Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . his rock salt is found in Amur Province i^ttiV/S) l>nt the outjnjt is hardlyworthy of note. The amount of salt ])roduced in Manchuria, Kwantung (d^?^) Province excluded, is reported by the Chinese authorities to have Ijeen1,2()0,0()(),()()() pounds in 1917. XI. Manufacture Though the country- is still mainly agricultural, considerable progress hasbeen made of late in the manufacturing industr\-, especially in the manufactureof Ixan oil, bean cakes, wheat flour, glass, pajier, tobacco, matches, pongeeand sugar, and also in brewing and tanning. Of
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . his rock salt is found in Amur Province i^ttiV/S) l>nt the outjnjt is hardlyworthy of note. The amount of salt ])roduced in Manchuria, Kwantung (d^?^) Province excluded, is reported by the Chinese authorities to have Ijeen1,2()0,0()(),()()() pounds in 1917. XI. Manufacture Though the country- is still mainly agricultural, considerable progress hasbeen made of late in the manufacturing industr\-, especially in the manufactureof Ixan oil, bean cakes, wheat flour, glass, pajier, tobacco, matches, pongeeand sugar, and also in brewing and tanning. Of these industries the manu-facture of Ijean oil and cakes is by far the most important, it lacing carriedon almost ever^-where in the country, and some of its factories are on a largescale and worked in modern fashion. As to its yearly ])roduction there are noavailable statistics, but, taking into account that in 1917 the export of beancakes amounted to ,,S34-,()()0 jjiculs, valued at Ilk. Tls. 2.),4-S(),0(»0, and that 152. 152. Pottery. 245
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