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CHINA.
RAW SILK.
The Total amount of Raw Silk exported from China in 1864, amounted to Piculs 25,134, And in 1865, to.........
Showing an increase of,
Shanghai furnished,.....
20
41,154.
Piculs 16,020.
........Bales 40.726. Piculs 32,492.
-(which includes Piculs 1555 Szechuen Silk, and 1.914 Ningpo Silk)
Canton furnished,..
.........Bales 10.800. Piculs 8.662.
Bales 51,526. Piculs 41 154.
They were exported to the different countries in the following proportion :-
To Great Britain,................
France....
Hongkong
Piculs 26 682.
5,554.
8.597.
Coast Ports of China..
45.
"
**
United States of America,........
178.
22
»
"
Japan,...
24.
"
Manila....
26.
""
"3
India,...
48.
>
"
Piculs 41.154.
Bales 51,526.
Besides passed at Shanghai as declared in Transit, Japan Silk.............Bales 12,055.
Total
Bales 63.581.
* This is all Canton Silk, chiefly en route to Europe and India.
COTTON.
The export of Cotton from Shanghai during the year ending May 31, 1864, amounted to 88,595,480 lbs., the value of which, according to monthly averages obtained from the merchants, was estimated at Shanghai, at 12,805,494 taels, or £4,161,460.
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The exports of Cotton from Shanghai during the year commencing June 1, 1863, and ending May 31, 1864, went to the following destinations:-
To Great Britain, direct...
Hongkong.....
""
Coast ports...
"
India, direct,..
America,direct,...
"
Manila, direct,
13
Japan,..
Total,..
Countries.
OPIUM.
Quantities.
Piculs. 382,133-04
203,684-53
61,133.55
15,291.00
1,728.63
148.35
347-00
664.466.10
88,595.480 lbs,
The Import of Opium for 1865 was as follows:-
In Hongkong amounts to......
And the Import at all the Open Ports to..
Chests 76,523
56,133
" •
Difference............ Chests 20,390
—which amount would have to be taken for the annual comsumption of Hongkong and Macao-!
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