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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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As a quid pro quo for this arrangement the Government of Kiaochou will receive 20 per cent. of the net import duty collected by the Customs, which amount is subject to revision every five years. It is estimated that the percentage to be paid this year to the Government of Kiaochou will amount to at least £20,000.
72. The following table, which gives the dues and duties collected by the Customs at Kinochou during the first quarter of this year as compared with the corresponding periods in 1904-1905, indicates that the new arrangement is of benefit to the trade of the port :-
Import Duty
Export
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Count Trade Duty
Opium Duty
Tonnage Dues...
--
Hk. Taols
Foreign and Native...
Foreign.
72,394.0.6.1
19.H
Native.
Foreign.
1906.
Native.
1906.
Foreign.
Native,
II. T.m.c.c.
4,974.5.6.3
764.8.7.2
Hk. Th.m.c.c.
5,547.6,0.9
9,363.4.5.5
12.9.2.4
Hk.Tis.m.c.e 96,390.1.3.9
10,864.6.2 1
1,650.3.2 7
H. Te.mc.c.
4,917.5.2.5
8.553.7.2.8
11.9.6.4
Hk. Tis.m.c.c. Hik. Tla.m.c.c.
157,019.7.7.9
8,837,7,8,2
14,371.9.4.5
5,917,6,6.6
96.0.0.0
7,494.6.1.0
216.6.3.4
1,684,6,5.0
78,153.4.9.6
14,923.9.8.H
108,845,0.8.7
13,483.2.1.7 177,345.8.94,0
18,239,6,7,6
93,057.4.8.4
122,828,3.0.4
196,579,0.6.6
Inwards
Transit Duce
Opium Likin
Outwards
Foreign Flage
Native Flag...
+44
96.0.0.0) 6.8.0.0!
102.8.0.0
Total Collection
Hk. Tla. 93,057.4.8.4
Hk. Tls. 122,328,3.0.4
Hk. Tla. 196,681,8,6.6*
* No Drawbacks marked for cash payment during quarter, to be deducted from total collection
Hk. Tis. Nil,
73. The dues, &c., collected at Chefox during the same period were as follows:-
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1904.
1905.
1906.
Native.
Hk. Tla.m.c.0. 2,086.1.3.2
9,800,8,8.3
Foreign.
Native.
Foreign.
Native.
Foreign.
Hk. Tla.m.0.0.
Import Duty
Export
Coast Trade Duty
31,183.1.8.9
32,458.2.6.4
7,049.8.8.8
2,182 7.2.7
8,549.8.0.0
Hk. Tle.m.o.c.
Hk.Th..01.c.o. 992.8.1.8 75,620.8.0.0
10,744.2.2.1 35,592.6.5.1
7,380,2.8.7 2,844.2.9.5
1,879.3.5.0 1,05 1.3.0.5
563.6.0.0 16,982.5,0.0
Bk. Tls.10.0.0.
1,103.7.1.6
5.131.7.6.9
Hk. Tla.m.c.o. 67,406.6.8.6
16,230,2.7.6
4,156,3.1 9
763.2.0.0 7,446.6.1.0
898.0.0.0 20,918,6,0,0
13,281.3.3.8
3,901.3.0.9
2,026,6.0.0
956.4.0.0
81,423.8.6.8 15,696.2.3.9 135,396.8.8.8
12,028,0.0.4
145,283.6.1.0 18,770.3.7.4
97,120.1.0.7
147,428.5.9.2
164,059,7,8,4
Opium Duty
Tonnage Dues...
Hk. Thels
Foreign and Native ...
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74. It, therefore, appears clear that Chefoo, which has been a Treaty Port for about 45 years, is gradually falling behind whilst Kiaochou, which was leased to Germany in 1888, is forging ahead. The decline at Chefoo is due in no small measure to no steps having been taken to improve its communications and harbour, notwithstanding repeated and long continued warnings from those who are interested in the welfare of that port. It seems pretty certain that the decline which has commenced will be more rapid than hitherto not only on account of the activity at Kiaochou but also owing to the fact that since the war ended Japanese goods are shipped directly to Newchwang and Dalny instead of as formerly by way of Chefoo.
