Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 183. A Mongolian caravan. — aaa ?^- 184 IS4. A market inDairen (Ki^)-. that year the following sho\ving :— 185. Entrance to the same market. jn-fxlucls to the outside world. Theexact amount of trade in the earlierdays of Newchwang (^j}±) is notknown, but the statistics of 1872give it at about Hk, Tls. 5,000, for every decennial from Vear Amount of trade 1 Year Amount of trade 1872 1882 Hk. Tls. 5,371,7906,625,182 18921902 Ilk. Tls. ,923 42,870,569 That the Chino-Japanese war of 1894—5 was a great incentive to Alan-churian trade is eviden
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 183. A Mongolian caravan. — aaa ?^- 184 IS4. A market inDairen (Ki^)-. that year the following sho\ving :— 185. Entrance to the same market. jn-fxlucls to the outside world. Theexact amount of trade in the earlierdays of Newchwang (^j}±) is notknown, but the statistics of 1872give it at about Hk, Tls. 5,000, for every decennial from Vear Amount of trade 1 Year Amount of trade 1872 1882 Hk. Tls. 5,371,7906,625,182 18921902 Ilk. Tls. ,923 42,870,569 That the Chino-Japanese war of 1894—5 was a great incentive to Alan-churian trade is evident from the above table. The Russo-Jajianese war of1904—5 was followed by a still greater progress in trade figures. In 1907the three ports of Dairen (:Acig), Antung {^M) and Tatungkou {^MM)\vere opened, and during the period intervening between that year and 1911five more ports, viz., Manchouli ((filmS). Harbin C&gf^), Aigun (^Jf!).Sansing (Hili). and Suifenho (IS^M). were opened in North Manchuria, andtwo more, viz., Lungchingtsun (||#H) and Hunchun (J^^). on the Chosenfrontiers. Thus t
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