EXTENT OF TR DE F..SSING THROUGH
HONG KONG FROM ONE P RT OF CHINA TO ..NOTHER.
1.
In discussions of Hong Kong currency it has
often been argued that it is very important for the
Colony to keep on a silver basis (so long as Chine is
on silver) because a gold busis would hinder the
entrepôt trade of goods pabaing through Hong Kong from
one part of China to another, since every suoh
transaction would involve a double exchange from gold
to silver, which is voided at present. Until recently,
however, it has been impossible to make any estim.te
of the quantity of such trude as no trade statistics
have been compiled. The collection of these
statistics was resumed from the 1st of April, 1930,
and the figures for the lust three months received
(July September) have been examined in an attempt to
estimate the relative importance of the inter-Chinese
trade.
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2,
Excluding treasure, the rports from China
in this quarter were $40,004,000 out of $158,221,000,
and the exports to Chins were $54,112,000 out of
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$113,742,000. In the first place, therefore, the
exports to China of Chinese produce could not exceed
$40,004,000, the value of the total imports from China.
The imports and exports from and to China
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are summarised in a number of groups of goods, and by
comparing these the maximum possible inter-Chinese
trade can be further limited. Teking for each group
the import or export figure, whichever is lower, the
limit is reduced to $27,390,000.
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