172

SHANGHAI

The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 2,843,181 almost all of which was Refuse Silk and Cocoons. This was a decrease of Tls. 139,670 from that of 1897.

The total Carrying Trade, entrances and clearances, for the year 1898 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-

Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total Tonnage

Duties

British Japanese German...

...

2,989

4,300,536

127

197,742

3,116 4,498,278

TIs. 3,744,159

598

*

575,663

4

170

602

575,833

371,940

11

383

505,392

11,710

390

516,463

99

1,125,834

French...

117

226,108

117

226,108

404,592

**

Swedish & N'wegn

133

137,713

133

137,713

90,931

American...

46

116,158

43

43,292

89

159,450

"}

76,278

Russian

42

83,372

4

672

46

84,044

35,348

Danish, Dutch, &c.

52

58,029

5

4,624

57

62,653

91

49,065

Austrian

16

44,936

16

44,936

47,808

91

Chinese

1,580

1,759,998

664

139,552

2,244

1,899,550

555,328

"

On Opium

405,911

"

Totals

5,956

7,807,905

854 397,123 6,810 8,205,028

"T

6,907,194

Of these 120 steamers and 13 sailing vessels entered, and 330 steamers and 76 sailing vessels cleared in ballast.

The total Customs Revenue, Hk. Tls. 6,907,194, for the same year consisted of- Import Duties

Export Duties

...Hk. Tls. 3,895,212

Coast Trade Duties...

"

1,190,899 242,684

Tonnage Dues Transit Dues ...

Opium Likin

...Hk. Tls.

401,021

"

99,098 1,078,280

Of the total value of the Imports of Foreign Goods at all the Treaty ports and from Hongkong and Macao at non-Treaty ports, fifty-eight per cent., and of the Exports to foreign countries nearly forty-three and a half per cent., passed through Shanghai, besides most of the coasting trade; more than half of the whole trade of China in foreign vessels thus belonging to "the commercial metropolis of China."

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DIRECTORY

ABDOOLALLY, EBRAHIM & Co., Merchants

and Commn. Agents, Rue de Montauban

Abdoolcayoom Ebrahim Noordin, B'bay

Noordin Ebrahim Noordin,

do.

Abdoolcader A. Ebrahim,

do.

Cumroodin E. Ebrahim,

do.

Valubhdass Balmookandass,

do.

Mohamedally Miyabhoy, manager

Hyderbhoy Cumroodin

Abdooleader A. Nawsariwalla

豐易

Yik-fong

ABRAHAM, D. E. J., Merch., 35, Kiangse Rd.

S. S. Levy

和怡老 Laon E-wo

ABRAHAM, H. J., Merch. and Comn. Agt.

ALGAR, A. E., Architect and Surveyor, 23,

Yuen Ming Yuen Road

信立 Lip-sin

ALLANSON, WILLIAM, Merchant and Com-

mission Agent, 6, Siking Road

ALLGEMEINE EVANG. PROTESTANT MISSION

ARY SOCIETY-See under Churches

AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB

Hon. Secretary-R. B. Allen Hon. Treasurer-E. P. Hudson

AMERICAN BAPTIST (SOUTHERN) MISSION AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY'S AGENCY AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION PRESS-

See under Churches and Missions

AMERICAN CIGARETTE CO., LIMITED

The American Trading Co., gl. mgrs.

O. G. Leslie, secretary

D. R. Davidson, manager

E. A. Kohen

生茂 Mow-sing

AMERICAN TRADING CO., 2 & 3, Hankow Rd.

Frank P. Ball, acting agent

C. A. Edwards

H. J. Limby, accountant

A. A. Penny, sub-accountant W. Fell

W. W. Hoole

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