Chekiang is not yet an industrial in th e modern sense of the having no large industries to spee of. It is true that at one time silk fil ure, silk fabrics, tea, paper and straw fabric industries were prosperous, but these days are gone.
ich industries as scissors, umbrella and fan manufacture are also well-known, but they have hardly passed the handicraft stage The improvement of business and commerce, however, largely depends upon the organization and co-ordina tion of industries, agriculture and transportation facilities, The reconstruction department, however, must assist, to regulate and promote commerce. In this respect, the department is now chiefly concerned with the registration of busi-ins, the organization of trade uilds, the adjustment of staff members of chambers of commerce, the promotion of economic ce-operation with Kiangsi and the introduction of industrial products exhibitions to the jous districts of the province.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.