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Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 44,935,183 was re-exported, namely to the Yangtsze ports Hk. Tls. 19,728,232, to the Northern ports Hk. Tls. 16,715,379, to Ningpo
and Southern ports Hk. Tls. 6,248,711, to Japan Hk. Tls. 1,029,640, to Hongkong Hk. Tls. 291,684, to Corea 385,881, to Great Britain Hk. Tls. 194,488, to Russian Manchuria Hk. Tls. 272,346, and to other Foreign Countries Hk. Tls. 68,822, leaving a balance for local consumption and stock of Hk. Tls. 14,412,486.
The following were the values of the principal classes of goods imported:- Cotton Goods. Tls. 25,226,987 Biche de Mer Tls.,574,942 Leather...
Sandalwood
Tls. 212,409
Opium
12,802,204
535,422 Soap and Perfumery. 210,850
Metals
4,341,063
Ginseng
364,214
Umbrellas
205,794
Woollen Goods
2,979,256
Matches
331,535
Braid
...
180,650
Coal
2,225,203
Wine and Spirits
304,052
Wood...
157,973
Kerosine Oil ...
1,826,218
Sharks' Fins
232,859
Brass Buttons
4
157,209
Seaweed
674,815
Machinery
211,722
Cardamoms
123,116
Dyes, Aniline
563,602
Needles
207,622
Pepper
...
456,079
Mushrooms
141,801
Window & P'te Glass 120,227 Sundries
2,042,897
Timber...
435,364
Gunny Bags
132,479
Birds' Nests
389,922
Hk. Tls. 59,347,699
Cotton Raw
7,889,838
Silk Piece Goods
6,717,676
Tls. 1,324,776 10,770,919 Beans & Beancakes 1,202,155
Wool
922,912 Hides & Horns 746,038
Imports to the value of Tls.
Clocks & Watches 111,602
1,296,740 were sent to the interior under Transit Passes; Metals, Kerosine, and Coal being the principal articles thus conveyed. The imports in foreign bottoms of native produce not re-exported amounted to Hk. Tls. 7,748,905.
The total values of Exports and Re-exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries, Hongkong, and Chinese ports in 1889 were:-
Tls. 19,625,869 Wheat
Silk
Tea...
Vegetable Oils 1,215,326 Nutgalls
368,535
Books Printed
...
365,754
Lily Flowers, dried 314,924
Sugar
3,429,094
Hemp
+
653,070
Fans
...
300,780
Rice
2,793,124
Wax ...
++
568,571
Musk
...
272,970
"
(Free)
2,237,798
Skin Rugs
...
530,393
Grass Cloth
242,454
Straw Braid
2,035,152
V'icelli & Macaroni 437,127
Fungus
200,589
Paper
...
1,567,041
Chinaware
...
391,740
Sundries
...
Tls. 5,367,130
Tobacco
1,359.26
Copper Cash
324,748
Medicines
1,235,882
Sesamum Seed
321,872
Total Hk. Tls. 78,553,425
Cloth & Nankeens 1,203,810
Rice (Tribute) 1,176,320
Of this amount there was sent to-
Continent of Europe... ...Tls. 17,541,134
Bamboo Shoots...
217,423
Dates
215,989
Great Britain...
United States
Japan and Corea ...
Hongkong for Foreign
Countries
Straits and India
Russian Manchuria...
10,007,260
4,410,087
5,801,787
Other Foreign Countries 336,775
To Foreign Countries, Hk. Tls. 41,617,985
Northern Ports... Southern Ports
...
***
...Tls. 12,540,878
11,330,238
·
9,149,784
1,378,880
Hongkong for Chinese Ports
3,914,540
1,729,160 Yangtsze Ports...
412,902
To Chinese Ports, Hk. Tls. 36,935,440
The goods for Export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to only Tls. 1,359,924, almost all of which was Waste Silk and Cocoons.
The total Shipping, entrances and clearances, for the year 1889 was-
Steamers...
Sailing Vessels
5,074
713
5,578
Tonnage Tonnage...
***
5,100,045
177,127
5,277,172
Of which 105 steamers and 7 sailing vessels entered, and 344 steamers and 51 sailing vessels cleared in ballast. The total carrying trade was divided amongst the different flags as under:-
Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total Tonnage Duties
85 48,940 2,629 2,711,741
British German...
French
Japanese
American...
Other Countries
2,544 2,662,801
Tls. 3,317,282
125
322
587 402,069 255,238 291,302 26
9
2,906
596 404,975
646,942
125
255,238
507,968
11,435
3.18
302,737
251,403
58
34,027 58
78 1,418
41,889 1,446,746
5
2,744
83
34,027 44,633
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34,992
19,440
530
77,075 1,948 1,523,821
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406,820 496,615
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