Supplement to Commerce Reports: Daily Consular and Trade Reports Issued by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C.; June 13, 1916 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Commerce, Bureau Of Foreign And Domestic

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333830793 ISBN 13 : 9781333830793

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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Va iCc lo.- to IlM- i;iv:ii lifiiilit f0-2 feet al) the low-watci level V:t (M niiijUJ ii Cf. (i )s tlijit were yrowiii; on the river hanks and were rwu lu dl ythis iiimsniil Hood sullei-ed, hut not enou Lrli to allett tho :i nei:il e Tvcellcnre of the total yield. T-lw rluef prochiets of the mines of this district are antimony, coal, (opper, white copper, oM, frypsum, iron, lead, mica, salt, silver, und zinc. Considering; the vast potentialities of the mininj; in lustiy here, the ontpiit in 1017 was sinal. Crude native methods of mininjir were employed. Xothinir on a vast scale can he exi)ected of this imK)rtant indiistiv until railways are consti-ucied in this lrovince and the use of modern machinery is ado)ted. Western Szecliwan and Tihet are larjijely devoted to stock raisini, and produce larje (juantities of hides, goatsldns, and wool for export. On account of shippino; dif Ticulties and price regulation in the United States, stock raiseis did not secure the hih prices formerly obtained for their products. Trapping and hunting yielded many pelts and furs that were ex ported from Chungking, among these l)eing black beai-, wild boar, deer, fox, hare, leopard, musk deer, sable, mountain sheep, skunk, tiger, wildcat, and wolf. The i)elts of tl Mse animals are largely i)repared for the market at Chmigking. Industrial Products of the District. The chief industrial products of the district are arms and ammunition, manufactured for and by the piovincial government at Chengtu only: brine, A vhich is produced in large quantities and is a source of considerable wealth to the sall-vv lj (jwners; silver and copjer coins, manufactured with mode)n machinery at Chengtu and Chmigking by the provincial government: cotton cloth, made on hand looms; fancy and plain glass, hosiery, leather goods, matches, pa))er. silk goods, and soap. Heavy taxes, levied for niilitiry puri)
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• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333830793
• ISBN 13: 9781333830793
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 27
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