800
SHANGHAI
Brot. forwd. Tls. 197,465,039] Umbrellas ... Woollen Goods.. Soap
Fish, Salted, &c.... Electrical M❜tal.,&c. Spirits, Wine & Beer Medicines Seaweed Matches
...
·
1,701,324 Soda 1,524,291 Socks 1,413,773 Glass
...Tls. 850,287 Condensed Milk.. Tls. 314,806
849,180 Sharks' Fins
298,404
-
676,236 Cement
...
286,632
*
612,159 Needles
253,543
581,590 Railway Materials
234,769
***
452,321 Haberdashery, &c.
224,774
447,259 Rattans
215,993
427,592 Sundries
26,585,797
899,432 Lamps & Lampware 364,731
1,370,981 Sandalwood 1,130,354 Birds' Nests 1,044,509, Beche de Mer 1,020,091 Candles
Total Hk. Tls. 241,245,867
Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 142,580,114 was re-exported, namely, to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Hk. Tls. 8,900,649; and to Chinese Ports (chiefly to Northern and Yangtsze Ports) Hk. Tls. 133,679,465, leaving for local con- sumption a stock to the value of Hk. Tls. 98,665,753.
Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 172,685,347 was imported from Chinese Ports, almost all of which was re-exported, namely, to Chinese Ports Tls. 37,252,309 and to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Tls. 110,787,589, the net native imports amounting to Hk. Tls. 24,645,449.
The total values of Exports and Re-Exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries. Hongkong and Chinese ports in 1914 were :--
Silk
Tls. 37,405,166 Ground-nutPulp Tls.3,884,220 Straw Braid Tls. 1,023,157
C'ton.Gds. & Yarn 29,583,442 Bristles
Tea
...24,825,172 Paper ...11,176,802 Fibres
...
Seeds & Seed Cake 11,113,178 Tallow
Cotton, Raw
Silk M❜tures.
Hides
•
Flour Beans
Wool
...
Oil...
Skins
...
...
...11,094,569 Egg Albn. and Yolk
10,167,017 Medicines
7,147,384 Books, Printed 6,907,374 Chinaware
6,515,473 Metals
6,346,004 Beancake 5,936,746 Grass Cloth
Tobacco, Cigs., &c. 5,394,646 Nutgalls
Rice
3,959,105 Varnish...
...
3,761,548 | Leather, &c....
990,359
3,658,663 Pottery & E'ware.
987,346
2,926,260 Sugar
796,693
2,332,495 Fungus....
761,825,
2,264,623 Human Hair, &c.
720,187
2,220,836 Feathers
•
702,669
1,818,642 Lard
632,932
1,592,557 Fans
631,909.
1,545,589 Lily flowers...
523,443
1,303,319 Musk
400,898
1,127,316, Sundries
..16,514,323.
-
1,064,503
1,045,441 Total Hk. Tls. 232,803,831
...
The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 7,461,194,. This was a decrease of Tls. 825,712 as compared with that of 1913.
The total carrying trade, entrances and clearances, for the year 1914 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-
British
4,338 7,848,371
19
Japanese
3,581 4,704,467
Chinese..
5,251 3,347,287 6,010 193,314
German..
435
1,117,742
4
1,812
Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total Tonnage Duties.
6,232 4,357 7,854,603 Tls. 6,063,141
3,581 4,704,467 11,261 3,540,601 439 1,119,554
27
2,485,208 1,309,217
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French
123
440,473
123
440,473
"2
812,328 315,710
Austrian
43
151,081
43
151,081
>>
222,121
American
460
444,672
1
43
461
444,715
};
152,372
Dutch
47
·
126,735
30 16,350
77
143,085
>>
141,461
Danish
96
131,712
96
131,712
>>
91,001
Russian.
Swedish...
122
221,948
122
224,948
""
44,478.
15 40,985
Norwegian
Totals
129 154,694
15 129
40,985 154,694
77
41,684
כל
38,390.
14,640 18,733,167
6,034 217,751 29,704 18,950,918,, 11,717,111
The Customs Revenue, Hk. Tls. 11,727,117 for the same year, consisted of :-
Import Duties .. Export Duties
Opium Likin
Hk. Tls. 7,135,799
"}
"
1,756,752
860,278
Tonnage Dues ...
Hk. Tls. 926,950'
Coast Trade Duties Transit Dues
751,038
296,300
The above tables show that more than half of the whole trade of China in foreign. vessels belongs to "the commercial metropolis of China."