depression spread all over the world, withering the oil mill- 
ing industry. The domestic consumption of Beans began 
to indicate a declining tendency. The mean for 1925-1927 
for the domestic consumption in Japan was 7,800,000 
“koku’’ or so, of which 3,300,000 ‘‘koku’’ was supplied by 
the domestic outputs, but there is little prospect of increas- 
ing production at home. Of the shortage amounting to 
Korean Beans and the remainder that is 3,300,000 “‘koku’ 
with 4,500,000 “‘koku’’, 1,500,000 ‘‘koku’’ is supplied with 
Manchurian Beans. Of the imports into Japan proper, 
more than half the Manchurian Beans goes to the Bean 
mills, while the rest is employed for manufacture of 
‘miso’, soy, and other kinds of food. 
(2) DemaxDp FOR MANCHURIAN BEANS IN CHINA PROPER 
In China proper, the production of Beans in a locality 
is generally regulated by the local demand, in principle. 
However, about Shanghai and South China, the outputs 
fall short of meeting the demand and the shortage must 
be supplied by the import of Manchurian Beans year after 
year. In recent years, the exports of Manchurian Beans 
for China proper are about 2,000,000 ‘‘koku’’. 
While to what separate uses Beans are put in China 
proper cannot be accurately ascertained, what is used for 
the manufacture of soy, ‘miso’, bean curd, and other 
kinds of food and cattle food is in the largest amount, but