Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . ne ;miles long,also termi-nates by a most fertile agricultural country it is growing by leaps andboiuids audjis now one of the chiif centres of trade in Alanchuria. It is aunii[uc sightin winter to see thousands of native carts daily entering thetown, laden with beans and other produce which are dispatched every day toDairen (:^iJi) for exportation. It has a population of 71,()()() of which -f,()()()are Japanese. Kirin (l^l^^c) is the capital of the province of Kirin (fiW^i)- ^^^^ o*^ sideit faces the noble Sungari (|xJ-f|£ir.). while on th

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Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . ne ;miles long,also termi-nates by a most fertile agricultural country it is growing by leaps andboiuids audjis now one of the chiif centres of trade in Alanchuria. It is aunii[uc sightin winter to see thousands of native carts daily entering thetown, laden with beans and other produce which are dispatched every day toDairen (:^iJi) for exportation. It has a population of 71,()()() of which -f,()()()are Japanese. Kirin (l^l^^c) is the capital of the province of Kirin (fiW^i)- ^^^^ o*^ sideit faces the noble Sungari (|xJ-f|£ir.). while on the other three sides it is surroimdedby strong brick walls. The city once enjoyed great as the com-mercial metropolis of all Alanchiu-ia, but the building of the Chinese EasternRailway has wrought a change, diverting much of its commercial activity toChangchun (ik^) find Harbin {^uMfi)- The old activity is, however, loeingrestored by the ojjcning of the Kirin-Changchun Railwav (piilr^c)- It has apopulation of ^^^ #1^^^^ .ifeatf, 295 — 266

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