112
Hongkong
Great Britain
Japan (including Formosa).....
Continent of Europe, except Russia.
India....
United States of America
Straits and other British Colonies
Russia (sea and overland)
Macao
Other Foreign Countries
CHINA
Imports
Exports
Total
....Hk. Tls. 97,214,017
62,083,512 159,297,529
34,962,474
10,715,952 45,678,426
11
27,376,063
16,092,778
43,468,841
**
9,397,792
25,929,114
35,326,906
99
19,135,546
1,324,125
20,459,671
17,163,312
11,986,771
29,150,083
1,754,088
17,798,207
19,552,295
4,805,634
3,719,470
8,525,104
3,347,717 5,381,959
8,729,676
7,593,965
3,588,704 4,005,261
218,745,347 159,037,149 377,782,496
Imports to the amount of Hk. Tls. 9,166,013 were re-exported to foreign countries; namely, to America Tls. 3,015,388, to Corea Tls. 1,605,458, to Russian Manchuria Tls. 1,382,506, to Japan (including Formosa), Tls. 1,213,359, to Hongkong Tls. 1,287,298, to other countries Tls. 662,004.
The following were the values of imports from foreign countries in 1898, exclusive of re-exports to foreign countries:
Cotton Goods
Opium....
.Hk. Tls. 77,618,824 Cotton, Raw
Hk. Tls. 2,839,730
29,255,903 Matches
99
2,597,072
Kerosene Oil...
"1
11,914,699 Ginseng
2,545,210
99
Rice
"
10,448,838 Bêche de Mer and Seaweed
""
2,071,609
Metals
"1
9,787,077 Flour
拿多
1,774,712
Sugar
19
9,018,967 Machinery
""
1,758,615
Coal
59
5,280,620 Sundries
99
36,315,389
Woollen Goods....
"
Fish & Fishery Products
"}
3,190,169 3,161,900
Total.........209,579,334
The foreign goods re-exported to foreign countries, exclusive of those to Corea, consisted of Formosan Tea Tls. 3,757,362, Cotton Goods Tls. 2,762,525, Coal Tls. 406,430, Metals Tls. 259,938, Sugar Tls. 360,118, Sundries Tls. 1,619,640.
Silk
Tea
The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods, were:--
.Hk. Tls. 45,412,818 Vegetable Oil
Silk Piece Goods
Beans and Beancake
Tobacco
Hides and Horns
11
28,879,482 Sugar
Hk. Tls. 2,461,799
""
2,445,891
...
99
10,691,101 Clothing, Boots & Shoes...
7,828,885 Paper
"1
1,982,672
**
1,741,707
"1
19
3,839,240 Provisions and Vegetables 3,836,413 China and Earthenware
91
1,590,204
1,504,307
99
3,683,094 Cattle
"J
1,432,382
""
3,151,161
Sundries
"
32,350,870
19
+1
3,131,791 3,073,332
Total.........159,037,149
Mats and Mattings
Cotton, Raw
Strawbraid..
Fur Skins and Rugs......
Goods to the value of Tls. 36,404,858 were conveyed to, and to the value of Tls. 5,751,434 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.
The total carrying trade foreign and coastwise was divided amongst the different flags as under (the Russian including tea curried overland viâ Kiakhta):
Entries and Clearances
Tour: ige
Values
Percentages Tonnage Duties
British....
22,609
21,265,966 Tls. 508,241,936
62.12
56.54
German
1,831
Japanese.
2,262
1,685,098 1,569,134
52,185,211
4'92
9.15
"7
30,073,053
4'58
3.35
""
Swedish and Norwegian
498
440,554
11,619,821
1.29
1.16
11
French....
577
420,078
15
19,307,270
1'23
2:49
American
743
239,152
4,327,530
*70
*87
Russian
118
178,768
6,142,666
*52
1*63
*
Danish.....
268
144,481
2,735,275
*42
*50
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Austrian
16
44,936
""
1,070,232
*13
*22
Dutch
18
16,492
635,212
*05
*08
**
Other Countries
174
41,349
1,138,631
*12
*38
Chinese
23,547
8,187,572
3.
334,422,970
23.92
23.63
52,661
34,233,580 Tls. 971,899,807 100'00
100'00
The vessels entered and cleared in 1898 were made up of 43,164 Steamers of 32,896,014 tons, and 9,497 Sailing Vessels of 1,337,566 tons.