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SHANGHAI
Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 147,981,997 was re-exported, namely, to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Hk. Tls. 11,256,501; and to Chinese Ports (chiefly to Northern and Yangtsze Ports) Hk. Tls. 136,725,496, leaving for local con- sumption a stock to the value of Hk. Tls. 98,567,484.
Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 203,018,944 was imported from Chinese Ports, almost all of which was re-exported, namely, to Chinese Ports Tls. 43,194,734 and to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Tls. 135,135,898, the net native imports amounting to Hk Tls. 34,688.312.
The total values of Exports and Re-Exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries, Hongkong and Chinese ports in 1913 were:- Silk C'ton.Gds. & Yarn 22,240,137 | Ground-nut Pulp
Sundries
Tea
Tls. 50,312,982 | Wool
...22,221,241 | Fibres
...19,895,647 Bristles...
Seeds & Seed Cake 14,756,833 Paper
...
6,190,273 | Varnish... Tls. 1,074,631 4,029,315 | Fans
Tls.
1,050,900
...
3,811,343 | Human Hair, &c.
1.031,124
3,529,023 Leather, &c....
1,017,239
3,458,457 | Sugar
1,009,597
Silk M❜tures.
...14,595,703 | Medicines
2,566,121 Nutgalls
947,705
Cotton, Raw
...13,963,600 Tallow
2,382,015 Pottery & E'ware.
937,731
Hides
...11,159,484 Egg Albn.and Yolk 2,312,613 Feathers
|
845,279
Beans
8,932,897
Books, Printed
2,160,936 Fungus...
630,117
Oil...
8,170,517
Tobacco, Cigs., &c. 7,428,416
Beancake Straw Braid
1,736,553 Lard
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+
578,937
..
1,650,626 Musk
529,590
Rice
...
6,873,983
Chinaware
Skins
Flour
...
...
6,835,691 Grass Cloth... 6,502,963 Metals
...
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1,649,947 Lily flowers 1,400,047 | Opium 1,291,905
514,365
...
70,583
Total Hk. Tls. 262,297,085
The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 8,287,906. This was an increase of Tls. 1,014,650 as compared with that of 1912.
The total carrying trade, entrances and clearances, for the year 1913 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-
Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total
Tonnage Duties,
British
Japanese
4,275 7,746,174
72 17,560
4,347
7,763,734 Tls. 7,459,306
3,765 5,016,604
2 2,386
Chinese..
German...
4,982 2,997,075 5,934 200,830
3,767 10,916
665 1,641,494
2
452
5,018,990 2,646,806 3,197,905 1,310,178 667 1,641,916 1,192,618
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French
148
513,250
148
513,250
388,691
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Austrian N'wegian American
74 258,570
74
258,570,
325,864
155
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193,784
155
193,784
50,699
436
377,207
4
1,396
440
378,603
65,423
Dutch
47
112,887
41
22,345
88
135,232
164,388
Russian..
202
308,702
2
496
204
309,198 ",
45,480
Danish
Swedish
Totals
78
102,810
78
102,810 ",
66,288
25 66,129
25
66,129
65,156
13
14,852 19,334,686
6,057 245,465 20,909 19,580,151
The Customs Revenue, Hk. Tls. 13,781,900 for the same year, consisted of:-
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13,781,897
Import Duties Export Duties
Opium Likin
Hk. Tls. 7,783,234
Tonnage Dues
Hk. Tls. 1,023,481
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2,056,818
11
1,734,311
Coast Trade Duties Transit Dues
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913,773 270,283
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The above tables show that more than half of the whole trade of China in foreign vessels belongs to "the commercial metropolis of China.”