Shanghai Damage Varies from $800,000,000 to Four Billions; How Mills and Factories Fared Shanghai, Mar, 23. N attempt is made in the Customs survey of China's trade for 1038, published today, to assess property and industrial losses caused by the hostilities.
'At present these estimates cover only limited areas, but as the survey points out, they are largely confectural und' vary to an astonishing degree.
In Shanghai, for instance, estimates of losses have been variously assessed at totals ranging from $80,000,000 to $4,000,000,000, states the survey.
Damages at Nanking have been estimated of $246 million, and direct losses to Chinese shipping at $10 million, Of foreign investments "in China valued at the start of hostili-lies at approximately U.S. $3,500 mil-Jion, U.S. $000 million are claimed to have been irrevocably lost, American Josses up to July being assessed at US: $200 milieu, British losses probably double that gute, while Tosses to German enterprises have been equally impressive.
During the three months' hostilities {in and.around Shanghai, destruction to Chinese industrial establishments is estimated to have been from 30 to 100
Ber cent, according to district. Of the {00 odd Chinese cotton mills in China, 'SI were in the Shanghai area, of which 28 were damaged to varying extent, Destruction here was not serious asin the case of the 48 mills in industrial areas on the Shanghai-Nanking " Railway, which suffered severe losses, Out of a total of 47 Japanese cotton tills in China, 39 are located Shanghai, but, in contrast to the entire destruction of Japanese mills. Tsingtao, only one of the Japanese mills In Shanghai suffered "damages necessitating a stoppage of work. 197 machine dyeing, printing, and weaving. concerns were "stated by the Dyeing and Weaving Association to have been completely destroyed, with estlmated losses of over $9 million, Silk Alatures In and around the Shanghai area suffered losses estimated at $100 million, while at Wusth 40 features were damaged during the hostilities, Estimated losses in the Mayor's Demands on S.MA. Repeated comparatively recent rubber Industry amounted to $5 million, Flour Mills Wrecked Of the numerous bigger four mills im China, only 15 were in Shanghai, eight of which were known to have been destroyed. Capital Invested In tobacco factories was over $12 mil-Hon. Out of the 18 bigger concerns, eight wore destroyed with a loss of over §5 million. The Commercial Press, which suffered $16 million ess in' 1992, suffered again to the extent) of Between % million to 1 milieu dots. The Kel Min Book Company's premises in Hongkew, capitalised at $300,000, were com: pletely destroyed, while some 200 Oman printing establishments were also ruined. Thirteen of the larger Chinese timber mills in Nantao and fight in Chapel were damaged. or destroyed. The Shanghai Portland Cement Company, with a $2 million Investment In machinery alone, was badly damaged. The Kiangwan'Che~ mical Works in Chapel reported a 40 per cent, loss; the Alcohol Plant at Pootung was damaged; while numerous other chemical and paint and varnish works suffered severely.
Chinese soap works and tanneries lost extensively, while the machine-made paper industry, representing capital Investment of over $17 mil-Hien, suffered badly. The section of Chapel at one time crowded with mall machine and metal works was entirely razed. Larger losses out side the Settlement included the Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Company's plant in Nantao, the ron Works, the Ming Ching Machine' Manufacturin 'Company in Chapel, and the China Sclentife Instrument' Company's fac~ tory at Chenju.
Merely indicative Shanghai, Mar. 30, Wontie notes addressed to Comm, L. Neyrone, Consul-General of Tlaly and senior consul, and to Mr.
Franklin, chairman of the Giianghal"Munteipal Council, Mr. Fu Sino-en, mayor of the Special Municipality of Shanghai under the "Reformed Government," yesterday loked for an Immodinta reply to his communication of Murch 10 which has remained unanswered, it was revealed yesterday evening.
In his previous note, Mayor Fu asked for the suppression of lawless clements In the Settlement; the opening of the Great Weston Road sub-station of the Special Municipal Police; the return of: land records Jett with the Municipal Council the previous Chinese. administration; the placing of the First Special Dis-det Court under the jurisdiction of the Special "Municipality; and the prohibition of the display of "white sun in blue sky" fags In the Settle ment, Yesterday's note was handed to Mr. Franklin at 2 o'clock the Mr, Fu asieed, for "an immediate and clear reply" whether or not the Consular Body and the Shanghai Munlelpal Council were "prepared to ce-operate" with his administration, also requested an expose of the views held by the two. administra tive bodies regarding the transfer of the First Special District Court to the Jurisdiction of the new munl-
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