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The total values of Exports and Re-exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries Hongkong, and Chinese ports in 1902 were :-
Silk
A
...Tls. 43,170,613 | Rice (Free)
**
Cotton, Raw
14,334,204 (Tribute) Silk Manufactures 10,597,548 Oils (Vegetable) Tea
Seeds ...
10,596,874 | Wool
6,161,810 Opium
4,379,583 Tallow
Furs and Fur Rugs 5,047,240 Tobacco
Hides ...
Cotton Gds. & Yarn 4,319,928 | Hemp
Beans& Beancakes 3,652,642 | Wheat
Straw Braid
3,598,754 Sugar
Cloth (Nankeens) 3,292,704 Bristles
Paper
Rice
2, 63,488 Medicines ..2,877,867 | Nutgalls..
Of this amount there was sent to- Continent of Europe..... Tls. 38,929,134 U. States & Philippine Islds. 22,888,367 Japan and Formosa Great Britain Hongkong... India
+14
Tls.
1,303,504; Flour
Tls. 691,626
3,760,456 Pearls, Real
603,184
+4
2,407,904 Pottery & E'ware 574,832
2,387,129 Musk
574,667
A
1,913,127 Wax...
571,381
1,890,650 Eggs, F. & P'ved. 540,306
1,686,209 Books, Printed
536,934
1,656,398 Antimony Ore
.440,341
1,603,521 Copper (Tribute)
427,232
1,428,954 Fungus
.412,900
1,273,153 Sundries
10,563,064
1,188,835
Corea
849,613 Total Hk. Tls. 154,279,175
Other Foreign Countries
891,459
2 6,364
ToForeignCountries, Hk. Tls.107,850,898
18,158,726
9,563,180
9,263,468
2,652,130
Northern Ports... Southern Ports
Russia, via Odessa & Batoum 1,754,570 Turkey in Asia. Persia, Egypt, &c. 1,505,116 Straits, Australia, & Brit. America 1,045,520 Russian Manchuria
982,864
Tls. 22,514,039 12,839,298
Yangtsze and Central Ports 11,074,940
To Chinese Ports, Hk. Tls. 46,428,277
The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 7,749,928, almost all of which was Refuse Silk, Cocoons, and Strawbraid. This was an increase Tls. 2,484,779 as compared with that of 1901.
The total Carrying Trade, entrances and clearances, for the year 1902 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-
Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total Tonnage
British...
3,698
5,651,511 137
72,152 3,835 5,723,663
Duties Tls. 6,279,650
Japanese...
979
1,650,876 12
2,417 991 1,653,293
31
German
960
1,641,575
960
1,641,575
>>
American...
171
308,559 26
19,791
197
328,350
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969,472 1,402,514 239,829
Norwegian
241
245,939
241
245,939
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Russian
137
234,874
137
234,874
19
127,248 65,743
French...
102
229,682 82
2,519
184
232,201
19
503,274
Danish, Dutch, &c.
69
91,119
69
91,119
11
86,430
Austrian
23
36,435
23
36,435
1
101,293
Chinese
1,564
1,721,965 629
131,752
2,193 1,853,717
587,880
On Opium
450,745
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Totals
7,944 11,812,535 886 228,631 8,830 12,041,166
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10,814,078
Of these 263 steamers and 25 sailing vessels entered, and 533 steamers and 128 sailing vessels cleared in ballast.
The total Customs Revenue, Hk. Tls. 10,814,078, for the same year consisted of :--
Import Duties
...Hk. Tls. 7,036,682
Export Duties
*
Coast Trade Duties
1,454,201 398,468
Tonnage Dues
Transit Dues Opium Likin
..Hk. Tls. 619,766
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109,306 1,195,655
The above tables show that more than half of the whole trade of China in foreign vessels belongs to "the commercial metropolis of China.”