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As follows:-
Articles.
1905.
1906.
Increase.
Decrease.
Beans,.
2,118
3,360
1,247
Coal,
1,083,987
971,365
112,622
otton Yarn and Cotton,
82,949
41,871
8,922
Flour,
54,508
79,635
25,127
Hemp,.
26,784
23,356
3,428
Kerosine (bulk),
43,411
43,932
521
(case),
74,506
28,937
45,569
Liquid Fuel,
850
5,850
5,000
Lead,
800
800
Opium,.
2,983
3,286
303
Rattan,
3,430
12,531
9,101
Rice,....
566,171
624,369
58,198
Sandalwood,.
3,386
2,561
825
Sulphur,
100
100
Sugar,...
311,787
482,178
170,391
Tea,....
900
Timber,. General,
66,324 ¦
52,242
900 14,082
1,594,862
1,653,604
58,742
......
Total,
3,869,751
4,029,177
337,652
178,226.
Transit,
3,415,418
2,878,360
537,058
Grand Total,
7,285,169
6,907,537
337,652
715,284
Nett,
377,632
17. The number and tonnage of European constructed vessels exporting cargo as shown and Bunker Coal compared with the previous year was as follows :—
1905.
1906.
Increase.
Decrease.
No.
Tonnage. No. Tonnage.
No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage.
Steamers,
3,893 River Steamers,... 4,234 Sailing Vessels,
21
6,694,479 3,961 | 7,101,179 68 3,106,894 3,761 | 2,750,626
406,700
Fotal,
42,030 11 20,459
8,148 9,843,403 | 7,733 9,872,264 68
473 10
406,700 483
356,268 21,571
377,839
Nett,..
28,861 415
Exported tous,
2,348,701
2,163,344
Strs.
Bunker Coal.
Strs.
Bunker
Coal.
Strs.
Bunker Coal.
Strs.
Bunker Coal.
Steamers, River Steamers,.
Total,....,127
3,893 [ 4,234
649,069. 7,722
591,534 3,961 635,611 57,535 | 3,761 53,156
688,767 68 44,077 473
68
44,077
473
4,379
4,379
Nett,..
39,698
405