General mining affairs in China are supervised by a Bureau of Mining Affairs. Any specific enterprise is controlled by a commissioner of finance in each province. It is questionable, however, whether governmental control will be strong enough to overbalance commercial and financial control, and diplomatic pressure from outside. Those companies incorporated under Hong Kong law can count on British protection. Japanese demands on China have been very insistent, and it is said that about a third of the production of the country is now controlled by Japan. As a whole, China seems to take a small part in the control of her own coal. The opportunity for other powers to get financial, and, through that, industrial favors may be involved in the problem of financing the central government. TABLE 7.--PRODUCTION, EXPORTS AND IMPORTS FOR 1913[8] Millions of metric tons ---------+------------+----------+-------+-------+-------------------- Country |Kind of coal|Production|Exports|Imports|Remarks (1919) ---------+------------+----------+-------+-------+-------------------- United |Anthracite | 85 | 4.1 | ... |Resources greater States |Bituminous | 432 | 18.0 | 1.4 |than those of any |Coke | 42 | 1.0 | 0.1 |other country; can |Bunker coal | ... | (7.7) | ... |easily increase | | | | |ocean exports with | | | | |more shipping | | | | |available. Present | | | | |exports chiefly to | | | | |Canada. Value of | | | | |coal-tar products | | | | |imported in 1913, | | | | |$10,962,000. ---------+------------+----------+-------+-------+-------------------- Great |Anthracite | 5 | | ... |Chief coal-exporting Britain |Bituminous | 282 | 73.4 | ... |country; before war |Coke | 20.5 | 1.2 | ... |had virtual monopoly |Briquettes | ... | 2.1 | ... |of ocean exports. |Bunker coal | |(21.0) | ... |Export control | | | | |imperiled by | | | | |shortage from labor | | | | |conditions. ---------+------------+----------+-------+-------+-------------------- German |Bituminous | 191 | 34.6 | 10.5 |Coal needed for Empire |Lignite | 87 | ... | 7 |Central Europe. |Coke | 32 | 6.4 | 0.6 |Exports by rail and |Coal | | | |canal. Distance from |Briquettes | 5.8 | 2.3 | 0.3 |seaports prevents