676
CHINA
Beancake
>>
Skins, Hides, Undressed
Silk Piece Goods
99
Minerals, mostly Tin
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Cotton, Raw and Waste
""
Oil, Vegetable....
"
Coal and Coke
99
The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods, were :— Silk, Raw, Ref.and Coc'ns. Hk. Tls. 62,919,246 Medicines
Tea Beans
"
36,457,062 Tobacco and Cigarettes.. 25,165,551 Eggs, Albumen and Yolk 21,734,135 Fire-crackers and Fworks 17,081,079 Meats, Fresh and Pres'vd. 16,642,421 Timber and Wood........ 12,666,018 NankeensandCottonGds. 12,628,870 Vermicilli and Macaroni 12,390,123 China, E'th'ware., Pottery
8,710,679 Ground Nuts
Hk. Tls. 2,672,341
2,663,280-
2,555,622
2,435,841
}}-
2,144,135-
2,072,040
**
2,012,128
*"'
""
1,947,261
**
1,938,378
1,815,028
11
Wool.....
"
7,684,808 Fish and Fishery Products
1,781,643
Wheat and other Cereals
19
7,374,108
Grasscloth
1,422,727
Sesamum Seed
19
6,355,317
Seedcake
1,418,585
Animals, Living
19
5,275,832 Vegetables
55
1,204,383
Seed, Rape, etc.
Bristles and Horns
199
5,113,973 Nutgalls
4,454,557 Samshu
1,167,073
""
1,117,084
"
Eggs, Fresh and Pres'vd.
19
4,192,535 Feathers
1,112,089
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Mats and Matting.....
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3,3 6,819 Strawbraid
1,104,310
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Tallow
""
3,175,270 Fruit, Fresh and Dried...
1,048,150
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Paper
""
2,864,983
Sundries
"
29,907,367
Fibres, Ramie, Hemp, &c. Skins, Dressed
2,780,504
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11 -
2,747,253
Total
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345,280,874
Goods to the value of Tls. 80,113,538 were conveyed to, and to the value of Tls. 28,259,023 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.
The total carrying trade, foreign and coastwise, in 1914 was divided amongst the different flags as under:
Entries and
Clearances
Tonnage
Values
Percentages Tonnage Trade.
British...
32,705
38,795,409 Tis. 783,518,814
40:28
40'07
Chinese
150,727
24,931,226
502,284,376
25'88
25.69
Japanese
22,143
23,684,774
"
399,477,185
2.59
20'43
German
3,593
3,328,597
""
104,034,221
3:46
5:32
Russian
3.989
1,875,613
""
68,953,298
1'95
3:53
American
3,116
1,017,492
21,336,887
1'06
1'09
77
French.
516
882,440
38,574,570
*92
1'98
Norwegian...
670
746,005
15,086,476
*77
'77
Other Countries
1,863
492,207
4,292,856
*50
*21
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Dutch
276
•
398,271
10,732,995
*41
'55
Austrian
51
174,233
7,059,129
18
*36
219,649
96,326,267 ,, 1,955,350,837
100
100
The vessels entered and cleared in 1914 were made up of 107,178 steamers of 89,469,882. tons, and 112,471 sailing vessels of 6,856,385 tons; the latter including 6,328,590 Chinese junk tonnage.
The gross coast trade in vessels of foreign build amounted to Tls. 504,399,940 outward, and Tls. 518,663,131 inward, the net native imports (that is, goods not re-ex- ported) at the Treaty Ports being Tls. 192,061,801, and the exports to Treaty Ports Tls. 167,114,858.
The Maritime Customs revenue for the same year amounted to Haikwan Taels. 38,917,525, and was derived from :-
Import Duty.
Export Duty. Foreign...Tls. 16,052,942 9,397,278 Native
... "
1,510,494 3,656,441
Coast T'de. Opium Opium T'nage. Transit
Duty.
Dues. Dues.
Duty. Likin.
1,315,784
620,972 1,552,381
939,926
22,284 45,832
1,397,515 94,434
1,736,615
584,627
Totals...... 17,563,436 13,043,719 2,255,710
643,256 1,598,213 1,491,949 2,321,242
The Native Customs Revenue at nineteen coast and river ports for 1914 amounted to Hk. Taels 3,389,002.