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(a) Articles imported or exported by the Colonial Government or Naval and
Military Authorities.
(b) Cargo (except Ores and Tobacco) arriving from Ports in China south of
Swatow and from Macao.
(c) A portion of the cargo arriving from the Chinese ports of Swatow, Amoy
and Foochow ("Middle China").
(d) Passengers' luggage.
(e) Inward cargo landed into warehouses and left unclaimed on 31st December,
1923.
(f) Inward cargo delivered under "suspense" permits, documents not having
come to hand on or before 31st December, 1923.
(g) Ships' Stores.
Import and export movements of treasure have been excluded.
It will be noted that the Total Value of Imports of merchandise during 1923 amounted to £61,955,000. As far as I have been able to ascertain, the mode of trans- port of the merchandise is as represented in the diagram and may be summarised as follows:-
Merchandise to the value of
IMPORTS.
Principally by coaster-steamer,
£25,788,000=41.63% came from French Indo-China, Netherlands East
Indies, Siam, Phillipine Islands, and British North Borneo.
£ 7,841,000=12.66%
North China.
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£ 6,675,000≈10.77%
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Japan, Korea and Formosa.
£ 119,000
0.19%
Middle China.
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£
13,000 0.02%.
South China.
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£40,436,000=65.27% of the Total Value.
Principally by ocean-going steamer.
Merchandise to the value of
£ 6,319,000=10.20%
the Pacific.
£4,763,000 7.69%
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£9,491,000-15.32% came via Suez.
€ 695,000 1.12%
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£ 251,000 0.40%
from India, Burmah, Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, Mauri- tius, and Ceylon.
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Australia.
other Countries.
£21,519,000 34.73% of the Total Value.
That is to say -- Of the value of merchandise imported during 1923, 65 per centum was borne principally by coaster-steamer and 343 per centum by ocean-going steamer.