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Examination of the ash showed considerable content of the 

 mineral salts needed in a well-balanced diet; thus the nut would make 

 a good supplement to foods rich in protein and those lacking in 

 mineral matter. 



' The many valuable suggestions of Langworthy on the use of 

 fruit as a food could be applied to the canning, preserving, drying and 

 general preparation of this fruit as a wholesome, palatable and attractive 

 .addition to the diet. " 



At present only a very small percentage of the lychee crop is 

 dried and canned and it is very difficult to know what the total produc- 

 tion of the crop in China would be. No other country, except some 

 parts of India, has developed the lychee to the industry stage. 



Export 



Former Vice Consul Josselyn of Canton, in the U.S. Com- 

 merce Reports of September 24, 1915, gives the approximate 

 production of lychee in Kwangtung province alone as 20,000,000 to 

 30,000,000 Ibs. This report also contains Chinese Maritime Customs 

 statistics on the export of dried lychee as follows: 



Ibs. Value U.S. Gold 



Canton 862,533 $148,937 



Kowloon 1,051,333 181,627 



Hoihow 412,400 7,522 



Pakhoi 842 39 



Samshui _360 66 



2,327,468 $338,191 



