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The Import trade in Foreign Goods for 1904 may be summarised as follows:-
From Great Britain Hk. Tls. 53,182,018
From Straits & Australia Hk. Tls. 3 377,331
-
· From Hongkong...
30,319,151
From Russia
3,274,461
...
From India
4.
29,918,715
From other Countries
5,961,903
From Japan and Formosa
26,028,933
From Chinese Ports
1,880,061
From United States
25,986,201
From Continent of Europe
14,977,224
Hk. Tls. 196,905,998
The following were the values of the principal classes of Foreign Goods imported
during that year :-
Haberdashery,etc., 395,950 Household Stores 389,438 Leather and L. Gds. 388,016
Cotton Goods. Tls. 56,856,520
Seaweed
Cotton Yarn... ...36,407,793
Opium
21,330,453
1,132,503 Wine, Beer, Spirits 1,112,065 Matches
...
Clocks & Watches 492,667 Pepper
...
444,174
956,177
Sharkfins
440,678
Kerosine Oil
...15,401,518
Paper
893,088
Buttons
430,251
Metals
...
9,758,989
Sugar
.7,588,142
Machinery
Gunny & Straw Bgs. 888,438 846,338
Hides
401,109
...
...
Coal
4,380,919 Woollen Goods ... 3,834,762 Tobacco, Cigars, &c. 2,981,133 Dyes and Colours 2,252,346 Timber
1,924,472 Piece Goods... ... 1,544,899 Silk & Ribbons... 1,433,730
Glass and G'ware 748,294
Soap
...
723,002
Bechede Mer ...
586,643
Birds' Nests
567,760
Raw Cotton
Launches, Boats&c., 549,069
Flour
Candles
547,599
Sundries...
542,802
Ginseng
...
1,347,263
...
495,894
Umbrellas Needles
Cuttle Fish
... 378,134 376,690
... 3 71,79 14,764,481
Total Hk. Tls. 196,905,998
Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 151,617,898 was re-exported ; namely to the Yangtsze ports Hk. Tls. 82,765,606, to the Northern ports Hk. Tls. 49,182,097, to the Central ports Hk. Tls. 9,749,372, to Southern ports Hk. Tls. 491,714, to Russian Manchuria Hk. Tls. 416,984, to Corea Hk. Tls. 1,981,294, to Japan Hk. Tls. 3,004,905, to Hongkong Hk. Tls. 2,178,735, to Continent of Europe, Russia excepted, Hk. Tls. 549,370, to Great Britain Hk. Tls. 169,297, to United States of America and the Philippine and Sandwich Islands Hk. Tls. 95,240, and to other Foreign Countries Hk. Tls. 1,033,284, leaving a balance for local consumption and stock of Hk. Tls. 45,288,100.
Imports to the value of Tls. 1,885,736 were sent to the interior under Transit.
Passes.
Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 127,970,828 was imported in foreign vessels; namely, from Yangtsze Ports, Tls. 82,007,462, from Northern Ports Tls. 28,849,551, from Central Ports Tls. 10,712,040, from Southern Ports Tls. 6,401,775, almost all of which was re-exported, the net native imports amounting to Hk. Tls. 20,004,636.
The total values of Exports and Re-exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries Hongkong, and Chinese ports in 1904 were :—
Tea
...
Silk ...Tls. 41,914,779 | Straw Braid... Cotton, Raw 26,118,969 Seeds...
16,367,515 Oils (Vegetable) Silk Manufactures11,670,123 Paper... Beans & Beancakes 7,614,030 Bristles Furs and Fur Rugs 6,884,231 Flour Hides
6,316,743 | Hemp Cloth (Nankeens) 6,170,610 Sugar
5,094,365 Opium
Rice
Rice (Tribute) 4,779,535 Medicines
Rice (Free)...
...
...
Tls. 3,662,043 | Nutgalls... ...Tls. 740,337
3,558,494 Fungus
1,725,539 Vermi'li&Macaroni 505,033
671,239
...
...
3,508,471 Ground Nuts 2,339,603 Grass Cloth ... 2,129,816 Wheat
...
607,506
544,484
...
522,028
2,012,388 Pottery & E'ware
519,730
...
...
1,486,347 Musk
1,274,480 | Wax...
1,260,236 Lard
1,218,583 Sundries
1,143,032
Cotton Gs. & Yarn 4,963,014 | Books, Printed...
Wool
258,710 Tobacco ...
..
4,529,924 | Tallow
...
+
***
491,322
483,123
...
472,396
13,405,724
1,114,124 Total Hk. Tls. 188,153,626
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