Nanking, Oct. 8.
For the purpose of ascertaining the extent of the damage to this year's ferops as a result of drought, flood, fand-windstorms, the National Agri cultural Research Bureau of, the Chinese Government sent out in July 6.000 "crops reporters" located in 22 provinces to make detailed Investig tions.
Their reports have now been received and an analysis shows that the area affected in Kiangsu province totalled 49,455,000 mow, or 54 per cent. of the total cultivated area of that province.
The area affected in Chekiang province totalled. 21,790,000 mow, or about 58 per cent. of the total eul~ tivated area of that province.
"The area affected in Anhwei total-ted 37,027,000 mow, or 69 per cent. of the total cultivated area of that province, The estimated losses of crops are
Rice 109383,000 plouts $947:732,000 "Amount Value Kaoliang 6.240000" $ 14308000 Corn 304000
Lint Cotton 2:73.00
'Kiangsu suffered the" biggest. los $218,000,000, while Anhwei came next with. $164,000,000, and' Cheklang_ the least affected with $146,000,000.
"The most severe drought in the three provinces occurred in the old Hwai "river valley in northern Anhwei, the western and southern parts of Anhwei, the western part of Kiangsu and the western part of Che-Kiang. These areas all lost over 70 per cent. of their rice crops.—Reuter,
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