Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . _>i/aH(7c). Old {Cash. I 50 yuan (7c)nd \ Notes I New i ai illUMytwmijt). Issued against new silver ajfainst old copjier cash. Old lajLinese Veil. Japanese subsidiary coins. Coins {Silver Russian subsidiarycoins. Forei;;n HoiiRkong dollar. currency ^Mexican of Chosen /Gold notes. Standard Bank of Japan notes. \ Notes J Russian rouble notes. 1 Silver Yokohama Specie ^ Standard Bank notes. I05- Provincial cash notes. There is no standardmoney, nor is there anyfixed rate between the nu-merous monies current, thevalue of eaeh being deter
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . _>i/aH(7c). Old {Cash. I 50 yuan (7c)nd \ Notes I New i ai illUMytwmijt). Issued against new silver ajfainst old copjier cash. Old lajLinese Veil. Japanese subsidiary coins. Coins {Silver Russian subsidiarycoins. Forei;;n HoiiRkong dollar. currency ^Mexican of Chosen /Gold notes. Standard Bank of Japan notes. \ Notes J Russian rouble notes. 1 Silver Yokohama Specie ^ Standard Bank notes. I05- Provincial cash notes. There is no standardmoney, nor is there anyfixed rate between the nu-merous monies current, thevalue of eaeh being deter-mined from day to dayaccording to the credit ofthe issuer, the denomina-tion, the demand for it inthe market, etc. Beforethe dislocation of Russianaffairs the rouble was agood monej, but, havingnow fallen into a worsestate than any of theothers, it is the Japanesemoney alone, representedby the Bank of Chosennote and also the Yo-kohama Specie Bank sil-ver note, that enjoysthe name of a reallj soundmoney in the whole 106. Neve bank notes. — 224 VII. Agriculture Manchuria, like Chosen, is jirominently an agricultural country, and therecent economic tlevelojiment of the country has for the most part lx;en effectedthrough the growth of its agricultural products. The original inhabitants ofManchuria, the Tungus, had little skill in, and no inclination for, was the Chinese immigrants that develoiied Manchuria agriculturally. Asfar back as the Ming Era (BJ]|i§ 13(58-1601) the fertile basin of the RiverLiao (iSM) saw some Chinese settlers in it engaged in farming. This regionhowever Ijcing converted into a battle-field during the wars that ended theMing Dynasty (RJ]^^), these settlers fled from their homes never to return, forthe Manchu Dynasty that followed prohibited Chinese immigration, and itwas not until the beginning of the ISth century, when the prohibition wasrelaxed and Chinese immigrants again began to steal into the country, thatagriculture co
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