Harbin, June 23.
'At present much is being written fon the question of sheep rearing In this country, and purchases have been' made' of sheep, both from Australia and America, for the pur-ose of improving the breed and getting a better fleece. The main point, however, is that the climate is not suitable, and no matter what breed is brought here, within 2 year the fleece becomes rougher, to save the animal from the severe winter cold. If: the sheep are imported in the spring, it Is possible to get a fleece equal to that which they give in their home country, but by the following "year, the quality of the wool will be much lower, and there way of counteracting this.
From time to time it -has been stated that deposits of petroleum had been discovered, particularly in the Hingan Range, but in all, cases they proved to be Incorrect and after large sums of money had been spent, drilling the schemes were given up. Now a group of Japanese eng-neers say that they have discovered, all not far from Harbin, Their story that some peasants stated that they had seen some black ally substance floating on Lake Shisultsl, about 25 kilometres from here, on the Sungar! river, The engineers investigated and report that they discovered all de: posits of two kilometres in length and Jone kilometre in width. They brought barrel of the all to Harbin and are making an analysis of it, and if it proves to be of suMiciently good 8 quality, they, propose to form a company and drain the lake,
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