that there are no Japanese troops at Kowan, Exports from Kowan during October are estimated at nearly 60,000 packages of which the principal item were 38,000 bags of wheat and peas 16,500 baskets of exes, 4,000 bales of cotton, 3,000 bars of sesamum arid melon' seed, 1.900 packages of dried Ullies and other shipments of products, cowhides, medicine and bristles.
Regular sailings are being made to Wuhu and among the steamers known to have carried cargoes between Shanghai and Wuhu are the Tanyank Meru, Tachi Maru, Kaling Maru, Mensmoon Maru, Tangshan Mary, Tikuto Maru and the Tala Maru, Complete figures regarding Wuhu are of available,
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