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SAMSHUI TRADE.
TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1926.
was enforced by the provincial Kwangsi currency gave an impetus Government on the 1st April. The to native Imports from Nanning three big oll companies closed and Wuchow, and in spite of the CUSTOMS REPORT FOR THE their godowns in protest against general ataguation of trade at Fat:
YEAR 1925.
Reporting on the year 1925, the Commissioner of Customs at Sam- shul says:.:
this new tax. When local stocks shan the merchants there purchas- were exhausted, supplies were ed large quantities of sticks. looked for from Wuchow or Klang Duck and fowl feathers advanced al via the North River: theso, satisfactorily. however, did not materialise to
any great extent. The provincial A considerable quantity of As far as foreign trade is con- Government commenced the sale leather was imported to make: cerned the year under review may of oil at Canton in November, good the shortage of foreign be characterised as the worst on starting a monopoly of kerosene leather for shoe-making. Liquid record since the opening of the at Samshul on the 18th December, indigo decreased from 15,560) port. Just before the close of the sale pries of a gallon tin plcula in 1928 and 4,794 plculs 1924 the Ilkin question affecting being $7.20 in subsidiary colnagé, in 1924 to 2,940 plculs dur movements of merchandise convey
i: Chinese Goods y
ing the present year. This Chin- ed by boat or rail to or from Sal- nam and Fatshan" showed signs of
(a) Exports, Abroad and Coasting recent years, and, owing to its ose Industry has deteriorated dur- recrudescence, culminating in a wise (including Re-exports)The inferiority in quality, nativo dye- local strike on the part of the total value of exports to Hongkong stuff has lost, its ground in the merchants and brokers in the be- was Hk. Tls. 235252a decrease markets in competition with Ger ginning of the year. Owing to of 56 per centmaking a total man dyes. A large portion of the strong protests having been lodg of Hk. Tls, 580,895. Export basl-1924 stocks in Fatehan, it is re ed with, the responsible officials,
ness received a set-back for three ported, cannot be disposed of. the new taxation was repealed in monthe, owing to the likin contro-There was a falling off of over 60 April, but not before considerable veray which occurred during the per cent. in the importation of losses to local interests had been first quarters again it was hamper paper. The arrival of a batter ed by faction fighting at Nanning quality from the North Rivor has sustained.
Following close on the heels in the second quarter, while in the curtailed the importation of the of this catastrophe were the two last quarters it, was restricted political upheavals
in Canton to coast ports, on account of the inferior-grade paper from Kwelll which brought about a re-group-general strike movement. ing of military parties in the pro- Fire-crackera. decreased by vince. Hardly had the last shot over 60 per cent,, black been fired by the victorious troops by over 60 when the capital was once more nankeens
general strike' in sympathy with the Shanghal movement. This re- sultal in the entire interruption of all direct communication with the part of Hongkong, from which source Samshui in normal times derives over 80 per cent.. of its revenue. The dislocation caused by this means was a serious blow to West River traffic, Samshu' suffering in proportion.
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Miscellaneous.
tea the evening of the 28th November, A fire broke out on the dike, in
dostroying nearly 60 houses. The
cent., and over 40 per
disturbed by the outbreak of cent. These commodities were dike.committee are discussing diverted to Canton during the means of improving the main dike period when trade in them could before rebuilding is allowed. not be carried on at this port. A water police force, consisting of Dyed paper fell short of the 1924 16 men and two boats, has been or total, the dearth of the foreign ar- ganised at Hokow, and patrolling tele from which Fatehan-dyed of the water front has been carried paper is manufactured being the nut since July. A large portion of cause of the decline. Chinese the sandbank situated to the sopth. matches show a small increase cast of Rattler. Island was carried over the 1924 figure, which is away by the current during the still, however, far below the aver-flood season, forming an accumula- age export of former years.
tion of sand along the Customs) front about a foot in eleyation and 100 yards in width.
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Revenue Greatly Decreased. From July to the end of the "year trade consisted of only interport merchandise which brought in a fraction of the former revenue. In ad- dition to the virtual stoppage of all communication with Hongkong, other factors, such as banditry, contributed towards ansattled con- ditions throughout the district. Never in the history of the port have so many attacks been made apon vessels plying between Wu- chow and Canton.viz Samshui, nor has rail travel been so beset by Aimilar disabilities.
It is difficult to envisage what the future has in store, but no improvement can be expected until resumption of trade with Hongkong once more becomes an accomplished fact. The end of the year, however, saw the strike and boycott in Samshui in full swing. Rice crops, on the other hand, were never better, and in- deed not for many years have such Favourable agricultural conditions prevailed, hot weather, coupled with immunity from floods, serving to make the harvests bumper ones.
The total collection of dues and duties, "Hot including Burtax, mounted to only Hk. Tis.. 76,144, representing a reduction of 60 per cent, when compared with the re-
venue figures of the previous year. The most noticeable falling off is under the heading of import duties, owing to the strike and boycott.
Foreign Goods.
(a) Imports, Direct and Coast- wise. The net value of foreign imports in 1925 was Hk. Tis. 3,183,000, as against Hk. Tls. 8,175,000 during the previous year, showing a decrease of nearly 5 million taels. It is to be noted that the figures för 1925 represent practically the returns of foreign goods imported into Samshui and the stage ports before the 9th July. No direct trade was done subse- quent to that date; presumably, any shortage of articles of merchandise has been made good by coastwise arrivals per junk or train, for which no statistics are available.
The foreign goods table shows de- creases under all Important head-' ings. Cotton piece goods have al- most entirely disappeared. Cotton yarn has reached the bottom of the declining scale. The total quantity imported was 792 piculs, as compared with 3,247 piculs in 1924, 9,701 piculs in 1928, and 17,481 picula in 1922. Fishery products decreased by 69,148 piculs, or over 50 per cont. It is Interesting to note that, in spite of the strike, prices under this head- ing have not soared so much as In the case of other foreign com- modities, and that some articles, such as cuttle-fish, salt fish, etc., are sold locally even more cheaply than in normal times.
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Fallares in Sugar. White Bugar declined 56,801 to 31,723 plculs. foodstuff was imported in large quantities before strike that, eyes when the supply was temporarily cut off, no shortage was felt. Later, Java. sugar came in from Shanghai, thereby causing many failures among speculators, who had begun hoarding sugar, in expectation of a phenomenal rise in. price. Cigarettes show an advance from 921 to 3,855 mille, Samshul having been chosen by the British Ameri- can Tobacco Company as a dis- tributing centre for this part of the province. Since the strike, however, Chinese cigarettees have been substituted.
Kerosene all fell from 1,964,768 to 595,849 American gallons. A revenue stamp tax or kero. sono oli and Ito by-products
Imports,
The net value of native im- ports amounted to Hk. Tls. 480,401, showing an" increase of HK TIs, 182,952, or nearly 40 per cent, but the amount of duty collected under this heading shows no proportionate increase, due to the extensive use of native exemp- tion. The depreciation of the
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