(No. 9.)-COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of some of the Principal Articles of Export, for the Years 1862 to 1867 inclusive.
Articles 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 Brass buttons Piculs 8757,688 Dollars
78,800 2,047
184,271 3,037
273,334 3,990
859,190 4,075
366,711 Cassia lignea 3.620 317,209 Chinaware 130,080 8,874 130,175 13,861 228,872 28,514 Crackers, fireworks 23,960 398,776 465,118 24.860 Grasscloth Dollars $40,885 13 2,042 71,400 1,843 69,000 Indigo, dry 2,378 80,036 2,209 56,305 2,480 Ivoryware $8,769 1,995 74 202 13,255 Lacquered ware 128,272 4,758 45,024 11,318 107,472 Matting 188 30,270 988 20,304 209,044 Musk 21,474 241,747 11,961 149,610 Preserves... 63,200 405 89,204 337 87,000 1,175 Rhubarb... 203,423 569 93,568 8,832 95,899 2,502 Silk, raw and thrown 85,800 2,950 72,424 2,536 06,715 27 ribbons and sashes 18.200 8-4 58,600 119 83,244 147 wild, raw 92,099 3,182 90,641 3,387 152,415 .. piece goods 48,266 87 38,561 438 18,200 600 Sugar 24,000 771 30,834 751 30,050 and cotton mixtures 27,534 552 22,003 Tea, black Rolls 41,548
181,500 34,994
112,400 37,681
159.584 59,780
313,661 89,908
639,421 91,161
501,386 Piculs 65,775
61150 6
64090 31
33,250 $
30.470 3
29,145 5.307 4,540 1200 47,800 7.235 79,590 6,308 75,448 9,850 102,844 18,064 182,705 437 14.600 202 6,091 2,583,400 5,684 2,415,700 5,700 *388 2,869 26.341 320 25,568 856 $1,371 2018 72,910 1,215,017 6,778 4,389,105 9,258 5,302,583 9.972 4,951,317 5.206 491,600 3,912 $77,600 3,401 329,880 5,043 604.278 5,626 568,568 6,345 678,616 9,637 2,906,800 4,860 3,496,500 4,149 3,316,951 3,568 2,720,048 3,097 2,197,959 4,599 3,408,495 400 276,800 442 300,800 703 539,573 644.369 197 615.000 142 42,500 35,603 39.138 43.000 295,000 $1,000 260.000 65,860 $91,586 20,391 192,000 6,376,000 135,348 4181,000 52,163 2,684,038 90,009 $7,000 1,689,000 48,000 1,045,000 22,331 1,300 75,000 160 63,800 1,691 774,380 18,331 109,380 802 62-4 140 637.069 131,574 3,057,687 74,815 2,544,458 977,003 9,295 $71,810 63,608 220 14,081 485,241 702 491,366 42,064 199 54.491 891,663 215,636 1,270,827 88,978 14,677 2,313,224 421,051 97 5,167
N.B. The above statement includes Exports both to foreign countrics and to native ports.
British Consulate, Canton, March 31, 1868.
(Signed)
D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul.