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Identifier: pekingoverlandro00thom (find matches)
Title: Peking and the overland route
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Thomas Cook Ltd
Subjects: Beijing (China) -- Guidebooks
Publisher: Shanghai : Thos. Cook
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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loneamount to 950.000.000 tons, while there are many otherimportant mining centres in the country. Industries. Manchuria is essentially an agriculturalcountry ; at the same time there is now a greatly-increasedexport not only of raw materials, but also of semi-manu-factured articles. The chief industries are Yu-fang orbean oil and bean cake manufactures ; Mo-fang or flour-milling. Yu-fang. or oil industry, is carried on veryextensively throughout Manchuria, About half thepeople engaged in this trade make it their sole business,the rest are grain merchants who engage in oil-manu-facture as a side industry. The total output of oilamounts to 64,00 tons and that of bean cakes to 670,000tons. The Maiichurian industries are very rapidly develop-ing. Horses and nujles as a motive force are slowlygiving way to steam power ; house iTidustries are beingconsolidated into a factory system, and Manchuria, withits immense coal de))()sits. is rapidly becoming the greatindustrial countrv of Asia. 180
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131DAIREN, Railway Station.—Daircn Station, the terminus of theSouth Mancluu-ia Railway, is situated near thecentre of the city. Hotel.—The Yamato Hotel, under the management ofthe South Manchuria Railway Company, is oneof the finest hotels in the Far East. Entirely fire-proof. Heated by hot water, steam and hot airthroughout the building. 115 rooms ; single, doubleor en suite, with )H-ivatc bath and lavatory. Tele-phones in rooms. Otis electric lifts. Electricclocks. Hot and cold running water in all rooms.The roof garden commands a splendid view of Dairenand vicinity. Excellent cuisine. Luxurious PublicRooms, including Reading Room. Lounge, BilliardRoom with English and American Tables, Banquet-ing Hall, Theatre, and Private Dining Rooms.Uniformed Porters meet all incomijig trains andsteamers. PopuIation.~38,.568 Japanese, 42,886 Chinese, 119Foreigners (.January 191G Census). Consulates.—Great Britain Central CircleUnited States Echigo-choRussia Suma-cho Jinrikishas. -Half day

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