Close to Canton, on Honam Island, paper mill, to be governmentally operated, is in course of construction, The government cotton and silk plant is now ready for operation, but It standing idle. It is realized that if cotton has to be imported only a very small profit, if any, can be realized, so experiments are being made, and as soon as it Is ascertained what Kind of cotton can be best grown in Kwangtung farmers will be encouraged to plant it, and most probably only after crops have been raised here will the spinning and the weaving of fabrics be undertaken at "The "bottom has Jaavisable to open the silk department of this mill, Projects that, for lack of funds, have not been'taken up, the Government soda factory, the bleach= ing factory and the dyes factory. Furthermore a ship-building yard was to have been provided, but there is Ino money on hand to'start it. in 1934, 15583 Chinese miles of highway were completed. Then came setback, for due to the business slump the people were too impoverished to bear their share of the cost of road-building. It was decided not go on with the construction of any /more roads until business has picked up, and during the latter part of 1894, and so far during 1935, there thas been no progress along this line.
Sugar Refineries all Work mentioned in the previous article, the first three of the Government sugar refineries starttd crushing cane in 1994. What waz not mentioned was that at two of these sugar mills there are also alcohol distillerjes, which can manufacture a very 'good grade of alcohol for commercial Purposes. The three sugar plants can Droduce altogether 250° tons of the finished product each day; the alcohol leries have a capacity of 3,000 gallons a day.
At the Saichuen sulphuric acid plant, opened last year, fifteen tons fof the Best grade acid can be made working day. Unlike the cement plant, but like the sugar refineries, this factory is not a money. maker, and on one occasion it had fo close down for the reason that this sulphuric acid is sold mostly to the native oil refineries, most' of whom have had to retire from busi-
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