The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-02-06
CHINA AND JAPAN.
Some Interesting History Condensed
With Valuable Information.

Inc nrSt passenger railway cars TO
be used on the main line of the Can
ton-Hankow Railroad are to be made
in Springfield, Mass. The order is for
seventeen cars.
In the various treaty ports of China
there are 105 American firms and
1880 American citizens; 1877 firms
and 1850 citizens of Germany; 434
firms and S49S citizens of Great
Britain, and 729 firms and 16,910
citizens of Japan, says Daily Con-
sular and Trade Reports, quoting
from the last imperial Chinese GUS
toms report.
The shares of the South Man.
churian Railway were oversubscribed
seventy-nine times. They are now at
premium of 1S per cent. The Chi
nese Government did not apply for
shares. Japan will have full control.
On the London Stock Exchange
Chinese Az per cent. bonds are
quoted at 97A; 5 per cents at from
par to 100%, and 6 per cents at 1O3
and 1O3 ". The per cent silver
loan bonds sell for 103, says the
Anglo-Japanese Gazette of London
Toxic.
Coal mining in the province Of
Shantung, China, is steadily increas-
ing. Last year one district produced
136,990 tons, or 100000 tons more
than the year before.
China now has a railway mileage
of about 5000 miles. OF this 1880
miles are in operation and the rest
under construction, except $50 miles
Sin allegiance. Last year the Chinese
Imperial Railways, 526 miles, paid
20 per cent. on the capital outlay.
In July last for the first time in
several years Japan's balance OF
trade was on the right side. In july
1905, the months balance was S..
100000 against Japan. In the seven
months ended in July exports rose
$2O,000,000 and imports fell s34,.
5000, q favorable change of s54,.
$50, 1000.
On October 16 last the prices real.
lied for Japanese 4 per cent. to 6 pei
cent. Government bonds ranged from
S7ts to 102A. Harbor and water.
works per cents brought from 104
to 106. Railway per cents were
sold at OAK
During 1905 Japan imported ST..
10000 worth OF artificial indigo.
The Industrial Bank OF Japan Is
raising $685. 900 abroad for watei
supply system at the city of Fusan,
Korea.
Kobe, Japan, imports more goods
from the United States than from
Great Britain, and more than twice nj
much as from Germany, Australia
and France combined. The imports
from the United States were more
than 100000 in 1905, against
less than SIS, 100000 in 1904.
Cotton spindles working in Japan
number 1,430,717, compared with
S1S,742 only ten years ago.
American exports of locomotives to
Japan trebled in 1905, as compared
with 1904. The Sanyo Railway uses
only American locomotives.
Japan's rice crop is good this year,
being 0,000, 900 koku, an increase OF
80 per cent. over 1906 and 1914 per
cent. more than the average crop.
The identification Of the Nankai
Railway, 40 miles long, with 9h
miles of double track, is in progress.
Osaka has water power only 2S
miles away capable Of producing 45,.
600 horsepower. 1t is to be elec-
trically used.
The Japanese Government will
spend s1O,OOO,000 to improve the
harbor at Tairen, Manchuria.
The Eisho Toshukan (library of
English works) has received an en-
dowment of $4,000 from a wealthy
Londoner.
Japan's national debt now amounts
to 81, 1867, of which s72,000,-
900 is for public works and railways.
The total debt is SS6,00O,000 more
that the interest bearing debt $685.
100000, including s30,000,0OO for
the American Panama CanaD OF the
United States. AS the population of
Japan is about one-half that of tn
United States, the debt burden o,
Japan's people is about twice a
heavy.-New York Sun. =,