depression spread all over the world, withering the oil milling
 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 increasing
 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