75. We reached Ts'ing-tau at 7.30 p.m. and were met by the Governor's carriage in which we drove to the hotel.
76. Ou Thursday, we lunched with the Governor and went with his party to witness the second day of the races. A good level racecourse, 14 miles in circumference, has been laid out. The races were well contested though the fields were not large, the ponies being all owned by German residents. In the evening we were invited to the Race Club dinner at which we were given a very hearty welcome.
77. Friday and Saturday, the 25th and 26th May, we spent on the Lao Shan Hills, the hill district of Kinochou, a description and photographs of which will be found on pages 85 to 106 of the Guidet to Ts'ing-tau, three copies of which accompany this report. We stayed in the Mecklenburgh House, a portion of the sanatorium which consists of three buildings and was originally built for soldiers and sailors, the cost of erection having been defrayed from a donation of 150,000 marks from the Charity Lottery for German Protectorates, and a donation of 2,000 marks from the East Asiatic Auxiliary Committee. The scenery of Lao Shan is very picturesque, and there is a beautiful view of the valley with the sea in the distance from the Mecklenburg House. Only one or two private villas have been built in this neighbourhood, but as there is a good carriage road all the way from Ta'ing-tau, and as the hills are much cooler than the lower levels in summer, it is probable that, like the Peak district in Hong Kong, Lao Shan will become a popular resort if Ts'ing-tau flourishes and its European population continues to increase.
78. On Sunday, the 27th May, we descended the hills, and on our way back to Ta'ing-tau visited the silk industrial establishment at Tsangkou, north of Ts'ing-tau. Mr. Goecke, the Managing Director, showed us all round the buildings, and we saw the employees and machinery busy at work. One thousand hands are employed-chiefly young boys and girls-who are housed and fed by the company. It is expected that the number of employees will soon be increased to 2,000. The capital expenditure on buildings, machinery, &c., amounted to £650,000. The silk made is woven from cocoons imported from Antung, near the Yalu, and is lighter in colour than that manufactured at Chefoo, and consequently more valuable, the process by which this result is secured being kept secret. Mr. Goecke informed me that the silk produced was highly appreciated in Europe, and had a ready sale. Antung will shortly be opened to trade, and I have been informed that the Japanese intend to start a silk weaving industry there, which ought to be able to compete favourably with the similar industry at Ts'ing-tau,
79. We lunched with Mr. Goecke, and tasted the beer which is made at the Ta'ing-tau brewery, and which is excellent. We had not time to inspect that brewery, or the soap manufactory and tannery which have been established, and which, it is said, give every promise of success,
80. The steamer by which we were returning ought to have started on Monday, the 28th, but was delayed until Tuesday, the 29th, on which day at 10 am. we left Ts'ing-tau, having said good-bye to the Governor, who saw us off at the wharf, and who during our stay in the German Colony had treated us with great kindness and hospitality.
Transit Duen
Oplum Likin
Inwarde
Outwarda
Foreign Flaga
Native Flag...
5,540.0.0.0
2,554.4.0.0
8,094.4.0.0
4,987,6,0,0
1,968.3.0.0
6,950.8.0.0
8,066.8.0.0
5,401.6.0.0
13,468.4.0.0
Total Collection
Hk. Tls, 103 214.5.0.7
H. T. 184,873,8.0.2
Hk. Tls. 177,522,1.8.4†
† 56 Drawbacks marked for cash payment during quarter, to be deducted from total collection
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Hk. Tln. 6,934.4.5.1
• See Photographs, Vol. II., page 5.
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81.
We had an uneventful journey to Weihaiwei, which we reached at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, the 30th May, having been absent from the Territory for fifteen days.
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