DEAR COLONEL,
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Enclosure 11.
EXTRACT of letter from Mr. Ohlmer.
Tsingtau, April 20, 1903. ENCLOSED please find the promised statistics for the Kiaochow Customs- Foreign Duties, Native Duties, Value of Trade, and principal articles of export- for the 34 years since the opening of the office. You will notice that foreign duties have doubled during the first two years, have trebled during last year, and that the first quarter this year shows again a corresponding increase-it is the highest on record, and from it I judge that the receipts this year will be above Tls. 300,000.
During 1902 our foreign imports were as high as those of Chefoo in 1897- 35 years after the opening of that port to foreign trade and our receipts from foreign goods transported by rail inland were over Tls. 100,000; so that the statistics for last year afford full proof that both railway and the port are under the present Customs arrangement prospering to an extent which has surpassed my expectations. I feel sure that what happened here will happen at Dalny if you follow our plan and admit the Customs under the same conditions as here.
KIAOCHOW CUSTOMS STATISTICS, 1899 TO 1903.
FOREIGN (STEAMER) DUTIES.
Bristles
Groundnute
Oil, Bean
Import.
Export.
Const Trade.
Oplam.
Total Hk. Th
1899 (half year)
7,776.5.9.3
1900
1901
1902
1903 (First Quarter)...
April
May
2,339.2.7,8; 294.2.1.5 |
21,616.2.2.2 3,691.0.1.1 1,214.5.0.2
47,158.7.3.2 6,911.7.3.9
931.0.0.4
131,127.4.0.3 19,884.5.4.8 1,541.1.1.8
34,887.9.7.1 4,081.7.8.7
£30.0.7.2
19,232.6.4.9 2,419.9.3.3
183.4.3.2
132.0.0.0
18.7.0.0
177.8.3.5
10,542.0.8.6
26.570.4.3.5
6.6.0.0
13.2.0.0
...
up to 28th May
55,179,3,1.0
152,553,0.6.9
60,306.4.3.0
21,849.2.1.4
24,000.0.0.0
NATIVE (JUNK) DUTIES.
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PRINCIPAL EXPORTS.
1899 (half year).
1900
1901,
1909.
Picule.
"
205.00
13,537.00
Hides, Cow
31
Groundnut
+
119.00
9,285.00
30,090.00
31
Silk, Raw, Yellow, etc.
Straw Braid
32.00
H
...
"
222.00
Wheat
...
203.00
11,155,00
669.00
29,161.00
54,808.00
184.00
1,870.00
1,262.00
288.00
522.00
30,943.00
1,135.00
26,283.00
1,585.00
37,093.00
55,827.00
114,680.00
71,319.00
72.00
3,435.00
893.00
1,083.00
11,697.00
12,869.00
Enclosure 12,
THE TRADE OF TSINGTAU.
Import. The principal articles of import are: American grey goods, English piecegoods, Japanese and Indian cotton yarn, Japanese matches, Japanese earthen- ware, Japanese curios, kerosine oil, railway plant material, sugar, drinks and sundries.
From the figures below, you will see to what an extent the trade in some of the more important articles has developed within the last three years. The figures given stand for the first nine months only of the years 1900, 1901 and 1902, and do not include goods landed and consumed in German territory:-
Import
Export.
Likin,
Total Hk. Tla.
1900.
1901.
1902.
1899 (half year)
10,376.5.7.1
1900
15,388.8.8.5
11,718.5.1.6
17,522.8.7.2
5,523.7.7.2
8,22 .9.4.1
27,618.8.5.9
41,139.6.9.8
Grey Shirtings ...
Pieces
4,201
6,341
67,798
1001
27,515.2.8.4
24,720.0.9.5
13,058.8.1.7
65,294.2.2.6
White Shirtings
1,135
19
5,601
11,224
1902
18,016.3.3.1
22,348.8.9.0
1903 (First Quarter)
5,217.5.3.1
April
May
1,718.2.7.5
9,189.0.1.4
1,311.6.8.5
10,091.3.0.6
3,601.6.3.8
757.4.9.0
50,456.5.2.7
T Cloths...
4,748
13,163
41,286
18,008.1.8.3
3,787.4.5.0
American Drills
369
11
4,390
13,341
Sheetings (English and American)
#
4,226
18,710
50,285
Cotton Yarn (Indian) ...
Pols.
787
2,612
8,772
NET VALUE OF TRADE (Exclusive of Railway and Mining Material).
Cotton Yarn (Japanese)
6,931-
"
21,796
38,475
Foreign Imports.
Native Imports.
Native Exports.
Total Hk. Tls.
Aniline Dyes (value) .
H. Tia.
2,107
6,783
13.167
Japanese Matches
Gross
85,433
171,527
263,034
1899 (half year)
219,531
1,108,056
882,577
2,210,164
1900
530,517
2,222,059
1,104,374
3,957,150
1901
1,312,192
2,539,547
2,761,870
6,613,609
Kerosine Oil (American) Railway Plant Material (value) Sugar
***
Gallons
225,778
392,005
222,213
Taele
204,603
2,303,376
1,741,003
Picula
2,257
4,625
7,178
1902
3,337,474
2,229,856
2,269,392
8,036,722
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
TINC.O. 882
6 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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