The local labour situation pre. sented a few signs of unrest at the month end. Chief of the difficulties is the continued closure of the majority of the silk filatures in this area.
(Of the five Mlatures in the Settle ment, normally employing a total of 4,020" hands, only one is operating Sith 620 in. employment, Only. sixteen of the filatures in Chinese territory, which number 51 in all, are working with 6,728 hands, as against the full complement of 23,644.
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