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year, while the import for 1899 was only 5,275,972 gallons. The importation of Sugar, which was 247,894 piculs in 1892, rose to a million and a quarter in 1894, and has remained about the same since, being 1,006,007 piculs in 1899, of this 424,878 piculs was refined, almost entirely from Hongkong. Of coal, 610,509 tons were imported in 1899, the majority of which came from Japan.
The export of native produce to foreign Countries aggregated over 90 million taels in 1899, an increase of 213 millions on the 1898 total. The articles in which the increase occur- red were chiefly Filature Silk, Silk Manufactures, Cotton Goods, Yarn and Wheat. Raw Silk increased from 63,979 piculs in 1897 to 65,133 in 1898, and decreased to 63,768 in 1899. The net import of silver fell from 36.6 million taels in 1895 to 6.6 in 1896 and to 4 million in 1897, but rose to 9 million in 1898, there being over ten million taels worth of silver bars brought from Japan. The net export of gold has considerably increased in recent years, having been 6.85 million taels in 1895, 7.2 in 1896, 8.67 in 1897, and 851 million taels in 1898. The total value of gold imported during 1899 was 6,901,681 taels, as against an export of the value of 8,257,254 taels; while the value of silver imported 45,373,553 taels exceeded the export of the same metal by 12,312,853 taels.
The following tables show the export of Tea and Silk for six years:—
Ten-Black Brick
Green
Silk
Wild
Waste
Cocoons.
1894...piculs 304,267 338,028
230,215
1894...60,657
9,909
48,191
6,703
1895...
ง
358,631 412,694
240,689
1895...68,384
10,065
37,743.
7,973
1896...
151,850 175,398
217,425
1896...46,329
9,487
25,877
7,939
1897... 1898... 1899...
19
261,166 507,039
204.358
1897...64,914
12,166
33,900
8,845
320,994
19
17
466,421 185,880 133,775 151,985 201,839
1898...56,605
11,737
41,726
6,795
1899...84,720
17,583 52,008 9,016
Hk. Tls. 36,324,339
The Import trade in Foreign Goods for
From Great Britain
1899 may be summarised as follows:-
From Straits and Australia Hk. Tls. 1,921,884
From India
31,730,626
From British America
1,200,005.
From Hongkong....
29,224,858
From other Countries
867,640.
From Japan and Formosa
20,434,017
From Chinese Ports
446,332
From United States ..
20,095,323
From Continent of Europe
12,009,599
Hk. Tls. 154,254,623.
The following were the values of the principal classes of Foreign Goods imported. during that year :--
Cotton Goods. Tls. 43,511,022 | Leather and L. Gds. 867,497 Sharks' Fins
400,419.
Cotton Yarn Opium Kerosine Oil
-
31,417,145 Sandalwood
|
22.438,184
Seaweed
795,020 Indigo... 792,703
372,593
Candles
325,995
7,909,870
Wine, Beer, Sp'ts. 737,889
Clocks & Watches
318,634
Metals
+
6,189,254
Matches
729,244
Medicines
284,782
Sugar...
4,893,666
Paper
684.719
Flour
272,791
Coal
4,579,231
Soap...
638,613
Silk & Silk Goods
266,530
Woollen Goods...
3,146,995
Glass and G'ware 614,606
Hardware
265,837
Cotton (Raw)...
2,010,217
Bags...
557.742
Stationery
260,750
Dyes and Colours
1,496,082
Needles
487,470
Pepper
231,881
Ginseng
*
+
1,206,139
Mats and Matting
470.907
Braid
218,994
Machinery
1,014,100
Timber
935,846
Beche de Mer... 462,862
Household Stores 458,172
Sundries
...10,646,939
Tobacco, Cigars.&c. 891,831
Birds' Nests
...
451,452
Total Hk. Tls.154,254,623
Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 115,430,628 was re-exported; namely to the Yangtsze ports Hk. Tls. 58,175,553, to the Northern ports including Port Arthur, Weihaiwei and Kiaochow Hk. Tls. 40,263,421, to Ningpo and Southern ports Hk. Tls. 12,188,138, to Russian Manchuria Hk. Tls. 1,520,594, to Corea Hk. Tls. 1,378,999, to Japan and Formosa Hk. Tls. 705,082, to Hongkong Hk. Tls. 789,086, to Continent of Europe, Russia excepted, Hk. Tls. 74,521, to Great Britain Hk. Tls. 70,929, to United States of America and the Sandwich Islands Hk. Tls. 105,130, and to other Foreign Countries Hk. Tls. 159,175, leaving a balance for local consumption and stock of Hk. Tls. 38,823,995.
Imports to the value of Tls. 1,331,505 were sent to the interior under Transit Passes. Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 81,624,293 was imported in foreign vessels; namely, from Yangtsze Ports, Tls. 42,212,039, from Northern Ports Tls. 21,270,478, from Southern Ports Tls. 18,141,776, almost all of which was re-exported, the net native imports amounting to Hk. Tls. 14,958,250.