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As follows:-
Articles.
1896.
1897.
Increase.
Decrease.
Beans,
Bones,
Coal,
250
3,660
250 3,660
539,721
601,344
Cotton Yarn and Cotton,.
11,090
- 30,581
61,823 19,491
Flour,
85,021
85,904
883
Hemp,
32,790
43,360
10,570
Kerosine (bulk),
41,758
47,782
6,024
Do.
(1,235,612 cases),......
44,129
|(1,689,688 cases).
16,217
60,346
Lead,
915
5,496
4,581
Opium,
2,299
2,531
232
Pitch,
1,700
1,700
Rattan,
3,140
2,920
Rice,
704,530
361,130
Sandalwood,
3,707
3,459
220 343,400 248
Sulphur,
220
2,040
1,820
Sugar,
186,759
211,777
25,018
Tea,
Timber, General,..
5,447
5,929
482
49,363
64,862
15,499
1,077,090
1,211,700
134,610
Total,......
2,791,889.
2,713,061
298,950
347,778
Transit,
1,845,400
1,852,462
7,062
Grand Total,......
4,637,289
4,595,523
306,012
347,778
Nett......
41,766
31.
EXPORTS.
1896.
1897.
Increase.
Decrease.
No.
Tonnage. No.
Tonnage. No. Tonnage.
No.
Tonnage,
Steamers,
River Steamers,
Sailing Vessels,
3,186 4,382,211 3,067 4,263,453
1,392 1,680,979 1,548 1,690,644
96 101,454
119
118,758
156
9,665
355 106,862
239
5,408
Total,.....
4,674
6,164,644 4,970 6,060,959
415
15,073
119
118,758
Nett,.
296
103,685
Exported tons,..
1,626,792
2,103,215
476,423
Strs.
Bunker Coal. Strs,
Bunker Coal.
Strs.
Bunker Coal. Strs.
Bunker Coal.
Steamers,
3,186
River Steamers,..
1,392
391,976 3,067
21,420 1,548
422,257
23,742
156
30,281
2,322
119
Total,.
4,078
413,396 4,615
445,999
156
32,603
119
Nett,...
37
32,603