.850
SHANGHAI
The following were the values of the principal classes of Foreign Goods imported .during that year:-
Cotton Goods. Tis. 48,421,508 Opium... Cotton Yarn 27,379,302 Wol. and C'ton Mix. Tobacco,Cigars &c.19,613,385
Sugar Metals Coal
...
...
...
...
...
2,099,582 Gunny & C❜ton Bgs. 2,019,856
5,617,596 Leather
Tls.
3,426,901 Ginseng 3,221,383 Soap
...
1,928,709 1,895,305
2,739,975 | ElectricalM'tal.,&c. 1,831,824 2,503,386 Paraffin Wax 2,350,700 Fish, Salted, &c.
1,750,741
1,440,332
2,223,760 | Sundries
34.390,656
Total Hk. Tls. 214,690,019
and Wol. Goods 15,670,715 Paper 11,639,946 Timber Tls. 9,215,178 Misc. Piece Goods 7,235,774 Machinery... 6,073,505 Dyes and Colours
Kerosene Oil, &c. Cotton, Raw
Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 125,390,127 was re-exported' namely, to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Hk. Tls. 8,037,819; and to Chinese Ports (chiefly to Northern and Yangtsze Ports) Hk. Tls. 117,352,308, leaving for local con- sumption a stock to the value of Hk. Tls. 89,299,892.
Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 225,423,085 was imported from Chinese Ports, almost all of which was re-exported, namely, to Chinese Ports, Tls. 43,545,975 and to Foreign Countries and Hongkong, Tls. 134,885,318, the net native imports amounting to Hk. Tis. 46,991,792.
The total values of Exports and Re-Exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries. Hongkong and Chinese ports in 1917 were:-
Silk
...
***
Tls. 54,648,249 | Wool C'ton.Gds. & Yarn 51,353,156 | Oil
Tea
...
...
Tls. 8,237,496 | Tallow ...
8,121,405 Medicines
20,470,980 | Ground-nut Pulp.. 7,342,948 | Beancake Cotton, Raw 20,080,669 | Skins
...
***
Tls. 3,362,824
***
*
...
6,691,068 | Books, Printed 6,398,590 Fans 5,607,830 | Grasscloth
2,800,004 1,672,487 1,650,969
***
1,448,300
...
1,204,234
1,108,501
4,372,213 Nutgalls
1,025,854
***
3,541,575
4,334,941 Pottery & E'ware.
Sundries
811,400
...
...
29,331,371
Hides
12,961,898 | Rice
Silk M'tures.
...
12,806,939 | Fibres
Flour
11,644,911 Seeds & Seed Cake 5,079,657 | Straw Braid
Egg Albn. & Yolk.. 10,872,312 | Bristles...
... 9.930,187 Beans
Metals T’bco., Cigs., đc.... 2,638,059 | Paper
Total Hk. Tls. 318,551,027
The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 16,061,213 This was an increase of Tls. 1,614,443 as compared with that of 1916.
The total carrying trade, entrances and clearances, for the year 1917 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-
British Japanese Chinese... American
French
Danish
Dutch
Russian
Swedish
---
+
Norwegian Others
...
...
Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total
Tonnage
Duties
5,693,911 Tls. 4,207,532 5,216,203 1) 4,535,762 3,408,235 1,516,412
...
3,671 5,579,439
3,573 5,215,963
2
4,134 3,188,648
460
404,787
387 114,472 4,058 240 3,575 7,097 219,587 11,231
78 4,705
"
538
409, ¡92
361,580
93
400,131
13
400,131
""
188,310
67
...
97,704
67
97,704
""
108,573
87
218,665
87
218,665
})
93,213
115
133,635
115
133,635
"
42,073
10
...
26,692
10
26,692
11
38,593
74
111,276
74
111,276
??
44,740
5
73
5
73
***
"
5,286
12,289 15,377,013
Totals
...
...
7,564 339,004 19,853 15,716,017,, 11,142,074
The Customs Revenue, Hk. Tls. 11,214,573 for the same year, consisted of:-
Import Duties ... Hk. Tls. 6,281,150
...
Export Duties
Opium Likin
2,716,931
181,254
Tonnage Dues ... Coast Trade Duties Transit Dues
Hk. Tls. 646,535
1,005,843
"
382,860
The above tables show that more than half of the whole trade of China in foreign vessels belongs to "the commercial metropolis of China.”