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TABLE IV.
Revenue derived from Opium, Liquor and Tobacco during the years 1897-1926.
Year
Gross
Opium
!
TABLE VI.
Shipping Statistics.
Ships engaged in foreign trade cleared
and entered (excluding junks),
Total Shipping entered and cleared.
Liquor
Licences
Liquor
Duties
Tobacco
Duties
Xett.
Year.
Percentage
Number,
Total Tonnage.
of British Tonnage.
Total Tonnage.
$
$
$
1897
286.000
67.137
1898
357,667
74,208
1899
372.000
82.505
1900
372,000
107.255
1901
NOTE,-Govern-
687,000
125.909
1902
ment took over
750.000
124,299
1807
9.944
1903
1904
poly from the
the opium mow-
750,000
215,269
三
[1]
1,945,000
293,082
1898
11,058
1905
Farmer Oll 1st
2.040,000
273,343
1899
10,905
12,124.599 13.252,733 13,487,147
1906
1907
1908
1909
March, 1914. The 2,040,000 nett revenue is arrived at by de. ducting from the
257.365
1.550,000
275,157
1900
10,940
14,022,167
1.452,000
253.675
1001
10,807
14.599.141
1.452.000
232.292
87.387
1910
1911
1912
gross revenue the cost of manufac- ture,
1.228,000
233.605
1902
12,461
16,275,998
387,788
1.183,000
222,345
617,014 (1)
1903
14,489
19,018,411
1.183.000
237.866
705.575
1913
1.183.000
249.815
1904
16.976
19,333,096
70
729,233
1914
3,741,500
2.819.540
1915
4,701,878
3.812.203
1916
5,811,110
4,929,873
1917
5,887,475
5.273.904
1918
8.686,622
8.047.289 (1) (2)
1919
6,803,035
6.105.500
1920
4,317,971
3.941.251
(3)
1921
3,938,198
3,483.651
(3)
1922
5,551,305
5.067.051
1923
5,712,057
4.946,150
1924
5,147.043
4.459.756
(2)
1925
3,392,381
2,557.670
1926
2,831,305
2.140.392
(3)
BERNADOR COMM
241.393
656.956
(1) 257.830
626,575
(1)
238.967
793.762
(2)
266.124
284.184
275.939 (3)
267.571
273.776 297.703
336,900 377.411 400.119 (2) 393.898
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781.215
714.994
739,786
779,796
(1)
1,040.637
1.196.799 (5) 1.474.678
(2) 1.239,903
(2) 1,229.263 1.140.925 1.186.313
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1905
18,103
19,778,176
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21,883,566
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24.648,258
34,185,091
1906
16,397
19,833,666
61
32,747,268
211.182
499,872
1907
18,096
20,381,421
51.5
36,028,310
544.860
1908
19,604
20,104,795
58.6
34,615,211
618.906
631.878
(4)
1,062.031
(3) 1,828,569
(2) 2.007.105 (2) 1.796.859 (6) 1.835.345
Bakade
1909
18,714
20,171,755
56.7
34,830,845
1910
19,544
21,059,369
57.8
30,534,861
1911
. 19,644
20,490,520
57.1
36,179.152
1912
21,010
21,614,995
56.1
36,785,149
1913
21,867
22,939,134
55.4
37.742,982
1914
23,740
22,069,879
56.9
36,756,951
(1) Increased selling price.
(2) Increased sales.
(3) Decreased sales.
(1) Fees increased (1) Increased (2) More licences issued.
1913
(1) Increased
28,051
19.561318
58,1
33,884,919
duty.
consumption.
1916
23,308
19,106,690
50.3
(2) Decreased (2) Increased duty
36,381,457
(3) Fewer licences
ensumption.
1917
issued.
part year.
21,950
17,329,841
52.9
38,827,325
(3) Increased
(3) Increased duty
1918
19,097
8,982,966
$1.9
29,518,189
consumption
whole year.
(4) Increased duty, (4) Decreased
1919
21.275
18,474,996
54.6
35,615,169
i
part year.
consumption.
1920
21.498
21.576,139
58.8
40.122,527
(5) Increased duty!
whole year.
(6) Increased duty
ol Chinese liquor from October.
1921
24,697
24,360,880
32.1
43, 120,970
1922
24,272
26,635,167
50.3
46,566,761
1923
25,347
32,382,530
50.2
58.402,289
1024*
30,240
35,471,671
17.1
56,731,077
1925
20.380
29,727,201
48.5
41,469,581
1926
15,204
26,983,190
54.2
36,821,364
· 1927
(1st half
7,833
13.029,707
16,946,346
only)
Year.
TABLE V.
Land Sale figures for the years 1919-1926,
illustrative of the land boom.
Year.
1919
263,960
1028
3.488.797
1920
556.849
1924
1,909,236
1921
1,634,098
1925
570,243
1922
2,721,804
1926
286,342
*For comparison with the ports of London & New York during the year 1924 - Table VII below.
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