serew systems and others are employed in expressing the
pil from Beans, but the process of expressing Manchurian
Beans for obtaining Bean Cake and Bean Oil remains the
same. Therefore, the relative quantities of Beans as raw
material and Bean Cake and Bean Oil as products are,
generally speaking, fixed, and, moreover, little difference
is noted in the quality of the products.

In turning out a piece of Bean Cake of ordinary size,
eligible for Mixed Storage, the amount of Beans required,
although subject to variation according to years, the time
of manufacture, the quality of Beans, and the water percentage,
 averages at 49.4 “‘kin®’, out of whieh 5.06 “‘kin”’
{10.24 per cent) Bean Oil and a piece of Bean Cake are
obtainable. A piece of Cake will weigh 47 “kin” or 47.5
“kin’’ immediately after being put out, but, when booked
for Mixed Storage a few days later, more or less decrease
in weight to 46.5 “kin’’ or more, that is the standard
weight, will be noted.

Chapter VII. How Beans, Etc. are Put on the Market

SECTION 1.-—IN SOUTH MANCHURIA

Before the railway was built in South Manchuria, bulk
of Beans used to be shipped down the Liao to Yingkou of

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