Quantities
3
Betel Nut,
4
Bicho-de-Mar,
1,047 bags, b. &c. 1,868
522
British and Foreign Trade with China.
OCT.
No. XIII. A RETURN of the quantities and value of MERCHANDISE IMPORTED into the PORT OF AMOY in 67 British vessels of 17,957 tons, from the countries and places undermentioned, during the year ending 31st Decem- ber, 1849.
No, in
Tariff
Denomination of Articles
Reported or Estimated Value in Dollars
3,575 00
From what Countries and Places imported
Straits
28,465 00
"3
27
10
12
13
66023
Birds' Nests,
Camphor,
708 cats. bxs. &c.
4 peculs
5,970 00
"
3,500 00
"
Cochineal,
28 cases
1.400 00
"
Cotton,
16,697, bales
India via Hongkong 487,884 00
White Shirtings,
23,510 pieces
England vid
81,400 00
"}
Gray
do.,
43,911
143,714 00
"
"1
"
Drills,
2,400
6,700 00
"
"
"}
Gray Twills,
1,960
5,700 00
""
>>
White do.,
3,100
"}
"7
"
Nankeens,
200
8,250 00 450 00
""
""
"}
Chintz, ..
2,279
8,916 00
"
"}
77
Turkey Red Cloth,
2,400
9,100 00
"
"
Velvets,
32 cases
5,300 00
"
""
14
Red spotted Cambrics,
600 pieces
3,000 00
Cotton Yarn,..
2,214 bales
160,295 00
16
Cutch,
139 bales and pls.
Straits
200 00
17
Elephants' Teeth,
6 in number
80 00
19
Flints,
1,156 pls.,
bask tons England vid Singapore
1,173 00
20
Glass,
186 boxes
1,450 00
21
Gambier,
110 baskets
Straits
50 00
30 Tin.
630 pls, slabs bask
2,900 00
??
"7
Rod Iron,
Lead & Sheet Lead,
"
82
34
35
}}
Beans,
Rice,
Iron,
..
Pepper, black & white Rattans,
Peas,
200 bundles
46
& rolls 1,950 bundles
2,063 bags and pls. 9,423 bund, and
308 bage 3,266 and pls.
3,727
"7
1,000 00
"
1,000 00
"
??
1,200 00
9,213 00
3,802 00
"}
"
Arrakan
575 00 3,281 00 5,180 00
""
Pulse,..
25 bags
Straits
38
Sharks' Fins.
12 bas bgs & bla.
"
39
Skins & Hides,
3,581, bls. pls. sks.!
"
47
Red Wood,
20 pieces
"
Garroo
11 baskets
""
"
""
""
Sapan Sandal
2,180 pieces
"
#3
23,7594 pls. logs, &c
"
"
Iron
457 pieces
""
>>
Teak
"1
Birch
**
71
Midding,,
"
Grangy
40
183 logs
6
436 pieces
*
"
"
50 00 458 00
4,616 00
125 00 70 00 710 00
21,685 00
40 00 160 00 2,400 00
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??
"
Mangrove Bark,
16,406 bun., and pls.
200 00
20 00
5,860
00
47
Long Ells,
Spanish Stripes,
808
Bombazettes,
1.280 pieces
"
19 trusses
England via Hongkong 14,580 00
17
"
"
Camlets,
"
510 pieces
ineranti articles:
Dried meats, shrimps, sugar, medicines -oil cake, bean cake, oysters, feathers,
cockles, salt pork, &c., &c. &c., Exch, 48. 4d. imports, £46,225.19.2 9tg.
17,970 00
1.900 00
6,050 00
Straits and Shanghai
46,800 00
Total $1,136,427 00
...
T. H. LAYTON,
Consul.