Paris, Feb. 19.
According to a report issued here by the Suez Canal Company the {otal shipping raffle through the Suez Canal in 1936 amounted to 32,400,000 net register tons, thereby falling to reach the figures for. the two previous years. The 1990 total however only 32 per cent. tess than the figures for 1929 and 13 er cent. under. the 1935 amount.
Goods trafic through the Suez Canal in 1936 amounted to approximately 25,600,000 tons or about three per cent. less than in 1935—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min, To increase the cotton production in Hopel 100000 mow of alkaline land in the Changlu salt district will be utilized this year for cotton plantation. A total of 10,000 piculs Of cotton seeds will be distributed to farmers in the district on a credit Toan basis. 5
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