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TRADE.
7. The principal features to be remarked as to the trade of the port for the year 1900 are :
(i) A great increase in Sugar Imports amounting to 76.6 %.
(ii) A great increase in Timber showing 74.2 %.
(iii) A great increase in Flour representing 66.1 %.
(iv) A great increase in Coal Imports amounting to 65.7 % -
(v) A large increase in Hemp representing 60.7 %.
(vi) Bulk Oil is almost at a standstill compared with last year; but Case Oil shows a
decline of 10,609 tons.
(vii) The Rice Trade which reached its culminating point last year, has fallen back by
98,801 tons and may now be said to be at its normal condition.
The net increase in Imports reported amounts to 422,717 tons.
In Exports there is a decrease of 70,666 tous.
The Transit cargo shows an increase of 186,046 tons.
The foregoing information regarding Trade statistics must be taken as a rough approximation only.
8. The total Import Trade of the port for 1900 amounts to 23,205 vessels of 8,626,614 tons carry- ing 6,342,138 tons of cargo of which 4,198,389 tons were discharged at Hongkong. This does not include tonnage, number or cargo of Local Trade Junks.
COUNTRY.
CARGO.
SHIPS.
Tons.
Discharged.
In Transit.
CLASS I.
Canada,.
Continent of Europe, ..........................
Great Britain,
Mauritius,
United States,
20
57,533
136
380,661
32,303 100,352
175
470,437
297,515
381,839 511,853
1
828
143
357,075
300 275,442
59,407
475
1,266,534
705,912
933,099
CLASS II.
Australia and New Zealand,
45
78,012
25,132
29,334
India and Straits Settlements,
Japan,
121
229,597
146,718
90,352
414
920,433
890,356
287,846
Java and Indian Archipelago,
North and South Pacific,
Russia in Asia,....
186
243,043
274,346
48,501
I
47
8
9,878
8,520
1,000
773
1,481,010
1,345,080
457,033
CLASS 111.
North Borneo,
17
25,142
37,468
Coast of China,.
1,178
1,567,478
283,942
685,047
Cochin-China,
156
178,964
311,242
3,000
Formosa,
113
93,754
26,769
Philippine Islands,
183
217,572
106,854
8,200
Hainan and Gulf of Tonkin,
351
270,813
345,636
31,940
Siam,
154
153,035
243,013
3,030
Macao,
39
8,791
Kiaochow,
3,623
800
2,400
2,192
2,519,178
1,355,724
733,617
CLASS IV.
River Steamers,--Canton, Macao and West River,
2,033
1,754,960
197,606
CLASS V.
Junks in Foreign Trade,
17,732
1,604,632
594,067
TOTAL,.......
23,205
8,626,614
4,198,389
2,143,749