342
CHINA.
The amount of duties collected at each of the fourteen treaty ports, in the year 1867 and 1868, was as follows:-
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Ports.
...
Shanghai
Canton... Swatow
Amoy Foochow Takow Ningpo Hankow
+
Kiukiang Chinkiang Chefoo
Tientsin Newchwang Tamsui
***
...
...
+
Total...
:
:
:
***
...
1867.
1868.
Taels. 2,304,349
Taels.
2,501,436
934,774
866,269
420,863
381,012
503,327
426,044
1,708,658
1,813,361
68,471
51,486
+
452,601
567,908
943,857
1,152,580
...
426,507
554,099
23,814
33,095
...
238,911
284,363
411,297
390,605
231,972
215,736
49,037
69,347
8.718,444
9,307,347
£2,906,148
£3,102,449
The value of the total exports from China to the United Kingdom, and of the imports of British and Irish produce and manufactures into China, was as follows in each of the ten years from 1859 to 1868:-
Years.
Exports from China to Great Britain.
Imports of
British Home Produce in China.
1859... 1860
1861...
+
1862
1863...
1864
1865...
1866
1867...
1868
£ 9,014,310
£
2,525,997
***
9,323,761
2,872,045
9,070,445
3,114,694
...
12,137,095
2,024,118
14,186,310
2,416,705
15,673,930
3,092,611
414
10,677,995
3,603,595
:
10,346,388
5,090,074
9,340,402
4,996,469
11,217,450
6,312,175
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The exports from China to Great Britain and Ireland are made up, to the amount
1864, the quantity of tea sent from the treaty ports to the United Kingdom was 112,128,032 lbs., valued at £8,386,629; in 1865 there were sent 109,805,895 lbs., valued at £9,081,486; in 1866, 127,486,120 lbs., valued at £10,178,070; in 1867, 114,511,388 lbs., valued at £8,951,954; and in 1868 there were sent 137,042,375 lbs., valued at £10,945,530. The other exports from China to Great Britain, insignificant in comparison with the staple export, comprise raw silk and various drugs. From ceased entirely after 1867. Manufactured cotton and woollen goods, the former of the value of £4,501,920, and the latter of £1,154,281 in the year 1868, constitute the
bulk of the imports of British produce into the Chinese empire.
China is traversed in all directions by 20,000 imperial roads, and though most of them are badly kept, a vast internal trade is carried on over them, and by means of the empire is singularly well adapted for the construction of a network of railways. numerous canals and navigable rivers. It is stated that the most populous part of
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