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HONG KONG, 1901.

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II.-TRADE, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES, AGRICULTURE AND LAND.

(A.) TRADE AND SHIPPING.

The following table shows the principal articles of import in the year 1901 in vessels of European construction, compared with similar returns for 1900. The figures represent the tonnage:-

Articles. 1900. 1901. Increase. Decrease. Beans 560 1,290 730 Coal 1,045,812 917,144 128,668 Cotton yarn and cotton 19,993 14,423 5,570 Flour 154,111 145,287 8,824 Hemp 54,105 31,195 22,910 Kerosine (bulk) 64,732 70,723 5,991 (case) 69,979 77,977 7,998 Liquid fuel 2,759 3,973 1,214 Lead 2,350 260 2,090 Opium 3,194 2,872 322 Rattan 10,201 3,488 6,713 Rice 673,029 618,780 54,249 Sandalwood 3,811 5,272 1,461 Sulphur 22 55 33 Sugar 38,863 41,291 2,428 Tea 6,393 4,920 1,473 Timber General .. 82,311 66,860 15,451 Total Transit 1,172,094 1,278,619 106,525 3,604,322 3,480,987 123,335 2,143,749 2,134,585 9,164 Grand Total 5,748,071 5,615,572 132,499 Nett 258,864

There was a considerable decrease in coal imports as compared with 1900, but the amount imported in 1900 was far above the average. The coal imports for 1898, also, were stated to have been abnormally large, but the returns for last year show an increase as compared with that year of nearly 100,000 tons.

The principal features to be remarked in the reported trade of the Port for the year 1901 are:

(1.) A decrease in the coal imports of 12.3 per cent.

(2.) A decrease in the cotton imports of 27.8 per cent.

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HONG KONG, 1901. 7 II.-TRADE, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES, AGRICULTURE AND LAND. (A.) TRADE AND SHIPPING. The following table shows the principal articles of import in the year 1901 in vessels of European construction, compared with similar returns for 1900. The figures represent the tonnage:- Articles. 1900. 1901. Increase. Decrease. Beans 560 1,290 730 Coal 1,045,812 917,144 128,668 Cotton yarn and cotton 19,993 14,423 5,570 Flour 154,111 145,287 8,824 Hemp 54,105 31,195 22,910 Kerosine (bulk) 64,732 70,723 5,991 (case) 69,979 77,977 7,998 Liquid fuel 2,759 3,973 1,214 Lead 2,350 260 2,090 Opium 3,194 2,872 322 Rattan 10,201 3,488 6,713 Rice 673,029 618,780 54,249 Sandalwood 3,811 5,272 1,461 Sulphur 22 55 33 Sugar 38,863 41,291 2,428 Tea 6,393 4,920 1,473 Timber General .. 82,311 66,860 15,451 Total Transit 1,172,094 1,278,619 106,525 3,604,322 3,480,987 123,335 2,143,749 2,134,585 9,164 Grand Total 5,748,071 5,615,572 132,499 Nett 258,864 There was a considerable decrease in coal imports as compared with 1900, but the amount imported in 1900 was far above the average. The coal imports for 1898, also, were stated to have been abnormally large, but the returns for last year show an increase as compared with that year of nearly 100,000 tons. The principal features to be remarked in the reported trade of the Port for the year 1901 are: (1.) A decrease in the coal imports of 12.3 per cent. (2.) A decrease in the cotton imports of 27.8 per cent. 12765 A + 345
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1887-1903 HONG KONG, 1901. 7 II.-TRADE, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES, AGRICULTURE AND LAND. (A.) TRADE AND SHIPPING. The following table shows the principal articles of import in the year 1901 in vessels of European construction, compared with similar returns for 1900. The figures represent the tonnage:- Articles. 1900. 1901. Increase. Decrease. Beans Coal 560 1,290 780 1,045,812 917,144 128,668 Cotton yarn and cotton 19,993 14,423 5,570 *** Flour 154,111 145,287 *** 8,824 Hemp 54,105 31,195 22,910 Kerosine (bulk) 64,732 70,723 5,996 (case) 69,979 77,977 7,998 Liquid fuel 2.759 3,973 1,214 Lead 2,350 260 2,090 Opium 3,194 2,872 322 Rattan 10,201 3,488 6,716 Rice *** 673,029 618,780 54,249 Sandalwood 3,811 5,272 1,461 Sulphur 22 55 33 Sugar *38,863 2+1,291 2,428 Tea 6.393 *** 1,473 *** 4,920 Timber General .. Total Transit 82,311 66,860 15,451 1,172,094 | 1,278,619 |106,525 3,604,322 | 3,480,987 | 126,385 2,143,749 | 2,134,585 249,720 9,164 Grand Total 5,748,071 5,615,572 | 126,385 258,864 Nett 132,499 *** *** There was a considerable decrease in coal imports as compared with 1900, but the amount imported in 1900 was far above the average. The coal imports for 1898, also, were stated to have been abnormally large, but the returns for last year show an increase as compared with that year of nearly 100,000 tons. The principal features to be remarked in the reported trade of the Port for the year 1901 are: (1.) A decrease in the coal imports of 12.3 per cent. (2.) A decrease in the cotton imports of 27·8 per cent. 12765 A + 345
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HONG KONG, 1901.

7

II.-TRADE, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES, AGRICULTURE AND LAND.

(A.) TRADE AND SHIPPING.

The following table shows the principal articles of import in the year 1901 in vessels of European construction, compared with similar returns for 1900. The figures represent the tonnage:-

Articles.

1900.

1901. Increase. Decrease.

Beans Coal

560

1,290 780

1,045,812

917,144

128,668

Cotton yarn and cotton

19,993

14,423

5,570

***

Flour

154,111

145,287

***

8,824

Hemp

54,105

31,195

22,910

Kerosine (bulk)

64,732

70,723 5,996

(case)

69,979

77,977 7,998

Liquid fuel

2.759

3,973

1,214

Lead

2,350

260

2,090

Opium

3,194

2,872

322

Rattan

10,201

3,488

6,716

Rice

***

673,029

618,780

54,249

Sandalwood

3,811

5,272

1,461

Sulphur

22

55

33

Sugar

*38,863

2+1,291

2,428

Tea

6.393

***

1,473

***

4,920

Timber

General ..

Total Transit

82,311

66,860

15,451

1,172,094 | 1,278,619 |106,525

3,604,322 | 3,480,987 | 126,385 2,143,749 | 2,134,585

249,720

9,164

Grand Total

5,748,071

5,615,572 | 126,385

258,864

Nett

132,499

***

***

There was a considerable decrease in coal imports as compared with 1900, but the amount imported in 1900 was far above the average. The coal imports for 1898, also, were stated to have been abnormally large, but the returns for last year show an increase as compared with that year of nearly 100,000 tons.

The principal features to be remarked in the reported trade of the Port for the year 1901 are:

(1.) A decrease in the coal imports of 12.3 per cent. (2.) A decrease in the cotton imports of 27·8 per cent.

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